The Bunaken National Marine Park is an area of 5 islands where the Indian and Pacific Oceans meet. It is touted as one of the top diving destinations of the world for its marine biodiversity.
The well-run Siladen dive center sends out boats 3X a day and also offers a night dive.
We plan to take advantage of as much diving as we are able while visiting here.
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| Map of more than 50 dive sites- The arrow points to the place we are in the world right now. |
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| Some of us are more ready than others for the early morning dive- |
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| We can only imagine what treasures are waiting for us underneath- |
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| FULLY awake now! |
We did 3 "wall dives" which is diving a vertical underwater cliff face covered in coral. It is likened to leaning out of a skyscraper and peering down hundreds of feet...
Anyone who knows me & my fear of heights, understands what a challenge this was for me!
We all made it down without any trouble and saw amazing underwater creatures- hard and soft corals, beautifully colored little "happy fish", turtles, nudibranchs, crinoids, and the graceful but venomous lion fish.
A whole new world 65ft under the sea!
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| The graceful but venonmous Lionfish waiting for their prey |
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| See how down, down, down, deep the wall goes... This turtle looks so small... |
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| On top of the boat with a book was a favorite way of the boys to spend the 1 hour long surface interval time between dives. |
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| Lounging is a very appropriate way to end a day of diving! |
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