Tanjung Kubur is situated on the island side of the Lembeh Strait and is the southern side of a little Cape coming out north of the Kareeko Village. It shares that headland with Tanjung Tebal (out on the tip of the headland) and Aer Bajo 1 (on the opposite side). Tanjung Read more about Lembeh Divesites: Tanjung Kubur
Well, it’s nearly Golden Week and we’re getting quite a few Japanese divers visiting us during their time of national holidays. Johan has been tasked with a goby mission, and he’s doing pretty well!
In a few days he’s found Hairy Gobies, 5 lined gobies, Fire Dart Gobies, Purple Dart Gobies, Okinawa Gobies, Panda Goby and loads of Shrimp Gobies.
A few weeks ago I started looking for this Nudi, and it is by no means a new critter, but it is a fun one to look for. It has taken me a few weeks to start posting due to a couple of reasons, a visit to Malaysia for a week, and a hard drive crash which made all my data unavailable on my drive (thanks to ‘Data Rescue 3’ i got almost every file back).
So, onto the Nudibranch, there are 2 in this photo:
On yesterdays morning dives i went guiding some of our guests. Due to waves and surge we had to switch divesites and jumped on a protected reef. At around 30 meters i saw a white sponge and i immediately had the feeling that something was “unusual” about it. But i Read more about White Halimeda Ghost Pipefish
Lembeh Strait is home to several species of Ghostpipefish including the Ornate, Robust, Slender, Roughsnout and Halimeda Ghostpipefish. But the rarest and most bizarre is the Velvet Ghostpipefish. It is smooth, relatively small and mimics sponges. And at the moment we are seeing them at 3 different dive sites: There Read more about Velvet Mania in Lembeh