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New years eve dinner at Oceans 5 Gili Air

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Oceans 5 dive resort Gili Air organized New Years Eve a dinner for friends. Friends of all over the world were joining us; Spain, England, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Indonesia etc…

The dinner was a roasted chicken, specialty of one of our dearest friend Madjid. He prepared the last 2 days of 2012 this meal.

Oceans 5 likes to thank all the people who where there and our staff for an unforgettable night.

It was a long a messy night afterwards! :-)

See you all next year!

Oceans 5 in the Xmas mood

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X-mas on the Gili Islands? Sun, sea, beach, diving, moslim country?

Oceans 5 dive resort brings X-mas a little bit back. Oceans 5 has a X-mas tree and some X-mas decorations in the shop. Even outside in the bar, 50 bar, you will find some X-mas feeling.

Oceans 5 invited Wham and Mariah Carey to come and give a concert. They are still thinking about it….

Oceans 5 dive resort is during X-mas time open from 7.00 in the morning till 7.00 in the evening.

Happy X-mas…..

Paden, a new Padi Instructor

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My name is Paden, and I just finished my IDC/IE with Camille Lemmens through Oceans 5 on Gili Air, Indonesia.

Just a few months ago I was a divemaster living in a place where you can’t really dive and you are hard pressed to find anybody who knows much about diving. This would just not due so I started researching different places in the world, and dive centers in those places. I was lucky enough to find Oceans 5 website. I became friends with them on Facebook, and really liked what I saw. So I decided to send them an email asking about their IDC. They replied promptly with great things to say about the island and the diving. After some thought I decided to make the 40 hour journey to the other side of the world to become a dive instructor and I have not regretted it for one minute since.

When I finally got to the island all the people at the dive center were very welcoming and helped me get comfortable on the island. After a little while I realized that the dive center was like a big family. A big family that loves to adopt new kids, for five months or five days they don’t care. I had been diving with Oceans 5 for about four months before I started my IDC. In those four months I learned a lot about diving. I felt I had grown a lot as a diver. Then Camille arrived to start the IDC, and in those 8-10 days Camille taught me more than I learned in those four months.

The IDC was an intensive session of learning. Although, the way Camille organized it the course was a fun learning environment. There were only four of us in the IDC and we all had a lot of fun. Camille had all of us more than prepared to pass our IE. We were lucky enough that the PADI examiner came to Gili Air for such a small group. Camille stuck around during the IE to give the candidates moral support. He even stuck around for the after party. It was a night to remember.

My experience on Gili Air has been greater than any dream I could have. I have been very lucky to find such an amazing place full of amazing people. I would like to thank Sander, Simone, and everyone involved with Oceans 5 from staff to customers. You all have made for a great time and I can’t wait to come back to this small island paradise. A big thanks to Camille for helping make my dream a reality, I can’t thank you enough for everything. And to everyone reading this if you have ever thought about becoming a dive professional I highly recommend it, and Gili Air is an amazing place to make that happen. To all the non-divers out there get out there and learn to dive! I never thought I would enjoy diving, actually the thought terrified me, and now you see where I am.

Paden Wilson, USA, OWSI, November 2012, Gili Air, Indonesia

Moray eels facts

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The moray eel is a large species of eel found in warm and temperate waters all around the world. They are also around the Gili Islands. Despite their snake-like appearance, moray eels (along with other eel species) are in fact fish and not reptiles.

Moray eels are found in both deep and shallow waters in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Although moray eels can be find in cooler waters occasionally, they tend to remain in the crevices deep in the ocean rather than venturing into shore. The largest populations of moray eels are found around tropical coral reefs where they are numerous different marine species found in large numbers. Specially when you are diving the dive sites around the Gili Islands named Halik, Hans and Bounty wreck you will see them.

There are around 200 different species of moray eel than can range in size from just 10cm long to nearly 2 meters in length. Despite their varying size and colour all moray eels are fairly similar in appearance with an elongated body, slightly flattened towards the tail. Moray eels also have large eyes and mouths which contain large teeth.

The moray eel is a relatively secretive animal, spending much of its time hiding in holes and crevices amongst the rocks and coral on the ocean floor. By spending the majority of their time hiding, moray eels are able to remain out of sight from predators and are also able to ambush any unsuspecting prey that passes.

Like many other large fish, the moray eel is a carnivorous animal surviving on a diet that consists of only meat. Fish, molluscs including squid and cuttlefish and crustaceans such as crabs are the main source of food for the moray eel.

The moray eel is often one of the most dominant predators within its environment but moray eels are hunting by some other animals including other large fish like grouper and barracuda, sharks and humans.

Moray eels tend to mate when the water is warmest towards the end of the summer. Moray eel fertilisation is oviparous, meaning that eggs and sperm are fertilised outside of the womb, in the surrounding water, which is known as spawning. More than 10,000 eggs can be released at a time, which develop into larvae and become part of the plankton. It can take up to year for the moray eel larvae to have grown big enough to swim down to the ocean floor to join the community below

Facts about Damsel fish

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The Damselfish are quite lively and colorful and they are common in the tropical seas. They are found in the shallow water of tropical and semitropical seas, like diving around the Gili Islands and at the divesites Halik (North Gili Trawangan), Hans reef (North Gili Air) and Bounty Wreck (South West Gili Meno). They are small and aggressive. They love the coral reefs, mangroves and sea grass. They feed on zooplankton and algae. When they are in courtship, they make purring and clicking noises. The juveniles are different in color than the mature adults. Some juveniles may be red with blue spots. The mature ones are orange-yellow. They can display a ferocious behavior when they feel threatened. Some like to live in open water and swim in schools. These fish are beautiful as the display their bright colors.

