Orang-utan crab
Swim, Snorkel, Dive, See, Meet, Watch the Orang-utan crab
The Orang-utan crab owes its name to the reddish-orange hair covering its body, reminiscent of a monkey's coat. It has long, very slender legs ending in hooked claws. It is often seen in pairs in bubble corals such as Plerogyra sinusoa, inside the torch coral Euphyllia glabrescens and within the crescent coral Euphyllia ancora. During the day, it tends to hide. It is most active at night.
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Achaeus japonicus
Macro
Orang-utan crab, Decorator crab, Crabe orang outan
Food
The orang-utan crab feeds on plankton, shrimp, annelid, as well as bits of food stuck in the short hairs on its hind legs. It lives on coral reefs at a depth of between 10 and 20 meters. The orang-utan crab is often seen in pairs around bubble coral (plerogyra sinusoa), torch coral (euphyllia glabrescens), and anchor (or hammer) coral (euphyllia ancora). It tends to hide during the day, and is more active at night.
Breeding
The orangutan crab lives in coral reefs between ten and twenty meters deep. Not much is known about its reproduction.
Dive centers
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Ocean dream Permuteran
Indonesia
- Pemuteran

Ocean Dream is located in Permuteran, on the north coast of Bali. It is an "innovative dive centre", as it calls itself! The aim is to offer a family atmosphere with a team of guides and instructors who are ready to share their passion for the sea and diving. The local guides are really specialised in macro and will find you everything you came here to see. As they spend about 3 hours a day underwater, they spot the animals and their movements in advance and will introduce them to you as you dive.
The instructors offer you good level SSI training, from beginner to instructor, with instructors who speak several languages, so necessarily yours. The equipment is regularly tested and the compressor is carefully maintained by technicians to ensure the quality of the air you breathe. Here you rent equipment including Suunto computers and cameras for those who wish to bring home souvenirs. Ask your guide to take a picture of you, he will be happy to do so!
You will be picked up from the hotel in the morning and taken back to the diving day. WIFI is free at the centre. Ocean Dream participates in the protection of the environment by avoiding the access of some very fragile sites such as the muck dive and coral gardens to novice divers who have not yet mastered buoyancy. [+]
- Accomodations
- Friendly atmosphere
- SSI Training
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Bali Diversity
Indonesia
- Amed
   
Bali Diversity is located in Amed on the northeast coast of Bali, 2.5 hours drive from the airport, in a quiet location, ideal for relaxation, and for those who want to take a break. It is a popular area with a succession of small bays and black sand beaches, only one and a half kilometers from the famous Jemeluk Bay. The owners are instructors who love Asia and speak many languages between them, having dived all over the world.
One is an avid marine biologist and the other is passionate about underwater photography. The dive center has a classroom and a large terrace with a beautiful ocean view, the perfect place to watch the sunset while sipping a fresh fruit juice! Facilities include breaks with coffee, tea, water, fruit, and towels. In the Kubu, Amed, and Tulamben area, diving is mainly done from the beaches. The center has air-conditioned cars with a capacity of 8 people to take divers to sites along the east coast of Bali.
If you are diving from a boat, you will embark with your dive guide on a fisherman's Jukung, which has a small capacity of 2 to 4 divers. Amed is a quiet place that has nothing to do with the busy southern part of Bali. The fringing reefs are suitable for swimming, snorkeling, and scuba diving, and nature lovers and photographers alike will enjoy it. In the resort, you stay at Double One Villa for your diving holidays, which is open to the sea with parking spaces available. Enjoy your evenings in Amed's unique village atmosphere where you can meet divers from other parts of the world, in the warungs. [+]
- PADI Dive Resort
- Accomodations
- Popular dive sites
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Nomad Divers Bangka
Indonesia
- Bangka Island
Nomad Divers Resort is located on Bangka Island, a 9 km long island in the north of Sulawesi Island, with the airport at Manado on Sulawesi Island. A driver from the resort is waiting for you there and will drive you to the north of Sulawesi in 1 hour. Afterwards, you can take a 30-40 minute boat transfer to Bangka island. In the morning, dolphins play in the bay where a dugong also lives, in front of the bungalows. Bangka island is located at an equal distance between the Lembeh Strait, the kingdom of muck diving and Bunaken, with its magnificent drop offs.
The bungalows, made locally, very simple, on stilts, are set in the vegetation, along a sheltered bay with a view towards Lembeh and another towards the volcanoes of North Sulawesi. The rooms have double beds with fans. The bathrooms have showers with sun-heated water. Families have one of two bungalows with an extra bedroom.
To get to your bungalow, you either go to the beach or take a path through the mangrove, lit at night by bamboo lanterns. After the dive, let yourself be rocked in your hammock on the terrace, looking up to see the tarsiers on the tree tops. Taste the delicious Minahasan country cuisine, based on curry, with banana cakes and fresh fish BBQ. The chef even makes delicious doughnuts. The facilities are clean and rustic with healthy cuisine.
Excellent local guides operate at Nomad Divers Resort and find mimic octopus, pygmy seahorses and antennas. They lead you on the passage of eagle rays and sometimes sharks. Here, you will enjoy a great biodiversity and few divers spread over about 30 dive sites that take up to 30 minutes to navigate. Outings of 2 or 3 dives are organised according to the distance of the sites visited with coral reefs, underwater pinnacles, walls, caves, sea grass beds, sandy bays. [+]
- Popular dive sites
- Accomodations
- Friendly atmosphere
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Bali Aqua Diving
Indonesia
- Sanur
     
