Yes, we are still here, still alive and doing great. A while since our last blog post, but all is fine… Since our last blog the diving has remained incredible. The Psychedelic Frogfish is still around!! Or at least we keep finding small ones. We’ve also seen a Manta Ray, Whaleshark, Dugongs as well as a whole bunch of wonderful …
The Other Side
With all the excitement surrounding the re-emergence of the Psychedelic Frogfish, it is easy to forgot about all the other incredible dives we are having. Monsoon has ended very early this year, and we’ve already started diving on the south ‘clear water’ sites. We are lucky to have renowned photographer Wolfgang Poelzer and his wife Barbara diving with us. They’ve …
Once, twice, third time a lady….. The Psychedelic Frogfish is here again
It’s blog time again. The new season has started, and it’s started with a bang!!!! On the 23rd September, two years ago, to the day, we were fortunate enough to find the first Psychedelic Frogfish to be seen in Ambon for 4 years. It was an amazing find and wonderful to finally see this rarest of underwater critters. It was …
We’ve done it again :) The Psycho is back
Click Above for the Video (Apologies if you are in Indonesia, Vimeo is blocked. You have to use a VPN to view) Everyone who comes to Ambon to dive, not surprisingly, wants to see the Psychedelic Frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica. And it’s a critter we would love to show everyone too. The last sighting was at the end of 2014, when …
Sometimes you just get lucky
I’ve been very lucky, as a macro videographer, to have lived and worked in Lembeh and Ambon over the last six years or so. It has given me the opportunity to film some of the rarest and most unusual critters in the underwater world. My critter checklist has been getting smaller over the years, but there is still plenty of …
Big beautiful Nudi
Nature and the underwater world never ceases to amaze, surprise and leave me in awe of it’s incredible diversity. Nudibranchs are some of the most colourful and most varied critters we get to see. They range in size from a few millimeters to 30cm or more. The big ones are often the rarest and least seen. Click Above to Watch …
Back in the Water
I’m back, at least for now. The last few months have been hectic, to say the least. We have moved our Dive Centre down the to a newly rebuilt/renovated resort, called Maluku Resort and Spa. Though we hoped (wished) that all would go according to plan, everything has taken a little longer than first thought. We eventually got everything moved …
The End of our 2nd Season
So our season season ends…and what a great time we’ve had. Fantastic diving, wonderful island, we’ve seen old friends and met new ones. A huge thank you to everyone who has dived with us. The highlights, and there have been many, include finding the Psychedelic Frogfish, the Transparent Larval Eel, Lembeh Seadragons, plenty of Rhinopias, Santa Claus Pygmy Seahorse, …
Dragon’s Den and Ox Hearts
A very wonderful day for critters. First we found the “Lembeh” Sea Dragon (Kyonemichthys rumengan). This was, of course, one of our favourite critters from Lembeh, where it was discovered in 2006. Though it has been found in a few other locations around Indonesia and the Philippines, we believe this is the first time it has been found in Ambon. Like …
Swarming Bees!!!
Click Above to Watch Amazing Video Once is a while you come across something underwater that just blows your mind!! This was one of those times. Bumblebee Shrimp are one of the rarest shrimp. They are much desired as a photographic subject for this reason, as well as being beautiful subjects. Usually you find one or two (always exciting) and …
