When Muck Diving Freaks come to Lembeh the Hairy Frogfish is arguably the top candidate on the Critter Whishlist. The Hairy Frogfish is the hairy variation of the Striated Frogfish (antennarius striatus or striped frogfish). Even though there is some other species of frogfish with hair to see in Lembeh, the Striated Frogfish is the…
This week Guido from Italy was our Guest here at NAD Lembeh – and already when he stepped from the Boat he was quite familiar to Serge our Dive Manager. After some minutes they finally figured out, that they know each other from Maldives where Guido had complained, that the 60 minutes Dive time was…
Today was another fantastic day of diving here at NAD Lembeh. This morning was somthing like the festival of miniatures. On the first dive we had several Baby Painted Frogfish, tiny Soft Coral Shrimp, baby Sawblade Shrimps, Pygmy Goby guarding eggs and a lot of other small things, that make a dive BIG. On the…
After having tested the Four Stroke Tohatsu Engines for almost 2 months on “Banggai” (one of our dive boats), we now got a second set of them for our bigger boat “Stargazer”. These Engines not only save fuel (which is good for us and for the environment), they also don’t smell, are very low noise…
We are having a fantastic week of Muck and Coral diving here in Lembeh at the moment: Many cool Critters like Blue Ringed and hairy Octopus, rare Frogfishes and Ghost Pipefishes … but also a big variety of Nudibranchs these days. The Lesser Janolus in the Picture is just one of them. Some others, that…
The Tozeuma Shrimp or Sawblade Shrimp is another cool Critter commonly found in the Lembeh Strait. The more attractive one is the Banded Tozeuma Shrimp (tozeuma armatum) which has a beautiful stripe pattern and lives on whip coral and in black coral bushes. It matches the colour of the host. They are sometimes found alone…
On the 20.11.2011 at 20.11 our Guest John proposed to Jennifer at our Dinner Table … As planned with us, we switched off the lights at 20.08 and then we came in with a birthdaycake (Jennifer also had her birthday) to sing for her. After the birthday song we switched the lights back on exactly…
The Blue Ringed Octopus is one of the top Critters for Muck Divers … it’s a little bit like a small version of a Whaleshark: everybody really really wants to see one. And of course it is possible to find it here in the Lembeh Strait – the muck diving capital of the world. The Blue Rined…
We went out today and planned a dive at Batu Sandar looking for Pygmy Seahorses – but as it is with plans, we ended up somewhere else instead: it was a little too choppy for good pictures of Pygmy Seahorses. So we changed divesite and decided to go to TK (Teluk Kembahu). A good decision:…
Not on the Top of the typical Critter Wishlist the Longfin Waspfish (Apistus carinatus) is still a Creature with WOW effect. This Member of the Scorpionfishes is not very common and can only be seen on some dive sites in Lembeh – normally in TK (Teluk Kembahu) 1-3. It is mostly burried in the sand and…