Hippocampos Bali Dive Center | Καταδύσεις, Μαθήματα Κατάδυσης, Καταδύσεις Κρήτη, Ομάδα Καταδύσεων
Greece Crete Bali winter 2018 aerial
Greece Crete Bali winter 2018 aerial
Bali is in Rethymno Prefecture on the island of Crete in Greece. It has several beaches of varying size and countless hotels and apartment complexes. It has beautiful beaches for you to go and relax on your holidays.
Heraklion and Rethemnon both have ports and Heraklion has an airport. You can get from these towns to Balí by bus or taxi from there. If you want to leave or arrive by bus, try fitting the schedule in with the little tour-bus/train that runs around Balí, so you don't have to walk all the way to or from the main road which is 2 kilometres from the village centre. If it's really hot just wait in the shade until the little train comes, so you don't have to walk in the sun into town. There are no benches, and the concrete slab where the train stops is hard, so a soft seat pad will come in handy if there's a long wait.
If you choose vacation destination by price, please be advised that some tour operators like Ving.no do not include nor offer bus transfer to and from the Heraklion airport for travellers to Balí, so keep the taxi-fare of 50Euro or more in mind. You can order a taxi in advance on-line, but the price seems to be higher than when you just hail a taxi when you arrive, so why bother?
Using a taxi isn't very practical for short trips, since they must be ordered from Rethemnon or Irakleo. Use the little train if it's practical if you want to avoid walking when the sun is too bright. The little train is not just a tour - it is a practical way of getting from A to B in Balí. Wait at one of the signs or hail it anywhere and get in when it stops (the conductor will look you up on one of the next stops and sell you a ticket).
There are several companies that offer rental cars (and scooters) in Balí, so you should be able to compare prices. Remember to bring an international driver's license if you come from a non EU/Schengen-agreement country. Wearing a helmet while driving a motorcycle is mandatory, but not too strictly enforced, but remember that your health-insurance may be void if you have an accident while not wearing a helmet.
Wearing black is a Crete custom and you'll see both men and women do it. Cretans are mainly orthodox Christians, so most shops outside of pure tourists villages like Balí close on Sundays, restaurants are open also on Sundays. Holding rosaries aren't always for praying -a local told me that they fiddle with them for reducing stress.
Cretans seem to smoke a lot and smoking is allowed/tolerated almost everywhere including at the McDonald restaurant in Heraklion (I didn't think McDonald's main office allowed that!). Don't expect smoking bans to be enforced 100%.
If you don't like air-conditioning, bringing or buying a fan if you stay in the middle of summer is highly recommended. You can get a a small desk-fan in Rethemnon for as little as 13 Euro. Otherwise, most hotels offer air-conditioning.
Almost all guide-books for the area and information from travel agents tell you to save on electricity by turning off the lights every time you leave a room, but I observed a lot of street-lights and other outside lamps that was burning also all day long.
Water is heated mainly by solar power, so don't expect warm water for showering when there is no sunlight.
Don't flush down the paper, use the bin -I'm not certain that the fear the locals have of blocked pipes are well funded or just “sewage paranoia”.
Don't come to Balí if you are mobility disabled and don't have assistance - the entire island of Crete seems to be ridden with wheelchair obstacles. Balí hotels are often situated on the steep hills around the village, and I haven't seen any lifts nor escalators anywhere.
Don't expect all bars/restaurants to accept credit cards as some accept cash only. There is an ATM on the road up from town (Between the Doctors office and Mythos restaurant), so withdraw before you dine.
Don't come to Balí for the wild parties that last all night long as they don't seem to exist. There are other desinations (and other Greek islands) that has a more happening party scene.
Diving: Go on an arranged dive, or get your International Padi divers license at Hippocampus diving centre. Go to the port and follow the sign next to the cruise booking office. There are also day long excursions by boat to other beaches and towns. Some include lunch. Book at the harbour or in one of the booths close to the more remotely situated hotels.
There are lots of tourist shops all over the village that sell souvenirs, food and beach-stuff. Go to the bigger towns Heraklion and Rethemnon for all other shopping.
Don't go to Heraklion or Rethemnon on Sunday for shopping as everything is closed.
The local grape hooch is Raki. Somewhat similar to grappa. The local wine is Retsina, and is dry white wine
diving in Bali Creta with hippocampos dive center plongée en crète à bali
You want to dive in Creta? So this video is for you.
