Under a very green sea

Pulau Jarak (N3°59', E100°06') lies 38 nautical miles from the coast of Lumut, Perak. Topside is pretty much as it looks; uninhabited (by humans that is) with the radio communications tower as the only man-made structure there.

However, a different world awaits those who venture beneath the surface of the surrounding sea.




A Honeycomb Moray Eel aka Tesselate Moray (Gymnothorax favagineus). A handsome fella and used to be abundant around the island of Jarak, now off limits for divers due to reasons we can only speculate.




Another moray eel but of the specie Strophidon sathete. Commonly known as Slender Giant Moray. This is still a juvenile but already photogenic.




A triggerfish but one that is quite harmless unlike that of the very aggressive and infamous Titan Triggerfish. This is (I think) a Halfmoon Triggerfish. Tried googling and got all sorts of 'halfmoon triggerfish'. Most were more like half-baked *snigger*.




This is the very pretty Dendronepthya soft coral. Some divesites have a whole wall covered with it. One of the wonders of the underwater realm that no image can fully capture.