Lookup any pictures of the iconic Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) and you’re sure to see it’s flashing bright purple and yellow hues. However, a recent study proves their colorful patterns are only a display, and they spend most of their…
Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus, Rare Phantom Angelfish Spotted in The Wild
Rare Phantom Angelfish The adult Chaetodontoplus dimidiatus is an attractive angelfish with a velvety black belly, silver-grey body, bright solid yellow tail, and a distinctive scribbled face. It’s not often I write about fish, but when a stunner like this…
Take a Ride on the Passport to Coral Paradise in Northern Sulawesi Indonesia
Last year, I had the opportunity to visit Northern Sulawesi as part of the ReefBuilders scuba destination trip. On this expedition, we visited three location along the Northern coast of Sulawesi, Manado, Bangka, and Lembeh Strait on a set tour…
Fluorescent Night Diving In Lembeh Strait
Fluorescent Night Dive There is nothing quite as exciting as a fluorescent night dive. And sure those two little words night dive might give some people the hibigeebies, but grab yourself a UV torch and strap on a yellow filter, and you'll…
What Is Muck Diving?
Muck Diving Not all dive sites are created equal. Just like on land, underwater landscapes are diverse and can contain dozens of unique habitats, and tiny niche space for critters to exploit. But none of these habitats are more enticing than muck.…
Reef Builders Travelogue, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi Indonesia
Reef Builders Destination Lembeh Lembeh Strait is our final stop in this eleven-day trip around Northern Sulawesi. A holy grail amongst scuba divers who flock to Lembeh for its biodiversity of marine life with a backdrop of black volcanic sands.…
Unusual Corals In Lembeh Strait
Lembeh Strait The Lembeh Strait is a holy grail amongst scuba divers. This relatively small channel of water is home to the highest concentration of crazy critters known anywhere under the sea. Scuba divers from around the world flock to…
Scuba Diving Adventure In Sulawesi Indonesia, And New Travel Vlog!
Scuba Diving in Sulawesi We're back from an epic two-week scuba diving trip around Northern Sulawesi. Apologies as we've been a little MIA from the blog lately, but rest assured we have a good excuse ;) We've interrupted the regular…
Creatures of the Lembeh Strait
Howard Hall is a well known name in underwater cinematography. He and his wife have won numerous Emmys and produced fine films for National Geographic and PBS Nature. Fortunately for us, they also have a vimeo channel that you can…
Lembeh Reef Video, Critter Crazy, is nothing short of the best macro video collage we’ve ever seen
[vimeo width=”670″ height=”502″]http://vimeo.com/14263769[/vimeo] This video of diving in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia by Markus Young is the last 10 minute break you need to get through the week. Go ahead and enable HD, click on fullscreen and turn the up the…
