Japanese Goby

This week we said goodbye to Yoshi from Japan. He was diving with us last May and got fed up with the typhoons and bad weather in Japan and came back for some more diving 2 months later! His favourite picture was this one of the Shrimp Goby, it lives in a sandy hole with 1 (sometimes 2) shrimps: the goby keeps guard whilst the shrimp cleas the home. Its hard to get a good picture of the goby as its very shy and darts back into its hole when it senses danger, and the white sand means that a flash will “white-out” the picture.

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Baby cuttlefish at night

Had a great night dive last night, and spotted this baby cuttlefish. Its only 2cm long (size of the top part of your thumb), so was real lucky to get the shot.

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Its always been there!

Another nudi I have never seen!! “Its always at that site” say Vanus, one of our dive guides, “you’ve just ever looked.” Yep, and now I can see them, its amazing when you know where and which site. Great colouration.

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Fantastic dancer on the reefs

A few nights ago we went on a night dive and found this Spanish Dancer, a nudibranch that is about 1 foot long and has a very large frill that makes it seem as though its “dancing” when it moves. A very beautiful creature that is not seen often, Neil (yes he is still here!) took this photo as I was guiding a student on their Night Dive as part of their Advanced Course.

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Another new nudi

Hot on the heels of the nudibrach spotted last week for the first time, this nudibranch is another guy that was spotted in Bunaken for the first time. Still unrecognised, please let me know if anyone recognises it.

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New nudiranch

On the same dive as the crocodile fish, I was lucky enough to take a picture of this really cool nudibranch. This is the first time that it has been spotted and unfortunately there was a small current so it was hard to get a really sharp image. Just shows you that you can always see new things here on the reefs of Bunaken.

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