An amazing mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) at "Aw Shucks" in the Lembeh Strait impersonates a flounder and banded sea snakes while fleeing from observers. The video opens with a reef octopus at Pantai Parigi sheltering inside a broken glass. Filmed while muck diving with Two Fish Divers, www.twofishdivers.co m
Thailand's Richelieu Rock is a "hot spot" for whale shark sightings and on 4th March 2005 we were there to capture the World's largest fish in all its glory. This female whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is missing the top of her tail and would be easy to identify again. From our DVD "Reef Life of the Andaman".
At Western Rocky Island in Burma's Mergui archipelago an aggressive big red octopus (Octopus cyanea) pursues and attacks a competitor (or mate). These amazing cephalopods star in our DVD "Reef Life of the Andaman".
Scuba diving in Bali in September 2007 with AquaMarine Diving. Featuring USAT Liberty shipwreck at Tulamben, mola mola at Crystal Bay, a whitetip reef shark at Nusa Penida, and lots of macro critters such as nudibranchs and shrimps from Coral Garden, Seraya Secrets and Puri Jati.
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Giant Anglerfish (Antennarius commersoni), sometimes known as a frogfish, from Thailand's Richelieu Rock and Burma's Western Rocky Island. From our DVD "Reef Life of the Andaman".
Manta ray (Manta birostris) footage and commentary from our DVD "Reef Life of the Andaman" shot at Thailand's Koh Bon and Koh Ta Chai, and Myanmar's Black Rock, North Twin and Klaus Reef.
Encounter a school of some 20 black blotched stingrays (Taeniura meyeni) at Burma's Black Rock.
Our "Reef Life of the Andaman" DVD features this stingray video footage along with various other stingray species.
Scuba diving at Bunaken Timur and Sachiko's Point on Bunaken Island with Two Fish Divers, www.twofishdivers.co m Features napoleon wrasse, spotted eagle ray, nudibranchs, striped bonito, banded boxer shrimps, catfish, hard corals, moray eel, banded sea snake, pufferfish, and fairy basslets. Music by Joseph Murray of www.soilsound.com
Scuba diving with manta rays at Manta Point, Nusa Penida, Bali with Aquamarine Diving, www.AquaMarineDiving .com Featuring manta rays at this famous cleaning station.
A hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) at Koh Bon in Thailand's Similan Islands gets a taste for my camera lens. I guess he thought it was a jellyfish.
Underwater HDV footage from Myanmar (Burma). After visiting the town of Kaw Thaung on the Thailand border, we venture out scuba diving in the Mergui Archipelago.
Scuba diving on the drop-off at Tulamben with Aquamarine Diving, www.aquamarinediving .com Featuring trevallies, pufferfish, lionfish, goatfish, ghost pipefish, seahorse, giant gorgonian fan coral, angelfish, triggerfish, butterflyfish, nudibranchs, juvenile sweetlips and a scorpionfish.
Scuba diving at Pura Jepun, Padang Bai, Bali with Aquamarine Diving, www.AquaMarineDiving .com Featuring clownfish, sweetlips, angelfish, stingrays, scorpionfish, barramundi cod, a mantis shrimp, a sea slug, a ribbon eel, and a flying gurnard.
The Lembeh Strait in Indonesia between Lembeh Island and Sulawesi. Opens with footage of the busy port of Bitung and follows with Two Fish Divers' (www.twofishdivers.c om) scuba diving resort on Lembeh Island and their boats. On the guitar dive guide Opoh covers Jika itu yang terbaik by Ungu.
Scuba diving at Negeri and Bualo on the island of Manado Tua, Indonesia with Two Fish Divers, www.twofishdivers.co m. The video also features footage from Mandolin and Alung Banua on Bunaken Island. Starring clownfish, nudbranchs, anemone shrimp, leaf scorpionfish, damselfish, red fire goby and a christmas tree worm.
Gray reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) from Myanmar's shark cave and juvenile silvertip reef sharks (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) from the Burma Banks. This footage of these 2 species of requiem shark comes from our DVD "Reef Life of the Andaman".
Night dive on the USAT Liberty shipwreck at Tulamben in Bali with Aquamarine Diving, www.AquaMarineDiving .com Featuring humphead parrotfish, grouper, angelfish, bluespotted stingray, lionfish, hermit crab, pufferfish and nudibranchs including a Spanish dancer.