Bali Aqua Diving has modern facilities in the heart of Sanur, Bali. It is a 5 star PADI dive center which is also a distributor of TUSA equipment in Indonesia. Although some services appear a little higher than elsewhere, do not hesitate to go to this school because the services are of quality, to European standards both in terms of organization, training, staff qualification, equipment maintenance, and diving practice.
Moreover, the safaris, the training, and the diving days always take place in small groups of a maximum of 4 people. You also benefit from the great flexibility of schedules, which is ideal to organize a successful vacation! The guides and instructors are real pros, most of them very experienced, and whether you are a beginner or a more advanced diver, they will help you progress quietly by allowing you to better understand and appreciate the underwater environment.
As part of the safaris, Bali Aqua Diving drivers will pick you up and take you back to the airport.
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- PADI Dive Centre *****
- Free Nitrox
- Diverse Diving Area
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Ocean View Tulamben
Indonesia
- Tulamben

Ocean View Tulamben Dive And Resort is located near Tulamben on the northeast coast of Bali. Rooms and villas are scattered in a pleasant tropical garden. The restaurant and swimming pool are facing the ocean. The cuisine served here is Indonesian and continental.
The location of this Dive Resort is quite exceptional as it is close to the famous wreck of the USAT Liberty. The wreck is therefore easily accessible via the shoreline, with a short walking distance of about 5 minutes. This explains why many dive centres send their divers to spend the day in Tulamben . in this resort! It is also possible to depart from this hotel comfortably for early morning, dusk and night dives on the Liberty wreck.
You have the choice of taking PADI diving courses, for beginners as well as for more advanced divers who wish to improve their diving skills. Equipment is included in all dives, whether recreational or training.
Upon presentation of your certification cards, nitrox is offered to you, otherwise courses are offered on site.
Experienced local guides are familiar with the local currents and underwater environment. An environmental education programme, SeeREEF, allows you to spend 2 hours in the water studying the reefs. Tulamben is one of the best dive sites in Bali due to its rich biodiversity. The currents of the Indo-Pacific Ocean drain rich nutrients to feed the local fauna, from the tiny pygmy seahorse to the many varieties of nudibranchs. Their night dives are particularly remarkable during the full moon or with the study of coral luminescence. [+]
- Distance to House Reef 30 to 50 m
- Popular dive sites
- Wrecks
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