Koh Lipe Divers

Beach Cleaning!

Anika — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:57:30 +0000

Today Loic, Castaway’s resident freedive instructor, organized this month’s beach cleaning. 38 Castaway staff and friends went to Adang island and cleared a great strip of white sandy beach…. we collected 35+ bags of plastic bottles, styrofoam debris, lost flip-flops, tangled fishing line, tin containers, beer cans and much much more! Its important to keep our beaches clean and our oceans garbage free!

Kieran – Open Water Diver

Anika — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:40:54 +0000

Congrats Kieran for completing your Open Water Course! Have fun with your family in the Red Sea!

Samantha – Open Water Diver

Anika — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:37:03 +0000

Congratulations to Samantha on her Open Water Diver certification… good luck diving in the Red Sea!

Everyone Loves Nemo!

Anika — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:48:07 +0000

Western Clown Fish are cute little fellows, except they aren’t always fellows, in fact, the most visible ones are the females. As you approach an anemone underwater you will notice anywhere from 2 to about 4 clownfish darting around in its tentacles. These usually range in size from very tiny to about 2-3 inches in length with the breeding females being the larger more aggressive of the bunch. If anything happens to the female in the group the largest male has the capability of changing sex to take her place.

In Lipe we have a lot of Clownfish, just snorkeling off our beach you have the possibility of seeing hundreds, and you will almost certainly encounter one on every dive! They are fascinating little creatures to watch!

Crafty Recycling

Anika — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:42:46 +0000

Our Resident Frogfish

Anika — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:42:11 +0000

Our resident frogfish has changed colors… Up until now this nifty little guy has been a purplish-white but just yesterday we discovered that he has turned yellow… one of the many color changes he will go though in his life…

Frogfish are interesting and strange little creatures. Without any teeth, they have powerful suction to engulf their meal whole to be processed by their digestive system. Their diet consists of crustaceans and fish… including other frogfish. Which makes these odd creatures cannibals.

Frogfish also don’t swim, they “walk” on twos and fours! They have developed leg-like fins with webbed feet. Instead of swishing tails and fins to move about, they propel themselves through the water by forcing water out through their gill holes just under or behind their pectoral fins creating and awkward and amusing thrusting movement.

Frogfish are generally found in tropic and sub-tropic areas. Some live in shallow waters up to 75 meters in depth while deep sea cousins live in 300 to 4000 meters. Since frogfish are not migratory, you can go back and visit them over a period of months or years and watch as they grow and change. This makes them a divers best friend, odd, photogenic and always changing but sedentary! These little guys are extremely difficult to spot, but once you have found one, he is reliably present on every dive!

Tindra – PADI Scuba Diver

Anika — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:17:02 +0000

Congratulations to Tindra Jangbaeck for completing her Scuba Diver course. She even got to see a seahorse on her second dive! Tindra was a great diver, we hope she does her Open Water upgrade soon!

Turtles

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:24:47 +0000

A Great Organization to Support!

Anika — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:32:15 +0000

Founded in 1994, the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is the only international organization working exclusively to unite communities to protect our planet’s coral reefs. They focus on three fundamental catalysts for change; marine protected areas (MPAs), marine recreation tourism and local communities. By engaging stakeholders from all three groups—MPA managers, marine tourism operators, and local residents—They work to build partnerships that establish lasting change and promote coral reef health around the world.

Check them out at : www.coral.org

Diana, PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Anika — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:59:00 +0000

Diana completed her PADI Advanced Open Water certification on her 2nd trip to Lipe. After years of diving she finally made the plunge, congratulations Diana, enjoy your future diving!