All about whales and dolphins!
Bunaken |
How
can we name ourselves "Lumbalumba" |
Bunaken |
(meaning
"dolphin" in Indonesian language) and
not write something about them?
Check This Out!
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waters around Lumbalumba Diving are a popular place
for these, sometimes huge, wonders of nature. On
our daily trips to Bunaken Marine Park we frequently
observe them real close to our catamarans. We haven't
discovered a particular season, but its a fact that
on calm days, which is normally the situation, we
see them more often than on choppy days.This is
simply a matter that on a mirror flat sea, spotting
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The species we spot most frequent are 3 varieties
of Spinner dolphins (Stenella). Striped-, Pantropical
spotted- and Longsnout spinner dolphin, often in
mixed groups of over 200 individuals.
When they are around, it has proven a wise thing,
to keep your eyes open for larger cousin's as Shortfin
pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), False
killer whale (pseudorca crassidens), Melonheaded
whale (Peponocephala electra) and Pygmy killer whale
(Feresa attenuata)
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Pilot Whale |
Other oceanic cetaceans we often observe are Common
dolphin (Delphinus delphis), Risso's dolphin (Grampus
griseus), Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis)
and Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Absolute
top sightings are Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
and Orca (Orcinus orca). Sperm whales, we have about
10 to 15 sightings per year. What we see are the
calves with their mothers and "aunties"
and now and than a so-called bachelors group of
young males.We had various, real spectacular encounters
with them and on one occasion a 12 metre giant even
breached out of the water, less than 40 metres away
from the boat!
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we have spotted less but reports from fishermen
over the years, seem to point in the direction that
there is a fairly steady pod of about 6 individuals
that visit this area.
Every
time we see something its not always possible to
make a positive identification.We write down in
a file what we see, but do not always know what
it was. That is not uncommon with observations concerning
cetaceans since, in spite their size, some of them
show often only a small part of their body and often
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Killer Whale |
Most scientists recognize 79 species.Some are,
very shy and/or rare and not much is known about
them.Researchers believe that there are many more
species that live in and around our waters than
the ones we have mentioned here. We have a good
collection of books in our library, wish you want
to know more about cetaceans.
Also, would we be more than happy to share our
personal knowledge with you.
Doesn't it give the journey to our divespots an
extra dimension, knowing that at any moment, at
any time, you can have an unbelievable encounter
with one of these natures, most beautiful creatures............?
If you want to see and read more check out the
next link:
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LUMBALUMBA DIVING
- The diving with a difference -
PO Box 1721, Manado 95017
North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Tel. 62 - 431 - 838 440 ( Office )
62 - 431 838 441 ( Reception )
Cell Ph. 62 -(0)81 2430 2974
62 - (0)81 2430 2975
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TESTIMONIALS
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Our exact location in Manado, North -Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Did you know that... |
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- "Lumbalumba" means Dolphin? (and whales. |
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- Diving Bunaken at about 30 dive
sites and its sorroundings with LumbaLumba Diving
in Manado, and we are still discovering new ones?
Check out our for more info |
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Bunaken Scuba Diving. Underwater
Gallery
taken by Opo Laut and Diving with us ! |
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