Diving in Laamu brings us so much joy! The extraordinary volume and variety of sea life here are beautifully captured in this September highlights video which we hope will inspire and delight you as much as it does us. Music by Nacho Sotomayor | www.nachosotomayor.com | Shot on a Canon C200 with Sigma 18-35 in a Nauticam housing with Nauticam WACP.
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Deep Blue Divers | 2019 August Highlights
August has been an extraordinary month for the sheer volume of fish; dives have been replete with tiny baitfish shimmering in schools over the reefs, which in turn attract larger predators such as tuna, jacks, and sharks. Speaking of which, be sure to watch until the end of the video for a surprising interaction between a shark and a manta! Music by Nacho Sotomayor nachosotomayor.com | Shot on a Canon C200 with Sigma 18-35 in a Nauticam housing with Nauticam WACP.
Deep Blue Divers | 2018 February Highlights
Here in the Maldives we’re blessed to have not only big animals like mantas, turtles and sharks but also beautiful macro life. The house reef at Six Senses Laamu has the best of both worlds, offering up nudibranchs, little octopuses still undescribed by science and even a resident guitar shark! Here are some highlights from February, enjoy!
Critters of the Lembeh Strait | Episode 12 – 2016 | November Highlights
You asked for mantis shrimps, and you got them! OK, even if you didn’t ask for them, November’s highlights include some fascinating behavior (what were the mantis shrimps doing?!) and weird wildlife. A rare Polycera nudibranch (check out that beard!) makes an appearance feasting on red arborescent bryozoans, a wunderpus (Wunderpus photogenicus) pulsates color change on its eye-stalks and a rare green shrimp with eggs flexes its brood. Bonus points for you if you spot the bobtail squid covering itself with sand, one of the cutest things you can see when night diving in Lembeh Strait. Enjoy!
Critters of the Lembeh Strait | Episode 15 – 2015 | Crustacean Station Part 2
The sped-up footage in this video featuring an all-star crustacean cast allows us to see some great ‘dance moves’ performed by commensal shrimps, bumblebee shrimps and mantis shrimps who display some crazy eye movements! Enjoy this look into a tiny yet fascinating world of critters with claws.
Critters of the Lembeh Strait | Episode 14 – 2015 | Crustacean Station Part 1
This week’s episode is all about crustaceans. Watch as porcelain crabs use their delicate filter appendages to try to catch food floating in the water, and marvel at the sheer diversity of this family of critters ranging from box crabs (also known as ‘shame-faced crabs’), porcelain crabs and slipper lobsters to outrageously decked-out crabs sporting sponges on their heads! Enjoy this close up and personal glimpse into the world of crustaceans.
Critters of the Lembeh Strait | Episode 13 – 2015 | Eye Spy A Little Eye
Our eagle-eyed guides seem to be magic – where you might only see a bare sandy slope, they find a cornucopia of beautiful underwater animals to show you. In this video you first see these talented guides’ eyes (‘how did he find that?!’, everyone says), and from there we move on to close-up footage of some of the most fascinating critters’ eyes. Mantis shrimp are featured, with the most complex eyes on the planet, along with other striking critter ‘peepers’ such as those of the puffer fish, crocodile flathead and, one of our favorites, the footage of the blue-ringed octopus’ eyes with the chromatophores pulsating and changing color is mesmerizing.
Critters of the Lembeh Strait | Episode 11 – 2015 | Wide Angle Wonder Part 2
In the second part of Wide Angle Wonder we feature some awesome close-focus wide angle videography – there are many perfect subjects for that in Lembeh like everyone’s favorite party cephalopod, the coconut octopus, hairy frogfishes, and more! Enjoy!
Critters of the Lembeh Strait | Episode 10 – 2015 | Wide Angle Wonder Part 1
Sometimes we get so focused on the famous critters in the Lembeh Strait, we miss the bigger picture. Every once in a while it’s nice to take our heads out of the “muck” and see the beauty that surrounds us.
Critters of the Lembeh Strait | Episode 03 – 2015 | March of the Nudis Part 1
This March is all about nudis, so here’s the first part featuring both, common and rare nudibranchs of the Lembeh Strait. We have a lot of different species here. Have you seen all of these?