Coral Identification

What Is A Corallite?

Corallite Looking through my pictures I realized I am started to get quite the collection of macro shots of Acropora corals. One thing that is really incredible about these close up images is we are able to see the corallite,…

Muricella: Pygmy Kingdom !

Following our series on coral host to famous critter subject, here is another important one, that everybody has high on their list of Holy Grail ! The host of the King of all critters, the Pygmy Seahorse, Hippocampus bargibanti. This…

See The Reef With New Eyes – 3W Dive Gili Air May 29th

See The Reef With New Eyes Are you interested to learn more about coral diversity from the Indo Pacific? Join us this week where we will be giving a live presentation at the 3W Dive Center on the island of Gili…

See The Reef With New Eyes – Girls That Scuba Gili Trawangan May 30th

See The Reef With New Eyes Are you interested to learn more about coral diversity from the Indo Pacific? Join us this week where we will be giving a live presentation at the Girls The Scuba Day on the island…

Kobe Reef – Coral Spotting in Weda, Halmahera

Kobe Reef Halmahera Kobe Reef is a turbid sheltered reef slope located five minutes boat ride south of the Weda Reef & Rainforest dive resort. The reef is named after the local village ‘Kobe’ which is just in front of…

Caribbean Undaria Corals Official Reclassified As Agaricia

Undaria No More The debate between where to classify the Caribbean plating lettuce corals has been solved, at least for the time being! Agaricia previously Undaria, previously Agaricia, is now once again being classified under the genus Agaricia. A statement…

Jalan Masuk – Coral Spotting in Northern Sulawesi

Jalan Masuk Jalan Masuk is a dive site in Bunaken National Park south of Bunaken Island. The dive site is located between the Lekuan 2 and Lekuan 3 site near the entrance of the part. Jalan Masuk is Indonesian for…

See The Reef With New Eyes – Presentation in Nusa Lembongan – May 3rd

See The Reef With New Eyes Are you interested to learn more about coral diversity from the Indo Pacific? Join us this week where we will be giving a live presentation at the Yoga Shack in Nusa Lembongan. If you…

The Beauty in the Beast! – Learn Your Corals, To Spot Your Model

Beauty in the Beast Ok, we are all about corals, but after years of learning the basic of Underwater Macro Photography, in order to shoot our beloved corals, I noticed that many of the best UW macro-photography subjects are actually…

Batas Kota City Border – Coral Spotting in Northern Sulawesi

Batas Kota – Coral Spotting Batas Kota is an incredible coral spotting dive site on the border of Manado city. The site is located a five-minute boat ride from the Murex Manado Resort along the coastline of Manado Bay. While…