Vous voulez plonger en Crète? Alors cette video est pour vous
Diving @ Bali Crete with Hippocampos Diving 2013
One more nice dive@ Bali- Crete with Hippocampos dive center
September 2013
rocks, posidonia oceanica, fishes
music: smell of paradise- sa trincha
Tigertail Seahorse At Shark Point, Phuket By Bangtao Dive Center
Welcome to Bangtao Dive Center - Dive Shop At Bangtao Beach, Phuket, Thaland.
Our dive shop in Bangtao Beach, Phuket. It's not far from Surin Beach only 500 meters. Just walk a few steps to reach our dive shop. We are in Bangtao Center by the way we are close to Bangtao Cottage, Bangtao Chalet, Best Western Premier Bangtao Beach, Amanpuri, Twinpalms Phuket, Andaman Bungalows Village, Bangtao Bay Resort, Club Lersuang, Beach front Sunwing Resort and not far away from Luguna Hotel. Our shop we have diving equipment difference brand for sell at well example Scubapro, Sekoodive, Deep blue, Suunto, Seac Seb, Aqualung etc. We are also just one who's sell as comprehensive such as Masks, Snorkels, Fins, Wet Suit, Dive Bag & Cases, Torches, Dive Knives, Marine Book, Accessories.
We are also a diving school. Diving courses are start from the beginning the Discover Scuba Diving to professional Divemaster. We also offer half day diving to the Koh Weah and full day trip to Rcha Yai, King Cruiser, Koh Doc Mai., Shark Point, Phi Phi Island and Similan Islands (The dive site top 10 in the world for the Similan Islands).For Similan Islands we have 1day trip and live a board. It's a good chance to see Manta Ray, Shark, and Whale Shark etc. It offers a good service yummy food look sunrise& sunset at sundeck and friendly service you will never forget our service.
22 24 Apr 19 Destin Dives
Scuba diving in Destin 22-24 Apr 19
Η μαγεία του βυθού / Sea is magic
Απολαύστε τη βουτιά μας στο βυθό της θάλασσας!
Enjoy our dip down in the bottom of the sea!
Can you spot the Spiny Seahorse in the Eelgrass ?
Underwater off Studland Beach filming the seagrass/eelgrass around the moorings and boats . No seahorses reported this year ,but perhaps you can spot one in this video clip ? We couldn't.
Seahorse Mediterranean Sea Gopro4
Pruebas con la nueva lente macro angular para la Gopro4silver. Hay que trabajarla un poco más pero da buenas sensaciones
Channel Ten Seahorse Hotels
I am very excited about the latest environmental project our school is involved with. Thanks to one of our dads, Mr Fallon we have partnered with his diving company and Sutherland Shire Council to help protect the endangered Hippocampus Whitei (Sydney Seahorse) colony at Kurnell. Very soon the swimming enclosure shark nets at Kurnell will be replaced, the only problem is the nets are home to a colony of Sydney Sea Horses.
Year 6 and their Kindergarten buddies have been researching this delicate animal to design and build Seahorse Hotels. The hotels will form a temporary home for the Seahorses and when transferred to their new homes the swimming enclosure nets can be replaced. This a complex project and our students are fascinated by the research and fully dedicated to designing and making a habitat suitable to protect the seahorses.
UNDERWATER EMOTIONS
Un assaggio della ricca biodiversità mediterranea che abbiamo il privilegio di ammirare dal vivo durante le nostre immersioni itineranti in provincia di Reggio Calabria, tra Jonio, Tirreno e Stretto di Messina. Pochi minuti di emozioni subacquee...
Malta 2017 | Diving Store
Scuba diving trip - Malta 2017
Seahorse Hippocampus
Seahorse is the name given to 54 species of marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus. Hippocampus comes from the Ancient Greek hippos meaning horse and kampos meaning sea monster
Seahorses are mainly found in shallow tropical and temperate waters throughout the world, and live in sheltered areas such as seagrass beds, estuaries, coral reefs, or mangroves. Four species are found in Pacific waters from North America to South America. In the Atlantic, H. erectus ranges from Nova Scotia to Uruguay. H. zosterae, known as the dwarf seahorse, is found in the Bahamas.
Colonies have been found in European waters such as the Thames Estuary.[3]
Three species live in the Mediterranean Sea: H. guttulatus (the long-snouted seahorse), H. hippocampus (the short-snouted seahorse), and H. fuscus (the sea pony). These species form territories; males stay within 1 m2 (11 sq ft) of habitat, while females range about one hundred times that.
