Extendible

No, Indonesia’s new visa on arrival is not extendible. But the mouth of an undescribed specie of wrasse is. Guests diving yesterday with Miguel’s Diving got a direct look at this remarkable fish. Until it is officially named, we are calling it Yellow-spot slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus sp.), a specie distinct from the usual one (Epibulus insidiator) that is not found in Gorontalo waters. While approaching one of the huge coral pinnacles of the Sentinels dive site, we saw one of these fish being groomed by a cleaner wrasse. It detached its jaw several times during the cleaning process, once even extending it fully to form a tube about half its body length. No picture of this fish is available.

Guests also enjoyed the masses of schooling fish during a current dive at our Honeycomb dive site. Visibility was 25 meters and water temperature remains at 30 degrees Celsius.