2013 Archives - Dive Timor Lorosae

Posted December 28, 2013

A Dive Timor Lorosae Christmas!

Grab a few people from Australia, a few more from Europe, throw in some South African and a little North American and put them all in South East Asia together at Christmas and what do you get? An amazing day at Dive Timor Lorosae filled with...

Posted December 17, 2013

Shark of the Month – Oceanic Whitetip

Last month Shark Guardian told us about the porbeagle shark as it was 1 of the 5 shark species to be discussed at CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) this month, possibly to go on to Appendix 2. Well as we’ve been...

Posted November 30, 2013

The Legend of Timor – Crocodiles in Timor

Once upon a time in a land far far away lived a small crocodile. Like many small crocodiles he had a dream to grow big and strong and become one of the biggest crocodiles ever to live. But as seasons changed and time passes, the land became dry...

Posted November 26, 2013

Morning Dives at Pertamina Pier – by DM Leo

I love early morning dives at Pertamina Pier. There is a certain thrill that comes with getting up while the rest of Dili is sleeping, grabbing some tanks, and diving in the ocean just as the sun pokes its head over the mountain. It’s almost...

Posted November 6, 2013

Shark of the Month – Porbeagle Shark

Shark of the month blog courtesy of Shark Guardian! With CITES (The convention on International trade in endangered species) fast approaching we thought we would focus on one of the lesser known sharks, but one which is in real danger of...

Posted October 16, 2013

Fascination of Muck Diving

What is Muck Diving? Normally divers want to go to places, where they can find beautiful pristine reefs with a lot of different coloured fishes, nice soft and hard corals, clams and sponges. Muck Diving is something completely different. It is...

Posted October 8, 2013

Shark of the Month – Basking Shark

It’s time for shark of the month by Shark Guardian again! This month we chose a shark is more common along the UK coastline, the Basking Shark! It is the second largest living fish, after the whale shark, and the second of three plankton-eating...

Posted September 25, 2013

Cesca’s 10th Birthday and 1st Dive in the Sea

Finally !!! After almost one year learning everything about diving and training in our swimming pool, Cesca, our favorite little mermaid, got to dive in the sea for her 10th birthday !! During the past year, Cesca did the PADI Bubblemaker, Seal...

Posted September 11, 2013

Continue your Dive Education with Dive Timor Lorosae in East Timor

Ever thought about furthering your scuba diving education, and challenging yourself to learn new skills underwater, or maybe specialising in a specific area of diving? Specialising in different areas of diving can improve the range of conditions...

Posted August 21, 2013

Shark of the Month – Megamouth Shark

Blog brought to you by Shark Guardian – Megamouth Shark Order � Lamniformes Family � Megachasmidae Genus – Megachasma Species – pelagios Taxonomy – When the first megamouth was captured in 1976, a new shark family, genus...

Posted August 18, 2013

Endangered Giant Clams in East Timor

A careful search of most dive sites in East Timor will yield the discovery of a giant clam or two, but many divers may not know that they are lucky to see this ancient (appearing in the fossil record as far back as the Cambrian period, 500...

Posted July 11, 2013

Shark of the Month – Frilled Shark

Blog brought to you by Shark Guardian – Frilled Shark Description – The little-known, deepwater-dwelling frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is one of the most primitive species of living shark. The species name anguineus...