Today at Two Fish Bunaken Resort we saw a Banded Sea Krait from the boat on one of the dive sites. It was very clear visibility so we watched it as it swam through the corals about 1m below the surface. Maia stuck her gopro in from the side of the boat and managed to…
Dugongs graze regularly on the sea grass beds next to Bunaken and will definitely give you a surprise if you spot them! The best time to see Dugongs in Bunaken is at high tide around full or new moon in the late afternoon. We don’t see them too often, so if you do see one,…
Time for Diving Diving in Bunaken as a Divemaster trainee this week is Yolanda – Here’s Yolanda’s first Blog… It’s Yolanda the Divemaster Trainee at Two Fish Bunaken! It has been a week since I arrived here to do my PADI Divemaster training and time flies! For the first week, we had quite a lot…
This week we ventured to the north part of Bunaken Marine Park on the first Two Fish Divers Bunaken day trip of 2020 and we weren’t disappointed by what we saw. Hunting for sharks, in particular hammerheads, was not so successful but we did see 12 or more spotted-eagle rays and a huge Black-spotted whipray…
PADI Divemaster Training in Bunaken Hello! My name is Yolanda and I just arrived for my PADI Divemaster Training in Bunaken with Two Fish Divers. It’s my first time diving here and everything is so new to me! Although its low season at the moment, there are still a lot of divers coming here to…
Dolphins in Bunaken Marine Park Today we saw dolphins in Bunaken Marine Park which is always a sign of good luck and brightens up everyone’s surface interval. Here at Two Fish Divers Bunaken, we sometimes spot these curious mammals from the boat when we move dive sites or head to and from the resort –…
The Mandarinfish definitely is one of the most beautiful fish of the ocean but his beauty is not his only remarkable thing! Here comes some fun facts about Mandarinfish and Mandarinfish mating: The common name of the Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) comes from the resemblance of its vivid colors with the old Chinese mandarin robes. The…
Black Snapper in Bunaken Black snapper are found in schools all around Bunaken’s walls. They are grey in colour with darker shades near the tail and fins. Other names for them are the black beauty snapper and the newspaper snapper. They are easily confused with a midnight snapper but these ones have a yellow eye.…