Archive for March, 2009

Are All Sea Horses Shy?

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Sea Horse on JabangThis year we’ve encountered several sea horses and there is one on Jabang which we have seen regularly. We’ve tried many times to photograph it, but it seems to be very shy. Every time we tried to photograph it, it would turn away and we would get a picture of his back.

Finally we have a good picture of our favourite sea horse. It was finally captured by Matthijs Krom who was diving with us this week. Although he won’t admit it, Tony is a little bit jealous and no doubt will be trying again very soon to get a good shot of our little friend.

Top Dive Site: Stonehenge

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Recently at half moon, when the currents were weak, we made a dive on Stonehenge where we encountered our newest discovery on this site: a seahorse.

This year we have seen ornate ghost pipe fish, whale sharks, leopard sharks, barracudas, frog fish and now a seahorse all on the one site. Stonehenge is only 3 minutes away from our dive shop and it wins the top spot as best dive site for the year!

February - 8 Mile Rock

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Our last trip to 8 mile Rock was one of those perfect days. The water was calm and the sun was shining and some dolphins were swimming along with the boat. As we started the dive we were joined by a whale shark at the surface, and then as we got deeper we spotted a pair of leopard sharks. It just doesn’t bet better than that. All in all a great day out.