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Facts about Stonefish

The Stonefish (Leptosynanceia asteroblepa)

The stonefish can go from appearing to be a simple, harmless rock lying on the ocean’s floor to a stone-cold killer in a flash, making it one of nature’s most amazing quick-change artists.

Known for being the most venomous fish in the world, the stonefish makes its home in the shallow water among the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans off Africa and the Red Sea to Northern Australia. Here when we are diving around the Gili Islands you can find a few stonefish at the Biorock, Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia.

Sharkpoint Gili Trawangan, Gili Islands

Posted on March 23, 2012 by sanderbuis

In a lot of dive destinations there are dive sites with names that only gives you as diver false expectations. There are Manta Points, Sharkpoints, Frogfish Points etc which doesnt offer what the name tells you. Sharkpoint on the Gili islands is not a dive site like that! Sharkpoint has his sharks!

Sharkpoint is the most famous dive spot around the Gili Islands. Its located on the West side of Gili Trawangan. A flat sandy bottom turns into a series of progressively deeper canyons that run parallel to the shore.

In the shallow part of Sharkpoint you will find for sure turtles in all kind of sizes. This will the Hawksbill and Green Sea Turtle. In the deeper part there is a good change to see the White Tip Reef Sharks, the school of Jack Fish and Baracudas.

Around full moon the Bumphead Parrotfish shows up from the deeper part of the ocean. This is one of the most beautiful moments that you as diver can have surrounded with 30 Bumpheads.

Sharkpoint is a dive site that is never boring, there is always a lot of marine life around. The dive site is suitable for all kind of divers.

Enjoy your dive!

Dive Gili Air: Gili Islands Dive Resort Oceans 5 supports Reef Check survey January 2011

From 28-30 January 2011, our friends from Reef Check Foundation Indonesia visited the Gili Islands again to monitor the development of the reef prior to bleaching and to have a better understanding of the resilience and recovery level of the reef.
We conducted a post bleaching survey, to identify how the reefs respond the increased temperature last mid year. The result of the survey is really important in providing information for reef managers to determine the right measure in managing coral reef under the warming climate.
Reef Check monitored Hans Reef and the snorkel area in front of Chill out bar in Gili Air and Halik reef, Rainbow reef on Gili Trawangan and Meno slope with help of Oceans 5 and the Gili Eco Trust.
Soon the results of the survey will be published.
Check out: http://www.reefcheck.or.id/ for more information about Reef Check Indonesia.

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