Right there, on the board, was my name, as requested, added to the list of tomorrow’s divers to Si Amil Island and it’s a day trip!
*After Sipadan, this is the next best place to dive according to all the dive guides I’ve spoken to.
*After Sipadan, this is the next best place to dive according to all the dive guides I’ve spoken to.
Photo Credit: Walter Hohlweg
My first underwater love, a Flamboyant Cuttlefish.
Si Amil Island lies an hour away from Mabul Island. The only habitants on the island consist of the marine base, which is situated there as a guard post. Next to it is another island that is fairly dense in population known as Danawan Island.
*Before any diving activity can commence, a list of names of divers and their credentials are passed on to the marine’s for documentation purpose.
*Before any diving activity can commence, a list of names of divers and their credentials are passed on to the marine’s for documentation purpose.
Photo Credit: Walter Hohlweg
A Halgerda Batangas; a nudibranch.
Si Amil is known for Eagle Rays and Bat Rays sightings as well as Frogfish. Just wished visibility was better today… But never the less I had a great dive. They were right, this is the next best thing after Sipadan; the corals are beautiful and the marine life here is equally as good.
Photo credit: Andrew Bowman
Juvenile Spotted Eagle Ray!
Just around the corner, behind a rock, a little thing was flashing away in stripes of white-maroon-pink. It’s the size of my palm, with pretty yellow trimmings on its ‘skirt’, and beautiful maroon-pinkish ‘arms’.
A Flamboyant Cuttlefish!
It was just so adorable and small… and pretty cute to play with and I could have spend all my time messing with it. A cuttlefish would normally mimic its surroundings to blend in and avoid being detected by predators. But this little guy, he doesn’t give a shit!
‘I’ve got pretty colours and I’m gonna show off. Got it, flaunt it!’
I can imagine it saying that… Its completely different from its cousin as these little guys can only walk! They can’t swim! Man, they are cute! Rather chubby, oval, flashy-flashy-walking things underwater. Reminds me of a chubby little toddler!
* Yes only I would think of that and I love Flamboyant Cuttlefish. They are most definitely my favourite underwater critter!
A Flamboyant Cuttlefish!
It was just so adorable and small… and pretty cute to play with and I could have spend all my time messing with it. A cuttlefish would normally mimic its surroundings to blend in and avoid being detected by predators. But this little guy, he doesn’t give a shit!
‘I’ve got pretty colours and I’m gonna show off. Got it, flaunt it!’
I can imagine it saying that… Its completely different from its cousin as these little guys can only walk! They can’t swim! Man, they are cute! Rather chubby, oval, flashy-flashy-walking things underwater. Reminds me of a chubby little toddler!
* Yes only I would think of that and I love Flamboyant Cuttlefish. They are most definitely my favourite underwater critter!
Photo credit: Andrew Bowman
With a big smile plastered onto my face, the last dive made it epic. Hunting for a Hairy Frog fish is no feat but spotting a Juvenile Spotted Eagle Ray just made my day! Was hoping to see a school of them but having that one, circling around us is amazing enough.
Si Amil – If you haven’t dived here, you must!
Si Amil – If you haven’t dived here, you must!
Photo credit: Andrew Bowman
Clown Frogfish.
Dive sites here are beautiful in general. There is no one specific that stands out among the rest except for a wreck in front of the Si Amil island pier and Treasure Chest.
You’ll be able to see various Trunkfish, Eagle & Bat Rays, Long Jawed Mackeral, Eels, Orangutan Crab, Leafy Scorpion fish and Frogfishes to name a few. Not to forget Flamboyant Cuttlefish if you’re lucky and Pygmy Seahorse if you’ve got magnifying glasses on your mask.
Treasure Chest is a sandy bottom muck dive site where Hairy Frogfish are known to camouflage.
*All surface intervals are taken on Si Amil Island.
You’ll be able to see various Trunkfish, Eagle & Bat Rays, Long Jawed Mackeral, Eels, Orangutan Crab, Leafy Scorpion fish and Frogfishes to name a few. Not to forget Flamboyant Cuttlefish if you’re lucky and Pygmy Seahorse if you’ve got magnifying glasses on your mask.
Treasure Chest is a sandy bottom muck dive site where Hairy Frogfish are known to camouflage.
*All surface intervals are taken on Si Amil Island.
To these two, thanks for the wonderful day out.
Khai, thanks for climbing up the coconut tree and getting us fresh coconuts! And Dave, it was epic watching you trying to pry them open!
Khai, thanks for climbing up the coconut tree and getting us fresh coconuts! And Dave, it was epic watching you trying to pry them open!
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