Seahorses range in size from 1.5 to 35.5 cm (0.6 to 14.0 in).[4] They are named for their equine appearance. Although they are bony fish, they do not have scales, but rather thin skin stretched over a series of bony plates, which are arranged in rings throughout their bodies. Each species has a distinct number of rings. Seahorses swim upright, another characteristic not shared by their close pipefish relatives, which swim horizontally. Razorfish are the only other fish that swim vertically like a seahorse. Unusual among fish, a seahorse has a flexible, well-defined neck. It also sports a coronet on its head, which is distinct for each individual.
Seahorses swim very poorly, rapidly fluttering a dorsal fin and using pectoral fins (located behind their eyes) to steer. The slowest-moving fish in the world is H. zosterae (the dwarf seahorse), with a top speed of about 5 ft (1.5 m) per hour.[5] Seahorses have no caudal fin. Since they are poor swimmers, they are most likely to be found resting with their prehensile tails wound around a stationary object. They have long snouts, which they use to suck up food, and their eyes can move independently of each other (like those of a chameleon).
Seahorses feed on small crustaceans floating in the water or crawling on the bottom. With excellent camouflage and patience, seahorses ambush prey that floats within striking range. Mysid shrimp and other small crustaceans are favorites, but some seahorses have been observed eating other kinds of invertebrates and even larval fish. While feeding, they produce a distinctive click each time a food item is ingested.
Seahorse populations are thought to be endangered as a result of overfishing and habitat destruction. Despite a lack of scientific studies or clinical trial,[30][31] the consumption of seahorses for medicinal purposes is widespread in China, where they are used in traditional Chinese medicine primarily for the treatment of impotence, wheezing, nocturnal enuresis, and pain, as well as to promote labor.[32] Up to 20 million seahorses may be caught each year to be sold for such uses.[33] Preferred species of seahorses include H. kellogii, H. histrix, H. kuda, H. trimaculatus, and H. mohnikei.[32] Seahorses are also consumed by the Indonesians, the central Filipinos, and many other ethnic groups.
Reef Life of the Andaman (full marine biology documentary)
Reef Life of the Andaman is a documentary of the marine life of Thailand and Burma (Myanmar). It is available on DVD at
Scuba diving more than 1000 times from the coral reefs and underwater pinnacles of Thailand's Similan Islands, Phuket, Phi Phi Island and Hin Daeng, to Myanmar's Mergui Archipelago and Burma Banks, I encountered everything from manta rays to seahorses, whale sharks to shipwrecks. The 116-minute film features descriptions of 213 different marine species including more than 100 tropical fish, along with sharks, rays, moray eels, crabs, lobsters, shrimps, sea slugs, cuttlefish, squid, octopus, turtles, sea snakes, starfish, sea cucumbers, corals, worms etc..
This marine biology documentary provides an overview of Indian Ocean aquatic life.
Marine life & underwater subjects featured in the film:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:42 - Underwater caves
0:02:18 - Corals and anemones
ELASMOBRANCHS - SHARKS
0:03:37 - Carpet sharks (zebra sharks / leopard sharks and nurse sharks)
0:06:45 - Whale sharks
0:11:26 - Requiem sharks (grey reef sharks, silvertip sharks, whitetip reef sharks)
RAYS
0:13:44 - Stingrays
0:17:05 - Eagle rays & devil rays / mobulas
0:18:48 - Manta rays
REEF FISHES
0:21:24 - Moray eels
0:25:50 - Seahorse
0:27:12 - Cornetfish & trumpetfish
0:28:50 - Batfish (spadefish)
0:30:09 - Angelfish
0:31:34 - Butterflyfish
0:32:41 - Bannerfish
0:33:30 - Moorish idol
0:33:56 - Surgeonfish (tang) & unicornfish
0:34:42 - Bigeye
0:35:10 - Emperor Snapper
0:35:26 - Sweetlips
0:36:05 - Grouper (rockcod)
0:38:24 - Humphead wrasse
0:38:52 - Green humphead parrotfish
0:39:38 - Barracuda
0:40:37 - Trevally (jacks)
0:41:21 - Pufferfish
0:42:32 - Boxfish
0:44:28 - Porcupinefish
0:46:10 - Scrawled filefish
0:46:33 - Triggerfish
CRUSTACEANS
0:48:23 - Spiny lobster
0:49:35 - Shrimps
0:50:39 - Red-legged swimming crab
MOLLUSCS - GASTROPODS
0:51:13 - Cowries
0:52:46 - