Bali, Indonesia
Dive: 149 Date: 4/01/2015
Location: Whacko Beach Club advanced site with headless gamelan xylophone statue; Bali, Tanjung Benoa, Indonesia
Depth: 11.8m Time: 0:44
Comments: One eagle ray with a hook, trailing a fishing line (wasn't able to catch up to him) but lots of large mounding and brain corals; some soft corals; lots of fish.
Bintan Island area: Dives 189-191.
Bintan Island, Indonesia
Dive: 189 Date: 11/28/2019
Location: Numbing Island; Bintan Island, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia
Depth: 52 Ft Time: 0:52
Comments: Poor vis this time of year (silty), but lots of coral, tunicates, sponges, gorgonians, with 2 remoras attaching to my leg at the end.
Blue dragon nudibranch, Bintan 2019.
Small crab with "fake eyes" defense on legs, hiding among hard coral, Bintan 2019.
Bintan Island, Indonesia
Dive: 190 Date: 11/28/2019
Location: Reno Point, near Numbing Island; Bintan Island, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia
Depth: 62 Ft Time: 0:49
Comments: Poor vis this time of year (silty), but tons of nudibranchs including scrambled egg nudibranchs (Phyllidiidae varcosa).
The infamous "scrambled egg" or "varicose" nudibranch, Phyllidiella varicosa has many variations, Bintan 2019.
Phyllidiella rudmani nudibranch, Bintan 2019.
Bintan Island, Indonesia
Dive: 191 Date: 11/28/2019
Location: Palau Rusa, near Numbing Island; Bintan Island, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia
Depth: 45 Ft Time: 0:52
Comments: Poor vis this time of year (silty), but lots of nudibranch again with flatworm, and a baby broadclub cuttlefish.
Whip coral goby fish on a sea whip, Bintan 2019.
The hard-to-spot eel bornella nudibranch, Bintan 2019.
Hypselodoris bullocki nudibranch, Bintan 2019.
Unknown baby Flabellina species nudibranch, Bintan 2019.
Baby broadclub cuttlefish, Bintan 2019.
Maldives
North Male Atoll: Dives 232-236
Bodu Gaa Faru, drift dive from TGI Helengeli
Dive: 232 Date: 3/26/2024
Location: Bodu Gaa Faru reef
Depth: 17.8 m Time: 0:57
Comments: Spotfin lionfish, sea cucumbers, lots of sponges, bivalves, whip coral, Phyllidiella zeylanica nudibranch, sea stars, and baggy seaweed.
OBLU Helengeli house reef, drift dive from TGI Helengeli
Dive: 233 Date: 3/26/2024
Location: Bodu Gaa Faru reef
Depth: 17.1 m Time: 1:01
Comments: Common lionfish, sea cucumbers, different corals, orange-lined triggerfish, spiny cushion star, Linckia guildingi sea stars, Valentin's sharpnose puffer, giant moray eel, giant clams, banded coral shrimp, yellow margin moray eel, another giant moray eel, spotfin lionfish, bivalve scallop, Maldive anemonefish, oriental sweetlips, spiny lobster, and sea cucumbers.
Hani Kandu Beyru, drift dive from TGI Helengeli with Nitrox 32%
Dive: 234 Date: 3/27/2024
Location: Hani Kandu Beyru reef
Depth: 22 m Time: 0:54
Comments: Spiral wire coral, red-toothed triggerfish, green reef sea squirts, baggy seaweed, spotfin lionfish, Maldivian Clark's anemonefish, black feather stars, giant moray eel, burrowing fine spine sea urchin, and Indian triggerfish.
Kuda Giri, drift dive from TGI Helengeli with Nitrox 31%
Dive: 235 Date: 3/27/2024
Location: Kuda Giri seamount reef
Depth: 21.8 m Time: 0:53
Comments: Green reef sea squirts, coral, sponges, masked porcupinefish, red tile seastar, bubble tip anemone, Chalinula nematifera calcareous coral-killing sponge, leather corals, mushroom leather coral, titan triggerfish, and Fromia milleporella sea star.
Ali Giri, from TGI Helengeli with Nitrox 31%
Dive: 236 Date: 3/27/2024
Location: Ali Giri coral seamount reef
Depth: 21.8 m Time: 0:51
Comments: Maldivian Clark's anemonefish, giant moray eel, latera a giant moray eel free-swimming, large black-spotted stingray, boat wreck, Maldivian anemonefish, mushroom leather corals, large titan triggerfish, oriental sweetlips, acropora muricata branching coral, and spotfin lionfish.
