March 2010 Archives

Join Anna and Ned DeLoach, co-authors of the best-selling series of marine identification field guides in the business - for an exclusive action-packed week of marine life education and underwater fun at Kima Bajo. Modeled on the DeLoach's successful Caribbean Fish & Critter Hunt, the activities have been tailored to North Sulawesi's world-famous reefs.

The week's activities include:

• Basic Reef Fish and Invertebrate Identification.
• Daily Underwater Fish and Critter Hunts for the area's most sought-after species.

Underwater Photo/Video Workshop:
• How to capture memorable wildlife portraits
• Getting close to elusive species
• Macro photography
• Waiting for the right moment
• Framing your subject to best advantage

Special Nightly Presentations include:
• Cephalopod Behavior - The Outrageous Antics of Some of the World's most Outrageous Animals
• Symbiosis and Camouflage: Hiding in Plain Sight
• The Diverse Reproductive Repertoire of Reef Fishes
• Which Fish Eat What

As an added bonus the couple will debut the long-awaited Reef Creature Identification - Tropical Pacific, with more than 2,000 species photos, many taken by the authors in N. Sulawesi.

To read about Ned and Anna's recent adventures, visit www.marinelifeblog.com

We guarantee that after spending an energizing week of fun and learning with a group of like-minded friends, diving will never be the same!

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After a great breakfast, fresh fruit and yogurt, freshly made croissants at the cottages.  We were all set for a fab days diving.

Did we get it? I think so. 1st dive at Makawide II, soooo many seahorses and most of them bright red.  I was so excited I went to take a photo and wondered why my camera would not focus properly.  Umm, could be something to do with half of my dog Scrappy's coat in the port. Still, I did manage to get this photo.

My dearest friends,
We finally have come back from our vacation and the next day I was right back in the water diving.
While in Japan I have bought a new 105mm lens and I could not wait to try it. The plan was to make the first dive at the wreck and the second one on the mainland. I was amazed by the good visibility we have found at the wreck (arhghjhgjghf, I would have loved to have my fish eye lens).  Like always it has been a nice and we have seen a pink frogfish in a nice black coral bush.
During the second dive we have seen 2 babies frogfish and a hairy pipefish , huge cuttlefish and squid group. The water got a bit chiller in fact the temp. was down to 26 Celsius, which is very good for all the marine life ,as lots of nutriments from the deep come up to shallow water.
Over all I was amazed by the quantities of marine life I have seen, we can easily tell that, thanks to the rich nutriments in the waters, fish are abundantly feeding  and this means that in June and July We should have many critters mating  which for us  means to be able to see 3 or even 4 pigmy seahorses or ghost pipefish or etcccc........ccccc in the same spot.
I am really looking for that ;).

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