Stonefish
Swim, Snorkel, Dive, See, Meet, Watch the Stonefish
Common stonefish live along the coast on a rather rocky, sometimes sandy bottom, or above wrecks, from the first meters below the surface up to 50 meters.
The stonefish is very venomous because of its very strong spines. Because they are immobile and blend in with their environment, especially when covered with coral debris and algae stuck to their skin, they are difficult to discern. Its venom is chemically similar to that of the cobra. It causes violent and immediate pain with nausea, vomiting, and fainting. Its sting can be fatal.
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Synanceia verrucosa
Macro
Synancée, Reef stonefish, Poisson pierre commun, Synanceia verrucosa
Food
The Stonefish is carnivorous and is a quick hunter. It feeds on small crustaceans such as shrimps.
Breeding
Stonefish are oviparous. The eggs and larvae migrate with the current like plankton.
Dive centers
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Joe’s Gone Diving Bali
Indonesia
- Sanur

Joe's Gone Diving Bali is located in Sanur, on the island of Bali. You are welcomed in spacious premises with showers, lockers and a terrace to relax before and after the dives, a garden, a classroom with air conditioning, a large swimming pool built for diving exercises and a small dive shop to buy or rent diving equipment.
For divers wearing glasses, prescription masks are available. There are free transfers between the hotels and the dive centre or sites from the Sanur and Kuta areas. Joe's Gone Diving is a 5 star PADI IDC dive centre offering high quality training according to PADI standards for internationally recognised certifications.
The instructors, both Western and Indonesian, are multilingual and... are passionate about diving, very keen to introduce you to the incredible marine life around Bali and to teach you how to scuba dive. The underwater trips take place in small groups with a personalised approach for those who request it. Pre and post dive briefings are available in your own language. All the divers' equipment is rinsed by the staff.
Believing that divers' free time is precious with few holidays in the year, Joe's Gone Diving allows you to escape from the daily constraints of diving, saving you from logistical and administrative burdens. You are diving sustainably here with eco responsible actions to protect Bali's reefs. This is a Shark Guardian dive centre that supports the preservation of sharks and the protection of marine space around the world. Joe's Gone Diving has received the PADI Green Star Award for its eco responsible approach. [+]
- PADI IDC*****
- Different diving area
- Diving around Islands
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Discovery Dive Center
Thailand
- Chaweng Beach
   
Discovery Dive Center is located in Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand, in the Amari Palm Reef Hotel, on Chaweng Beach. One of the oldest dive Centers on the island. On site, swimming pool for training, large equipment room, rinsing area and classrooms. Air quality checked regularly with well-maintained compressors and filters changed. PADI 5* IDC Center offering the full range of courses, from Discover Scuba Diver to Instructor training. Flexibility of the trips at sea. The dive Center has its own fast boats, the Stoli's Pride, the Jagger and the Priabdaw equipped with marine toilets and three 250HP motors each. Quick access to all the best dive sites in the Gulf of Thailand with Sail Rock in less than an hour away and Koh Tao in an hour and a half. Return early in the afternoon to practice other activities. Possibility of being photographed underwater or rent Canon cameras. Rental of many dive equipment, Aqua Lung and Scubapro, presented directly at the dive shop so you can see their well-preserved state. Wer suit, shorty or complete 3 mm for men, women and children. Suunto dive computers included in training packages, and in the daily equipment package awarded to certified divers, who benefit, after each dive, from the cleaning and storage of their equipment by the staff. The dive instructors are here full time on long term. Which gives the team spirit and the impression of family. Underwater, 1 instructor for 4 divers. Private trip for groups, on demand. Discovery Dive Center is part of the SSS Decompression Chamber Network. Present your certification card and dive log on arrival. All dives are guided. Early morning departure for 1 outing with 2 dives. Free hotel transfer. [+]
- Accomodations and diving
- PADI 5 star Career Development Centre
- fast boat
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Bali Scuba
Indonesia
- Denpasar
  
