Low Tide Corals Extreme tidal variations happen each month during what is known as a spring tide. This tidal phase happens twice each lunar month and the big swing in tidal heights occurs closes to th…
Corals
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 a…
Gorango Reef – Coral Spotting in Weda, Halmahera
Gorango Reef Gorango reef is a long underwater ridge running parallel to the northern coastline of Weda Bay. The reef is divided into three dive sites following the contours of the ridge and sloping p…
Coral Facts, Coral Reef Thrive in Nutrient Poor Water !
Being in the water educating people about coral reef, there are question or idea that are often difficult to apprehend for non marine biologist peoples, and we often have to find ways to answer these …
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…
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 I…
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-p…
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 …
Caulastrea furcata: Indo-Pacific Coral Spotting
Caulastrea furcata Caulasatrea is a genus of corals which forms short branches and trumpet-shaped corallites. Each corallite is between 1-2 cm in diameter with branches up to 2-6 cm in length, dependi…
Circus Reef – Coral Spotting in Northern Sulawesi
Circus Reef – Northern Sulawesi The Circus dive site is located along the coastline, about 30 minutes west of the Murex Manado resort. The dive starts with a sandy slope covered in chocolate chi…