There was beautiful coral everywhere, but we especially remembered a boulder coral called Majic Mushroom, the fan coral, looking like a flat tree, and
the whip coral, basically just sticks.
The new dive site is nicknamed THREE CORNERS and is a very good dive, the bottom is around 35m and starts out as white sand & rubble, it then turns into really pristine coral wall with lots of sea fans and many
whip corals as well as lots of hard & soft corals.
Apart from being secluded, you will see walls covered in
whip coral and gorgonian sea fans.
The diversity of sea life in Senggigi really did blow me away and I have to say my favourite part was that on nearly all
the whip coral I found the truly magnificent Anker's whip coral shrimp (Pontonides Ankeri).
We have a good variety of soft colourful corals around the north Gilis such as anemones, bubble coral (a favorite turtle food), Daisy coral,
whip coral, feather stars, sea fans, sea pens, leather coral, sponges, barrel coral and in some spots we get soft coral colonies.
The coral varies from soft coral to hard coral,
whip coral jungles and table corals and gorgeous gorgonions.
Here, waters funneled through the Somo Somo Straits nurture visually stunning growths of multi-colored fan and
whip corals.
Koh Chang is slowly developing into becoming one of Thailands top 5 dive destinations where the reefs and corals are abundant and untouched abundant with Cnidarians, Leather Corals, Tree Soft Corals, Spiny Gorgonians, Gorgonian Fan Corals and
Whip Corals.
You'll see a WW II pontoon bridge wreck, shallow soft coral garden,
whip corals, whip coral shrimps, black corals, pink anthias and more.
Currents rich in nutrients and plankton flow over the ridge, resulting in outstanding growths of sea fans,
whip corals and brilliant soft corals.
The dive sites on the western and northern sides of Bunaken consist of vertical walls abundant with reef fishes, lobsters,
whip corals and giant gorgonians.
Featuring soft corals,
whip corals, staghorn forests and resident turtles.
Level: beginner to experienced diver Type of dive: off shore dive 3 minutes from the beach, pinnacle, walls and slopes What to see: lion and scorpion fish, nudi branchs, butterfly and angel fish, emperor and trigger fish, morish idols, white tip shark, blue spotted sting ray, eels, soft coral, gorgonian and
whip coral.
Pygmy seahorses cling in numbers to gorgonian fans, anemones play home to crabs and shrimps, crinoids shelter clingfish, and squat lobsters and
whip corals often have a little coral shrimp or two on board.
The sandy base of the islands reveals unusual anemones and starfish, while the walls are covered with orange cup corals,
whip corals, and green tubastrea coral.
On the other side of the wall lies another wall, definitely worth exploring if the current allows it: Covered in soft coral, sponges, green tree coral and fans, it is the hiding place for many morays and puffers and it drops off into a flat lunar like landscape with whole gardens of
whip corals, vibrating in the current.
The first dive site visited by our guests was Boo West, an extending ridge that is connected to a seamount, the last one covered in both soft and hard coral (including a giant table),
whip coral and gorgonians.
Neverthelees, a few creatures spotted through the macro lenses were the soft coral crab Hoplophrys oatesii, Zanzibar
Whip Coral Shrimp and a other critters, like the Orange - spotted Pipefish and a couple of different scorpionfishes.
Little Torres Island is a good dive site for appreciating the vibrancy of the corals here where there are healthy specimens of table coral, mosaic coral and red
whip coral to name a few.
The coral heads all have small caves in them that are full of gorgonians and
whip corals, plus there is the odd nurse shark resting up in them.
Not exact matches
Thunderstorms
whipped up a tornado Friday afternoon that touched down in
Coral Springs south of the Sawgrass Expressway near Country Hills Elementary School, according to the National Weather Service.
Spicules are the calcareous remains of tiny, soft - bodied marine invertebrates such as sea fans and sea
whips (
corals), sea cucumbers and sponges.
A sediment sample from a knoll at a depth of 1170 metres identified a remarkable cold - water
coral community of both living and fossil cold - water
coral species, gorgonian sea
whips, bamboo
corals, molluscs and stalked barnacles.
Dress: Anthropologie Pumps: Steve Madden Clutch: Forever21 (similar here) Sunnies: Karen Walker Earrings: ILY Couture c / o Lipstick: MAC «
Coral Bliss» It doesn't even seem real that I am able to
whip out some spring / summer dresses yet - but the weather has allowed for it lately!
Glide past huge black
coral trees, giant feathery soft
corals, golden fans and red
whips housed along the plummeting walls.
Glide past huge black
coral trees, giant feathery soft
corals, golden fans and red
whips along the plummeting walls.
Walls are covered in rich growths of brightly - hued sponges, soft
coral whips and sea fans, all nurtured by the mild currents that are more common on this side of the island.
Other than the resident schooling big eye trevally and barracudas, which make for a great photo opportunity, there's colorful gorgonian fans,
whips and soft
corals.
See fields of hard
coral down to 30m at Turmoil, plus beautiful soft
corals, fans and
whips at Twin Peaks, Oh My Bommie, Cracker and Big Woody.
A dramatic wall falls from the surface, covered in Sea
Whips, Gorgonians and soft
coral.
Much of the deep reef is built by boulder, lettuce and large - cupped boulder
coral and adorned by a variety of deepwater sea
whips and rods.
Soft
corals, sea
whips, gorgonians, large feather duster worms, and a profusion of fish life abound.
As on the Terrace wall, I found the
coral here rife with feathery sea fans and other gorgonians, also
whip sponges, barrel sponges, black
coral, feather dusters, and the occasional crinoid.
Wide chutes lead to a wall covered with yellow tube sponges, purple sea
whips and brain
coral.
You will discover a varied assortment of
corals in this region as well, including brain
coral, black
coral, white
coral, fire
coral, flower
coral, star
coral, leaf
coral, pillar
coral, sea fans, gorgonians, elk horn
coral, sea rods, stag horn
coral, sea
whips and club finger
coral.
The exterior of the Dunraven's hull is now covered in hard
corals, with sea
whips and gorgonians hanging from the vertical sections.
Between the rocks are many bushy black
coral sea
whips and gorgonian sea fans.
Like other
coral reefs, the Great Barrier Reef buffers waves
whipped up by tropical storms, acting as an aesthetically stunning breakwater that reduces shoreline erosion and protects waterfront neighborhoods and ecosystems from floods.