Blue Triggerfish
Swim, Snorkel, Dive, See, Meet, Watch the Blue Triggerfish
The Red-toothed triggerfish swims in large schools near the outer reef slopes and channels, between five and forty meters deep, in established currents. As soon as it feels threatened, it approaches the reef. During the night, it takes refuge in faults. Its eyes orient themselves independently of each other.
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Odonus niger
Macro
Blue Triggerfish, Odonus niger, Baliste dents rouges, Baliste bleu
Food
The Red-toothed triggerfish feeds on plankton as well as sometimes on sponges found on the reef.
Breeding
The red-toothed triggerfish is an oviparous species. The males dig crater-shaped nests in which the females lay their eggs. They take turns to ventilate the egg-laying and defend the nest with virulence. The juveniles take refuge in reef crevices. When they are in the hole, triggerfish raise their spine and lock it in a vertical position, hence their name triggerfish.
Dive centers
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Dolphin Dive School
Indonesia
- Senggigi
Dolphin Dive School is located in Senggigi, the tourist heart of Lombok Island, Indonesia. Rental of recent equipment. Multilingual local guides and instructors. Dolphin Dive School offers a wide range of PADI diving courses, from beginners to dive instructors, as well as daily dive trips and night dives. Excursion for snorkeling on the best sites of Gili Trawangan, Gili Air and Gili Meno Islands as well as in Senggigi on Lombok. Possibility to have the photo of your underwater performance. Here, prices are not too expensive. Dolphin Dive School helps guests who wish to organize their stay in Lombok and Gili, from low-rates to luxury hotels. Almost all of them are in great locations with beautiful landscapes with steep cliffs, coves and protected bays on the edge of sparkling blue lagoons. You can stay in villas set in lush tropical gardens, surrounded by coconut plantations. Book in advance, in high season, from June to August and at the end of the year until January 15th, whether for accommodation and dives. As diving in the Gili Islands and Lombok is for those whose deserve it !
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- Diving around Islands
- Popular dive sites
- Functional boat
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Asia Divers
Thailand
- Koh Tao Suratthani
Asia Divers is located in Koh Tao, Thailand. This is a dive resort with all-inclusive diving holidays. When training here, we get discounts on the accommodation. The first lessons are very reassuring because they take place in the resort’ s swimming-pool. Koh Tao is the ideal destination for a first dive trip, as it is the world capital of Open Water diver course. Asia Divers offers a wide variety of courses as well as exploring some 20 dive sites accessible to all levels of certified divers around the island. Most of the sites are coastal, marked by large blocks of granite contrasting with the landscape of beaches and lush vegetation covering Koh Tao. Some sites are more remote like Chumphon Pinnacle, with some nice pelagic encounters. Then accessible to more experienced divers. Very attractive funds with healthy corals, Sponges, Gorgonians. Schools of Lutjans, Fusiliers Pisces and Snappers. Sometimes Whale Sharks and Rays. Hawksbills and Green Turtles come here to breed. The restaurants and nightclubs clustered in Mae Haad Bay and near Sairee Beach make Koh Tao a festive island. There are palm-fringed beaches dotted with villas such as Baan Kao's Chalok Bay on the south coast. Asia Divers in Koh Tao is a very good place for diving holidays with your partner, family or friends. [+]
- Friendly atmosphere
- Functional boat
- Accomodations
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DSM Dive Lombok
Indonesia
- Sengiggi
Based on the island of Lombok, a 30-minute flight from Bali and served by daily ferry shuttles,
DSM Dive is located in Gili Trawangan, a small island between Bali and Lombok, well known to backpackers, in a young and relaxed atmosphere. DSM Dive is also present in Lombok, an island east of Bali, connected by a daily shuttle service. Lombok is Bali of 10 years ago, still little touched by mass tourism, with beautiful landscapes and a very calm and peaceful atmosphere.
This French-speaking PADI and FFESSM centre allows you to dive around Gili Trawangan Gili Meno, Gili Air with about fifteen drift, deep or coral reef dive sites.
