I remember periods, when it was really hard to find Harlequin Shrimps in Lembeh Strait. Sometimes there were none, sometimes only very small ones sometimes they were only in places with a lot of surge. They have often been well kept secrets, that would not be shared with other dive centers. But since 2-3 months…
Lembeh Strait is famous for rare Critters, Black Sand Muck dives, and the Mekka for divers that want to see rare creatures. But it is also a place that often has very limited visibility. Like for example the last week: After a long period of reasonably good visibility (for Lembeh that means 10+ meters) we…
Below is a movie shot by one of our repeater guests EunJae here in the Lembeh Strait, he shot the movie using a Canon 7D in a Nauticam housing with tripod and L&M Sola 1200 Video Lights. As you can see he has a thing for Hairy Shrimps. To see more of EJ’s work visit…
Here is a Gallery from Javi: http://nad-lembeh.com/guest-galleries/141-javi-madinaveitia-gallery.html As you can see, Javi and Aida had a successful trip to Paradise Pier. 🙂
In this exceptionally good winter season in Lembeh Strait there are not only a lot of critters around, but also a lot of unusual ones. For example Nudibranchs: besides the – more commonly seen – Chromodoris, Hypselodoris, Glossodoris, Flabellinas and so on, we are also seeing many other, more uncommon, nudibranchs. Specially in habitats like…
A few week ago i posted about a white Ghost Pipefish, which i believed was a Halimeda Ghost Pipefish. I was already not sure at the time, but when revisiting the spot yesterday, i saw that i was wrong. It turned out, that it is a Velvet Ghost Pipefish – which is also a very…
As always we are working on our cosy garden and we just finished a new nature stone path through the garden with little paths going to each room. We also planted new, lush grass, put decorative white pebble along the building and removed some old flowerbeds to increase the seaview experience. And our plants seem…
Yesterday morning, and this morning we had some more blue ring action, and our guest Vivian got a great shot with her Canon G11. As you can see from the picture, Vivian’s shot is of the sub-type of Blue Ring with the larger circular pattern. Hopefully this means we are due for some more mating…
On yesterdays afternoon dive we went out to see Harlequin Shrimps (and we also found several ones). But before looking for Harlequins in the shallows i spend some time around some Bommies a little bit off the dive side. I took my time scanning the Ascidian Clusters for cool Micro Critters like Nudibranchs, Flatworms or…
The Thecacera Nudibranchs – often also called Pikachu (named after the similar looking Pokemon) – are without doubt one of the more attractive and spectacular groups of nudibranchs. Plus they are not so common. This makes it always nice to see them under water. And over the last week i have already seen several of…