Peacock Mantis Shrimp love to show off and this week was no exception! This little one was standing to attention for our guest photographer, Victor, to give him the best shot! There are over 400 different species of Mantis Shrimp. Also known as the Harlequin Mantis Shrimp, Clown Mantis Shrimp and Painted Mantis Shrimp, these…
This week we did some more practicing in guiding and assisting diving courses but this week’s highlight was definitely the reef clean up, the underwater equipment exchange and the mapping project for the dive master. Monday we did a reef clean up as past of the Dive Master “project aware” workshop! We took 2 smaller…
This week in Amed….we came across many Banded Coral Shrimps as we did a few interesting muck dives in between Tulamben and Amed in search of macro creatures. Thanks to Keith, the photographer behind the camera, who also gave us many of his other pictures. Very common around the Amed area, the omnivorous Banded Coral…
This week we had Sarah who got very excited every time she spotted her favorite fish, the little Nemo during her dives in the North part of Nusa Penida. Nemo is the main character in the animated movie “Finding Nemo”, but the official name of this species is cellaris clownfish or false percula clownfish. You often…
A mix of cool drift dives and some hip creatures sitting in the Bunaken coral walls made our divers happy See the picture of the giant frogfish at dive site Lekuan II which our guest Mary Nell took! Thanks very much Mary Nell!
The Coconut Octopus don’t seem to mind where they hang out in when in Lembeh! They are thus named because of their preference to hide in Coconut shells, but they will take an empty clam shell as their refuge also, just as this guy did! Thanks to Kevin and Sim for this beautiful photo. Also…
When we first came here to Bali for our PADI Divemaster course Amed we thought that it would have a party nightlife. But upon arriving in Amed, about 3 hours by car from the airport in Denpasar, it had a completely different life and environment than the city. The small fishing village consisted of many…
This week in Amed, we swam in a school of Chevron Barracudas during a Deep Adventure Dive that was part of the PADI Advanced Open Water course at the USAT Liberty Shipwreck at around 21 meters depth. Due to his fierce appearance, the Barracuda is often feared by many divers when they really shouldn’t. Their…