retaBali Scuba is located in Denpasar, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. They organize dive trips with 2 to 3 dives in Tulamben, Padangbai, Nusa Penida, and Tepekong. The strength of this dive center, a BSAC Resort, is to train beginners, experienced but also professionals in several languages.
Bali Scuba is a PADI Instructor Training Center (IDC) and a PADI Career Development Center (CDC). PADI divemasters and instructors training and teaching by the PADI standards and techniques. Unbeatable success percentage at the IE, Instructor Examination, the very high-level final test. You will find here a PADI IDC package with a very good price-quality ratio.
The teaching conditions are ideal with the multimedia classes and the international team of friendly coaches who are very invested in the success of their students. Two fast diving boats ensure the logistic conditions on the sea, air-conditioned vehicles to drive around, a 4-m deep swimming pool on-site to learn, and improve the diving skills of students, and Free Wi-Fi throughout the center. On-site, dive shop with a 20% discount for IDC candidates on dive computers, BCD models, technical and leisure accessories. [+]
- PADI Dive Centre *****
- Free Nitrox
- PADI CDC
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Dive Ocean Dhuni Kolhu
Maldives
- Dhuni Kolhu Island
    
Dhuni Kolhu Diving Center is located inside the Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu Island Resort in a lush greenery oasis on Dhuni Kolhu Island in Baa Atoll, in the Maldives Archipelago. Quiet and luxury atmosphere in this Center with spacious and comfortable rooms, an outdoor area for after-dive chats, a library, 2 classrooms with air-conditioning and an equipment storage room for your personal belongings. Nitrox offered to already-certified Nitrox divers. Beginners and advanced divers are supervised by multilingual instructors. Half-day outings on a tradional dhoni, either on mornings or afternoons. With 2 night dives proposed per week. All is taken care of : Equipment loading, unloading and cleaning. During the surface interval, fresh fruit, mineral water, tea, coffee and towels to warm up. There are very few resorts in Baa Atoll thus there are very few boats on the 35 dive sites near Dhuni Kolhu Island and a lot of wildlife with big schools of fish over the thilas. Manta Rays all year round but especially in the summer from August to October. Ideal for photographers. A special diving award goes to Hani Faru with its krill-eaters like Manta Rays and Whale Sharks. Arrival by seaplane, in a luxury on-the-beach bungalow, with its small private pool. Luxury, quietness and voluptuousness at the end of the world. The massages at the spa are a real treat. Excursion to a desert island with barbecue just for you. Snorkeling with Rays and small Sharks right in front of your own villa. [+]
- Distance to House Reef 30 to 50 m
- Between 30 and 40 dive sites
- Manta Rays Watching
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BB Divers Koh Chang
Thailand
- Koh Chang
 
BB Divers Koh Chang is located in Koh Chang, Thailand. It´s a PADI IDC 5 star center open daily, offers training from beginner to instructor with regular IDCs. It's possible to free dive and daily excursions are offered on the nearby reefs. Services include transfers to hotels, lunches, drinks, manuals, and PADI certifications, the use of all equipment, a certified guide for recreational diving and a certified instructor for training, speaking several languages. The embarkation takes place on traditional Thai fishing boats, modified and adapted for diving, the Blue Lagoon for 50 divers and 100 blocks and the small boat Sky Saeng for 30 divers and 40 blocks. There are chilling areas as well as spaces to get equipped and dis-equipped. It's an environmentally friendly center with water fountains on boats, reusable dishes to avoid disposable plastics, pick-up of plastic bags underwater by guides and customers, use of Biodiesel by boats, pooling of boats during the low season to limit oil and pollution. Beach cleaning is made by the shop and offers to customers. They join the Nemo project with the reintroduction of clownfish in Koh Rang National Park. During the dive they monitor the coral with slates representing the color of the different corals, checking the colors and vitality of corals to determine if they are affected by time or their positioning. They also offer 4-day reef conservation training to learn all about corals, their vulnerability and conservation, recognize fish, and work on your buoyancy control. [+]
- Accomodations and diving
- Protected Marine Park
- Friendly atmosphere
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