See The Reef With New Eyes – Malapascua 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 Hippoca…
We Visited Bali’s Oldest Living Artificial Reef
Bali’s Oldest Living Artificial Reef In a climate where coral reef habitats continue to decline, the Ocean Gardener Bali’s, artificial reef continues to thrive. With more than fifteen yea…
Oceans S1 Dive Computer is also an Ultrasonic Signaling Device
Oceans S1 Supersonic The Oceans S1 dive computer is making waves on the internet with the introduction of their S1 Supersonic computer. The Ocean S1 Supersonic is a wrist-worn full-color display dive …
Transport Yourself to the Coral Reefs of Indonesia with bugDreamer
bugDreamer If you haven’t seen the underwater videos of bugDreamer prepare yourself for an otherworldly experience. Marcelo Johan Ogata aka ‘bugDreamer’ is a Brazilian underwater vid…
Learn To Spot Six Types Of Plating Coral
Plating Corals Spotting coral can be overwhelming when everything looks the same. However, learning to recognize corals based on growth forms in the easiest way to master the art of coral spotting. Pl…
Learn to Spot Six Types of Branching Coral
Six Types of Branching Coral One of the first steps to becoming a coral spotter is learning to recognize coral growth forms. An perhaps the most recognizable of them all is branching corals. But even …
Learn To Spot Coral Diversity: Large Polyp Corals
Large Polyp Corals Large polyp corals are any hard coral species which have thick fleshy tissue and large corallites over a few centimeters wide. There are even some extra large species with polyps th…
Learn To Spot Coral Diversity: Small Polyp Corals
Small Polyp Corals Do you remember how to tell the difference between hard and soft corals? Remember it has to do with the number of tentacles… We explained that hard corals are based on a six fold sy…
Learn To Spot Coral Diversity: Coral Growth Forms
Learn to Spot Coral Growth Forms Corals are the foundation of the marine environment, but the diversity of coral species often gets overlooked. Looking for corals can be overwhelming. There are so man…
Spot The Difference Between Hard Coral and Soft Coral
The Difference Between Hard and Soft Corals It may seems simple enough, one is soft and one is hard, but can you really spot the different between these two distinct groups of coral? The biggest diffe…