Coconut octopus at Bolung
I love watching Coconut octopus making his nest in coconut shell, collecting sea shells and other marine stuff when decorating his home. This marine creature is very intelligent, this octopus knows how to use tools and his way of carrying his portable home everywhere is amazing.
Little time ago I was diving in dive site called Bolung, which is excellent muck diving site in Sulawesi mainland. Many frogfish are often seen there, hairy, juveniles, painted… you name it! Bolung is a white sand slope where you can find many rare and interesting critters. But only if your eyes are good, because many of these animals have excellent ability of camouflage. Good thing is that Siladen diving center’s dive guides have excellent eyes and no animal can hide from them!
Many people who come to Siladen Resort and Spa for a diving holiday they travel to this part of the world to see the amazing coral reefs around the islands. But what is usually a big surprise for visitors, that in very close distance (15 minutes by dive boat) there is excellent, world class muck diving as well.
Sea horses, cuttle fish, sea moths, mimic octopus etc. in Kampung Baru, coconut octopus, glass shrimps, frog fish etc. in Bolung, pygmy sea horses, nudibranches, ghost pipe fish etc. in Budo. The list goes on and on.
Muck dives are also excellent if you dive with camera. Specially macro lenses are excellent is this are like Domenico showed us earlier. Link to the macro video here.
Read more about coconut octopus here.
Heini
