Nice photos this week

Some more photos from this weeks diving - thanks Rob



















Dendedoris tuberculosa

Cute Shrimp

Cuttlefish

Ornate Ghost Pipefish

Happy New Year Diving

OK so we know its raining and the vis is lower, but it doesnt stop us diving and finding some cool stuff. This pygmy seahorse was as small as the tip of my nail on my little finger!

This week highlights:-
Dili Rock - Huge Dendedoris tuburculosa, cuttlefish and two ornate ghost pipefish
The Pinnacle - Turtle, sea snake and blue spotted stingray
Tasi Tolu - The usual suspects, 4 seahorse, 2 cuttlefish, mantis shrimp and an ornate ghost pipefish
Secret Garden - Great vis, blue spotted stingray and Maori Wrasse
Marble Rock - This wonderful little pygmy seahorse















Photo -Thanks Rob Burfield

Dive Log - Tasi Tolu Dec 09

More great critter photos by Ashley Woo



















Ornate Ghost Pipefish

Rhinopious

Thorny Seahorse

Chelidonura amoena

Hermit Crab

Crown Snake Eel

Chelidonura hirundinina

Dive Log - Dili Rock Dec 09

OK, so the rainy season has started and the vis is dropping, but who cares when you have a new macro lens!

Brown Banded Pipefish

Hinge Beak Shrimp

Nembrotha lineolata

Lionfish

Shrimp

Photos thanks to Ashley Woo

Dive Log - 7th December 2009

This weekends diving had some great turtle sightings, good to hear:-

Lone Tree - 2 turtle
Dili Rock - Turtle and bumphead parrotfish
K41 - A seahorse possy
Jaco - Leopard Shark and turtle

Dive Log - Around Dili Last Week in November

Pertamina Jetty

Tasi Tolu Night Dive - spot the Scorpionfish


















Pertamina Jetty

Pertamina Jetty

Dili Rock

Dili Rock

Christoe Rae

Dive Log - Lone Tree 27th November 2009

Photos Thanks to Fatima

Dive Log - Dirt Track 24th November 2009

Photos thanks to Fatima

Dive Log - Pertamina Jetty 21st Nov 2009

Divers - John, Monica, Paz, Yolanda and Chris
Visibility: 15m
Current: Moderate current on the way out, but dropped away to almost nothing for the rest of the dive.
Temperature: 28 deg C
Depth: 10m Dive
Time: 69mins

Comments: Like a wreck dive, with lots to see such as big Scorpion and Lion Fish, Eels in pipes, Flute Fish, Crabs in tyres, and an assortment of big fish just hanging out in the current. The area is quite small, so take your time to explore both the Eastern and Western ends of the Jetty. For something extra, surface swim to one of the mooring buoys, descend there, explore then fin to the North/South Jetty on the bearing you took before descending, then follow it out to the end. Check out all the pylons, pipes and other junk as you go, but the East/West section at the end of the jetty is the highlight and so enough time should be allowed for it.

Cautions: No diving when a ship is moored at the Jetty. Look out for the semi submerged metal remains of two boats at the entry point. Be careful of the current, as the dive site is quite exposed. If visibility is poor, you'll need bearings to find the pylons at each end or indeed to find your way back if vis drops during the dive. Care is required to avoid the many camouflaged Scorpion Fish found on the metal junk under the Jetty. Finally, the flora and fauna are delicate, so avoid any touching.

Dive Log 26th October 2009

This weekends highlights:-

Dili Rock - 40 squid and 13 bumphead parrotfish
Maubera - Remora and 2 humpback whales at the surface
2 mile beach Atauro - Octopus, 2 turtles, bumphead parrotfish, big tuna & maori wrasse. Dolphins, pilot whales and 2 humpback whales on the surface
Tasi Tolu - Octopus and this very tiny frogfish

Photo thanks to Abryl Ramirez

Dive Log - 23rd October 2009

This weeks highlights:-

Dili Rock - Octopus and Mantis shrimp
K41 - Shark
Lone Tree - Bumphead Parrotfish, Shark, Turtle and this cool ray (12 foot long)



















Photo - Thanks to Anne Bolton, US Navy

Christo Rae - Bumphead Parrotfish, Maori Wrasse and Giant Trevally
Tasi Tolu - Octopus and 3 cuttlefish

Dive Log 14th October 2009

And the diving just keeps getting better! This past few days highlights:-

Dili Rock - Barracuda
Franks Crack - 4 Eagle Rays
Secret Garden - Shark and Turtle
Tasi Tolu - Juvenile Warty Frogfish
House reef - Snowflake moray & leaf scorpionfish
The Pinnacle - Turtle, baitball of barracuda, shark, 7 blue spotted stingray & moray eel

Dive Log - 9th October 2009

Another great week for diving. Here's the highlights

K41 - Turtle, barracuda and 4 Blue fin trevally devouring an octopus
Big Fish - 1000+ Barracuda baitball and huge dogtooth tuna
Dili Rock - 13 Bumphead parrotfish and barracuda
Secret Garden - Dugong!
The Pinnacle - Shark, turtle and a shoal of Barracuda

Seems the barracuda are getting about a bit this week!

Dive Log

This weeks highlights:-

Bubble Beach - Bubbles!
Maubera - Manta Rays
Sharks at both Secret Garden and Lone Tree

Diving this week - Wow

This weeks highlights:-

Atauro - 4 Eagle Rays and Shark

Dili Rock - Leaf Scorpionfish, mantis shrimp and big Barracuda

Tasi Tolu - 5 seahorses - 1 pregnant, mimic octopus, hairy frogfish and this unusual nudibranch - Navanax polyalphus (photo thanks Derek)

Dive Log 8th September 2009

Site: Pertamina Jetty
Temperature: 27 degrees
Vis: 15 meters
Current: Slight
Spotted: 3 Giant Trevally (1.5 meters long, 3 types of moray, scorpionfish and a shoal of Batfish


















Site: Christo Rei
Temperature: 27 degrees
Vis: 20 Meters
Current: None
Spotted: Giant Puffer, Crayfish, Batfish and 6 species of Nudibranch





































Photos - Thanks Derek

Wonderful Atauro

Yesterday we were lucky to see 2 pods of dolphins and a pod of pilot whales on the crossing to Atauro



Thank you Derek for this wonderful action shot

Dive Log - 29th August 2009

What a fantastic day for diving, here are some of the highlights:-

Dili Rock - 15 Bumphead Parrotfish & Barracuda
Tasi Tolu - Purple and Yellow Rhinopious, Baby Cuttlefish and Mimic Octopus
Pertamina Jetty - Huge Giant Trevally x 3
Black Rock - Bumphead Parrotfish, shoal of Barracuda and reef Shark
Bubble Beach - 3 Maori Wrasse

Dive Log - 20-21st August 2009

K41 - Big Barracuda
Dili Rock Night Dive - Spanish Dancer
Backside of Jesus - Turtle

Dive Log - Clam Cove, Atauro

Some photos from Clam Cove on Atauro last weekend. Thanks to Henri Myrttinen



















Chromodoris willani

Kentrodoris rubescens

Puffer with the lanky dutchman