Finally went diving again today! After a cool first dive at Kapal Indah with 6 Ghost Pipefishes, Pygmy Seahorses, 3 Sawblade Shrimps, Xenocrab, Nudis and and and, we went for the second dive to Pulau Abadi. Our Mission: Find the first Blue Ring Octopus in November – the classic Blue Read more
This week when going in for the second dive at Aer Bajo 1, we decended as usual on the buoyline in the shallows. That buoy is ankered by concrete filled oildrums at 6 meters in the sandy bottom. The ropes up to the buoy are always filled with squid Read more
As mentioned before, our old Dive Boat Banggai is now a Wreck on our housereef. This week i went in to sink another wooden boat close to it to put a second wreck attraction on the housereef. After finishing the sinking job i also went to check out the marine life Read more
We love Critters, we love unusual behaviour, we love night diving – and this is why we will have another Night Safari in 2012 – a week with a rather extreme dive schedule for extreme encounters! What to Expect: A Weeks stay at NAD-Lembeh Resort; with Night Diving as Read more
Today at Aer Bajo 2 it was quite busy, so i decided to look around a bit deeper and swam down the slope off the divesite. At 29 meters i found this little Frogfish under some pieces of sponges and leaves. The Bugger is only about 2 cm big and Read more
While looking for some Tiger Shrimp, we found this cool little Frogfish in between some sponges and ropes while diving in one of Lembeh’s shallow Back Sand Bays. Even though we see quite some Hairy Frogfish, Hispid Frogfish and other rather special Frogfish, we still fell in love with this Read more
In Lembeh everybody is looking for Hairy Frogfish, Rhinopias, Mimic octopus, Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Pygmy Seahorses and other “Premium Critters”. But sometimes it is the rather ordinary looking species, that fascinate me. And it was exactely the same, when i found this little fish in the shallows of a black sand Read more
(Just to clarify before writing this article: We still go Muckdiving everyday and see lot’s of stunning macrolife. These special trips are only done by one of our boats for guests that request it – so don’t worry, wou will still get proper Lembeh Diving at NAD …) Yesterday we went Read more
After all the modifications to the resort… 2 new bungalows and new terraces on the rooms… (Pics to follow shortly!) Simon took a trip on our new boat, Banggai (II). She is a little smaller than stargazer and takes upto 8 divers, she also uses nice new 4 stroke engines. Read more
Last week we found a small male black hairy Frogfish … and when coming back again this week, he already found a new “Hairy Girlfriend”. On this fantastic dive, we not only saw these two lovers, but also two more Hairy Frogfish on the same site. Let’s hope they make Read more