Return to Balihai

It feels like a long time has passed since I last stepped foot on the island of Tioman but really, it has been only 4 months. Well, it was a long time for me but I finally made it there again not once but twice in a span of 1 week. Crazy huh?

Balihai's Dive Boat at Panuba Jetty:


Panuba Resort with crystal waters and nice quiet surroundings:



Underwater critters just meters off the beach. A starfish 'standing' up:



One of Ladyhawk's fave; 'Electric-Blue' Damsels


A shoal of fishes feeding. They seem to move and feed together.



This parrotfish was kinda camera shy.


Baby cuttlefish in the shallows!! A marvelous encounter.


Same cuttlefish with its rapid colour change camouflage. Seems a bit confused here as to what colour that could blend with the hand underneath it.


New cleaner shrimp just off Panuba Jetty. Bigger than the other cleaner shrimps found near the tyre but just one or two of these.


Not sure if this is a sole or flounder or whatever.


Cat shark found just 50 meters from the shoreline at a depth of 2 1/2 meters. Unsual for it to be out in the daytime. Although we could not see any sign of physical injury, there was definitely something wrong with it. Made us feel happy and sad at the same time.