Photo by Rantje Allen
Photo by William Tan
Photo by Rantje Allen
Photo by William Tan
Photo by Rantje Allen
Yesterday’s diving in Gorontalo included encounters with Green sea turtles. On the way to our first dive site,Miguel’s Diving crew spotted some unusual flapping on the still blue ocean surface: a pair of turtles mating. We proceeded past the happy couple then stopped in order to watch them from a discreet distance and so not to… Continue Reading
Repeat divers to Gorontalo picked a brilliant day to return here to dive. Visibility has been running around 25 meters lately. But today it jumped a notch to 30 meters at Chimneys dive site where we found a rare polyclad flatworm (Acanthozoon sp.) spiraling down the wall like an undulating ribbon. Miguel’s Diving actually has a picture of this beautiful creature taken… Continue Reading
The location crew for Indonesia’s Trans 7 TV’s weekly series Jejak Petualang(Steps of the Adventurer) spent about a week in Gorontalo shooting for upcoming episodes. Among their adventures was a day of scuba diving the biodiversity waters with Miguel’s Diving. Series hostess Medina Kamil enjoyed touring the multiple pinnacles of Sentinels dive site and even spotted one… Continue Reading
Manado-based marine biologist Sebastian from Germany got his first look at the biodiversity found underwater in Gorontalo yesterday. Miguel’s Diving staff was able to show him some of our endemic fishes and new shrimp discoveries. What made the biggest impression on him was the dense and diverse hard coral colonies that are a hallmark of… Continue Reading
The current edition of Asian Diver magazine contains a review of our new book Gorontalo: Hidden Paradise, which details and portrays the beautiful underwater environment here. We at Miguel’s Diving have yet to get our hands on a copy but eagerly listened to excerpts read over the phone. Most newsstands and books shops regionally should carry… Continue Reading
Yesterday’s diving had so many fish as to make divers dizzy! Visibility hovered around 25 meters and seas were extremely flat. Seeing a pair of huge Napolea.n wrasses swimming together was a special highlight of the day. Denis from the USA says, “Now I know what you mean by biodiversity!”
A review of our book Gorontalo: Hidden Paradise appears in the current edition of Australasia Scuba Diver (issue 6 / 2006). In his article entitled “The Power of Three,” Editor David Espinosa says that photographers William Tan, Stephen Wong, and Takako Uno “have accomplished is more than just create a masterpiece that would be one of the crown… Continue Reading
Time has taken its toll on some of the largest attractions in Gorontalo. The dozens of Foxtail colonial tunicates, featured in our new book Gorontalo: Hidden Paradise, have been swept away during the half year of rough weather that hits our area during off-season. Most of these streamers were almost 1.5 meters long. New colonies are growing… Continue Reading
One of our November guests, Jovin of Singapore, has posted a new thread about her dive trip to Gorontalo. Some of her great pictures taken in this hidden paradise are also available to view. You don’t have to be a Scubaboard member to access these links, just click the highlighted words in the text above.
Diving in Gorontalo is indeed an adventure as divers found this week. In addition to our regular list of marine marvels, we managed to find and photograph too many ghost pipefish to remember and two pairs of exceptional Ambon scorpionfish(Pteroidichthys amboinensis). Even the extremely rare and tiny Teddy bear crab made a mercurial appearance before somersaulting… Continue Reading
