Creature Feature

Nusa penida hawksbill turtle bali

Creature feature — Hawksbill turtle

  |   Creature Feature

Hawksbill turtle endangered species   The beautiful Hawksbill turtle can be seen if you dive around the wonderful island of Bali especially in Padang Bai, getting its name from its narrow and sharp « beak ».   Classification : It is part of a group of reptiles that have existed on Earth...

Read More
stonefish at Amed Bali

Creature Feature — Stonefish

  |   Creature Feature

Stonefish – the world’s most venomous fish Stonefish are venomous which means that can deliver toxins rather than poisonous which is where the toxin is stored within the flesh with no way to deliver it. It is only ingesting poisonous animals that can prove fatal such...

Read More
Mantis Shrimp Diving Bali

Creature Feature — Mantis shrimp

  |   Creature Feature

Mantis shrimp have Incredible Eyes The eyes of a Mantis shrimp are mounted on mobile stalks and can move independently of each other. Mantis shrimps can see objects with three different parts of the same eye, giving them ‘trinocular vision’ so unlike humans who perceive depth...

Read More
Diving In Bali Nudibranch

Creature Feature — Nudibranch

  |   Creature Feature

Nudibranch - The Tiffany Eggs of the Sea The colourful and varied Nudibranch are a macro photographers dream.  Basically they are sea slugs, but unlike common drab coloured land slugs, these slugs come in a huge range of colours, patterns, shapes and sizes, with over 3000...

Read More
Bali Scuba Pufferfish

Creature Feature — Pufferfish

  |   Creature Feature

The Pufferfish   Species & Habitat   The Pufferfish (Tetraodontidae) belongs to the family of Tetraodontiformes. The family comprises numerous species that are known as puffers, pufferfish, blowfish, globefish, toadies, honey toads, bubblefish, and balloonfish, sea squab, and sugar toads. There are more than 120 species of pufferfish worldwide. Most...

Read More
Bali Diving Indo 3 day Critter Package Pygmy Seahorse

Creature Feature — Pygmy Seahorse

  |   Creature Feature

Pygmy Seahorse The tiny pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) is a tiny seahorse found at many dive sites in Bali and much coveted by macro photographers. Amazingly camouflaged and hidden in gorgonian fans (Muricella plectana and Muricella paraplectana). It takes the keen eyes of our amazing PADI...

Read More
Bali Dive safaris

Creature Feature — Mola Mola

  |   Creature Feature

Mola Mola One of the biggest attractions of Bali scuba diving is the Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish). The season here to spot them is between July and October. Ocean sunfish, or Mola Mola, look like the invention of a mad scientist. Huge and flat, these silvery-grey fish have...

Read More