In Lombok, the centre's driver will pick you up at the hotel between 8:20 and 8:45 am, in an air-conditioned van to take you north to Teluk Kodek harbour. You board a boat to Gili Trawangan. You will be back at the hotel around 16:00 to 17:00 depending on where the hotel is located.
You can also stay on Gili Trawangan. The centre is located on the waterfront 200m north of the harbour, heading north on the main road. Here you can take your courses from Open Water to Divemaster level either in class or in the pool behind the centre. The first dive departs at 10am, however certified divers have to meet at the centre at 9.25am for the pre-dive briefing. There may also be a dive scheduled at 11.30am with an appointment at 11am. In the afternoon there is a sea departure at 2pm, with an appointment at the centre at 1.25pm. At your request a night dive can take place at 6pm. [+]
- Popular dive sites
- Accomodations
- PADI Dive Centre *****
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French Kiss Divers Koh Tao
Thailand
- Surat Thani
French Kiss Divers is located in Sairee Village, Chalok and Mae Haad, Koh Tao, Thailand. The main dive base is located at Mae Haad Harbour, just off the pontoon of the Songserm Ferry Company. Open from 8 am to 7 pm. There is also a café, bar and restaurant, "O' Rendez-Vous". It is from this "HQ" that all departures are prepared to dive. The centre of Chalok Bay is located in the quietest part of the island. The meeting is at the nice bar "Le French Corner", where divers gather in the evening to share the good moments of the day over a cold local beer or a cocktail. The 3rd centre is located in the middle of the village of Sairee. There are many choices of hotels, restaurants and bars. It's ideal for enjoying the lively life of the area. A shuttle bus transports divers in the morning, noon and evening between the three centres. It is easy to travel by scooter on the island because the roads are good. It is possible to do FFESSM and SSI scuba diving training at all levels, from the first dive to instructor training as well as daily exploratory dives on the best sites on the island including the famous Sail Rock site. The supervision is made by an entirely French-speaking, dynamic and experienced teaching team within a human-sized club. French Kiss joins the environmental organizations of Sea Shepard and Longitude 181. The French Kiss spirit is found in Lembongan in Indonesia, Malpascua and Coron in the Philippines. A French Kiss Divers centre is never far from you on this 3km by 7km island. [+]
- Diving around Islands
- Free hotels transfer
- Popular dive sites
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Red Sea Diving Safari Marsa Shagra Village
Egypt
- Marsa Shagra
Red Sea Diving Safari Marsa Shagra Village is a 3-hour drive from Hurghada (253 km) and 30 minutes from Marsa Alam (40 km). This place is ideal because of its Housereef, 2 km long, made up of North and South reefs which join to form a natural bay with a sandy slope going down from 1 to 10 m first, then continuing to the outer drop-offs, at 40m deep. To dive there, you can take an unlimited diving package each, with your buddy. You first do two guided orientation dives on arrival, then you dive without a guide, within the limits of your prerogatives and according to the package you have chosen.
The administrative office is open from 8 am to 5 pm but it is possible to dive from 6 am to 8 pm. Zodiacs moored at the jetty can be used to explore the outer dive sites (at an extra charge). An air-conditioned classroom with a flat-screen TV is available for training, unless you choose the PADI eLearning course solution, allowing you to enjoy your diving holidays more! Bring thick-soled slippers with adjustable fins to go diving from the shore, otherwise, you'll have to rent them on site! From here, we leave early morning to Elphinstone in a fast semi-rigid boat.
We leave for the reefs of Satayah from the port of Hamata (navigation 2 hours) or by speed boat from Wadi Lahami (navigation 45 minutes). You can also reach Shaab Samadai, a marine park where you can swim with dolphins in the wild, in 30 minutes by car and then in 20 minutes by zodiac. A hyperbaric center is located on-site within the village of Marsa Shagra. Each diver must pay the mandatory insurance of 7 euros for the duration of the stay (does not cover hospitalization or transportation). On-site, there are 4 type of accommodations adapted to the budget of each diver. [+]
- fast boat
- House Reef
- Accomodations and diving
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