Even though his group had only 2 dive days at NAD Lembeh Resort (they have been in Manado before), Geoffrey could log his 100th dive in his logbook. His Dive buddy Daniel secretly informed us – so it was a big surprise for Geoffrey when the restaurant staff switched off the lights and brought out…
All our dives on our 3 dive boats were really good today … but the second morning dive on Stargazer was a rather special one. We not only found many critters, we also found them in a very small area. Among several other critters, we saw a Painted Frogfish, a Common Seahorse, a Nudibranch with…
Since Yesterday we have NAD Lembeh branded Maskstraps in our shop. They are made from Neoprene and are adjustable with velcro … Bella (Zee and Simon’s daughter) really likes them. So we will keep one for her until she finally can start diving. We now have T-shirts, Polos, Caps and Maskstraps on stock … and…
EunJae is one of our repeater guests and a good friend, that often leads groups to Indonesia. And most of the time he also comes for a little visit in Lembeh. EunJae knows Indonesia really well, has lived in Bali previously and also speaks Indonesian. As seen in previous posts, he mostly shoots video. But in this…
Lembeh Strait is the Mekka for rare Critters – but even here, there are some creatures, that are even rarer than other ones. Like the Mototi Octopus (Poison occelate Octopus, Octopus mototi). This rather small Octopus can be easily identified by its two blue Rings (one on each side) that it displays when excited or threatened.…
On today’s morning dive i was lucky enough to capture this yawning Shorthead Fangbleny (Petroscirtes breviceps). The yawn makes his long curved canine teeth visible, which it uses for defense. Shorthead Fanblennies are very common in North Sulawesi and like hiding in bottlenecks – so obviously there are many of them in Lembeh Strait. They…
Our Guests Markus and Nicole from Germany have been diving with us this January/February for 3 weeks. It was their first trip to Lembeh Strait and they were amazed by the immense biodiversity and all the beautiful and weird critters. Now they put up a slideshow with their photos and videos on vimeo. It has…
On yesterday’s morning dives i came across this beautiful shrimp: A Dragon Shrimp (Miropandalus hardingi). It’s a 2cm long shrimp that lives on black corals and has a green-yellow colouration. Even though it looks a little bit like the more common whip coral shrimps dasycaris zansibarica (on spine) and Pontonides ankeri (no spines) this shrimp…
On a recent dive this week we went to Pulau Putus on the northern end of the Lembeh Strait – a dive around a little island that offers spectacular hard corals, a wall and very good critter life. This is also where we found these mating Notodoris minor. As they are not the most common…
When spending a lot of time with teleconverters and diopters doing Super Macro Photography in Lembeh Strait, you tend to pay less attention to “big” critters like Frogfish, Octopus and Scorpionfishes and start to open your eyes for the rather microscopic types of critters. Like Hairy Shrimp, tiny nudibranchs and more. And for exemple also…