Many of the Damselfish grow to a length of 7 cm. They become mature in two to five years. Some species may take much longer to mature. Their spawning season begins in spring and ends in the summer. There are a few different species and some species swim in large schools.

There are about 235 species of Damselfish, and that includes about 26 species of Clownfish. Habitat destruction and the destruction of the coral reefs may soon show declining populations.

The young Blue Damselfish can live together in peace, but they become very aggressive as they mature. They like to stay very close to the coral reef.

The Black and White Damselfish are also called Humbug fish. The Yellowtail Damselfish often lose their beautiful bright colors when they are captured. Some species of Damselfish can only be found in the Caribbean. Some species only live on the bottom of the sea and they defend their territory of about 16 feet. This territory covers feedinmg, spawning and shelter sites. The Damselfish ignores bass and groupers because they are much less competitive. It is the male that prepares for spawning by clearing a surafce of coral or rocky ledge. The female can lay up to about 20,000 oval eggs that are really tiny. The males guards these eggs with his fins. It takes the eggs about three to seven days to hatch.

If you like more information about diving around the Gili Islands visit our website: http//:www.oceans5dive.com

Gili Air by Paden Wilson

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Hello. My name is Paden.

I have been lucky enough to find a small paradise. It is called Gili Air. I have been here for about four months now but it feels like four weeks.

My normal day consists of waking up, walking to the dive shop through a maze of sandy paths and palm trees. I then may do a few dives. There I will say hi to my good friends the green turtle and the white tip shark. It is always a constant hunt for new nudi branchs as well. After the dives you will probably find me lounging in a barouga chatting with wonderful people or studying dive theory. Most days are finished with a short walk up the beach to enjoy the sunset. Its hard to put into words how I feel about Gili Air.

I love my Indonesian paradise, and dread the day I will leave. Dive the Gilis! You will see great scenery above and below the water, and enjoy them with great people.

Some words of warning though it is a very hard place to leave. By Paden Wilson

Oceans 5 dive organizes another Reef clean up

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It was Wednesday yesterday. Time for our weekly reef and beach clean up!

This time all the Padi instructor development (IDC) candidates, all our divemaster trainees, fundivers and staff were joining the clean up.

The clean up started at 16.00. Everyone was prepareing his/her equipment and all went in the water in front of Oceans 5 dive resort. The clean up dives takes maximum 60 minutes. But after 10 minutes the first divers came at shore with bags full of rubbish.

The end result was 10 bags full of plastic, cans, ropes etc….

Oceans 5 likes to thank everyone who joined the clean up. Lets make the world a little bit better and dont forget fish dont like plastic!

Ornate Ghostpipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) facts

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The Ornate Ghostpipefish is an unually shaped species that occurs in tropical and warm termperate waters of the Indo-west Pacific.

Identification

The Ornate Ghostpipefish can be recognised by its distinctive body form with slender appendages on the body and fins. It has deeply incised membranes in the dorsal, caudal and ventral fins.
Its colour varies from almost totally black to semi-transparent with red, yellow, and white scribbling, spots and blotches.

Size range

The species grows to 10 cm in length.

Similar Species

Ghostpipefishes are different to seahorses in several ways. A ghostpipefish’s head is held at an angle to the body, but not at such a large angle as that of the seahorse. Ghostpipefishes have two dorsal fins whereas a seahorse only has one. In addiction, ghostpipefishes do not have a pouch in which the young are reared, instead a female ghostpipefish (rather than the male seahorse) looks after the eggs in a pouch formed by her modified ventral fins. These fins are greatly expanded and united with the abdomen along the upper margin and together below for a brood pouch.

Distribution

It has a widespread distribution in tropical waters of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The Ornate Ghostpipefish is usually solitary, but has also been observed in pairs or small groups.

Here around the Gili Island you will see Ornate Ghostpipe fish at Hans Reefs, Bounty wreck, Teluk Nara, Oceans 5 house reef and Mentiggi bay. You can find all the different colours and sizes. Most of the times they are in shallow waters.

For more information about fish, Oceans 5 dive resort organises marine biology classes, info@oceans5dive.com

Next Padi IDC starts next month.

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If you want to live on a tropical island surrounded with clear cristal water, best marine live in the world and having some nice drinks at night, this is your chance!

Oceans 5 dive resort Gili Air, Gili Islands conducts a padi instructor develepment course the 18th of October.

The Padi course director will be Camille Lemmens. He can teach an IDC in English, Dutch, French and German.

For more information: info@oceans5dive.com

New Emergency first responce certifications At Oceans 5 Gili Air

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Oceans 5 Gili Air has certified some of their staff as Emergency First Responder (EFR).

After 4 days of theory and skills 3 staff member can call themselves Emergency First Responder.

So my name is Hamdi, Habibi and Acok, i am an Emergency First Responder! May i help you.

Well done guys!!!!