The last couple of Marco Polo trips have been quite interesting. / Die letzten Trips mit der Marco Polo waren ziemlich interessant. A beauty! Mike and Huby came back and mentioned 40-50m visibility, friendly buddies, superb macro shots being taken and some of the clearest underwater landscapes for a while. / Mike and Huby kamen zurück und [...]
…. the manta rays missed Koh Bon so much, they came back early this year!!! We heard a rumour, rushed off to investigate and can happily confirm that this is fact. / …die Mantas bei Koh Bon! Was bisher nur als Gerücht die Runde hier in Khao Lak machte, ist seit gestern zur Gewissheit geworden: die [...]
Und schon wieder eine Neueröffnung für Sea Bees. Nach der Basiseröffnung auf Koh Phi Phi im Juni und dem Laguna Office auf Phuket im Herbst eröffnete Sea Bees jetzt die dritte Zweigstelle in Khao Lak: im JW Marriott Hotel. / We are pleased to announce the opening of our 3rd outlet in Khao Lak at [...]
An observant tourist yesterday spotted a young green sea turtle floating in the water off the Yacht Haven Marina in Mai Khao, in the north of Phuket, and by doing so may have saved its life. The Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) was immediately contacted, who in turn asked the Phuket Kusoldharm Rescue Foundation for [...]
Nach 2 anstrengenden aber auch lustigen Wochen und 2 “harten” Prüfungstagen auf der Excalibur hat Matt endlich seinen SSI Open Water Instruktor bestanden. Wir bedanken uns bei Neil als Instruktor Trainer und auch bei Al als SSI Certifier. / Sea Bees is pleased to announce that Matt Wild recently qualified as an SSI Instructor. After two [...]
Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur when an earthquake is about to strike. This, scientists say, could be the cause of bizarre earthquake-associated animal behaviour. Researchers began to investigate these chemical effects after seeing a colony of toads abandon its pond in L’Aquila, Italy, in 2009 – days before a quake. They [...]
The Australian government says it plans to establish the world’s largest marine reserve in the Coral Sea. Environment Minister Tony Burke said the protected zone would cover an area more than one-and-a-half times the size of France. New fishing limits would be imposed and and exploration for oil and gas banned. The proposal is subject [...]
