Frogfish (Antennariidae) is a particular hunt for experienced divers – it’s a bit like searching a gold nugget in the sand or a Pokemon to be more modern. The Frogfish we found in our house reef at Twofish Amed are tiny ones. If some of them (Giant frogfish) can reach a maximum size of around…
The synchiropus splendidus, better known as mandarinfish, is simply splendrous! This amazingly colorful dragonet makes its home among coral rubble, spending most of its day there in shelter, though coming out at dusk to spawn and perform an intriguing mating dance which is on many divers’ bucket list to witness. This week we have had…
There must be something in the water as love is in the air in Lembeh. The waters have got slightly colder around the Lembeh Strait and it appears to have got many of the creatures in the mood! Over this past week we have been lucky to see Nudis mating, Pygmy Squid mating and the…
This week we welcomed a group of divers used to dive with Twofish and seeking for great muck diving in Amed. What is amazing in Amed is the actual diversity of diving we can offer: wrecks, coral reefs, muck and walls are all around and we can easily combine them or focus on only one…
“It’s snowing pyramid butterflyfish” is what my student, Mokhtaria from France, shouted after we came up from her last advanced open water dive! She was beyond excited by the fish snow as she described it. With her 9th dive completed she has seen some incredible things here on Bunaken and she is very aware that…
There are so many things that I have enjoyed about my divemaster training in South Lombok. It has helped me to develop my social skills through meeting and talking to all kinds of people from around the world. It has helped me to learn key leadership skills that I will use in the future for…
We have had plenty of blue ring octopus in Lembeh recently with them being an almost daily occurrence. Blue ring octopus are notoriously hard to spot. While they are one of the most venomous animals in the world, they prefer to use their camouflage to remain hidden rather than attack potential threats. Fortunately, our guides…
Sunrises in south Lombok are some of the most spectacular I have ever seen and with no 2 being the same – it is definitely one place you would be happy to wake up early. South Lombok, otherwise known as the secret gilis, is home to some amazing landscape, with rolling hills, volcanos shimmering in…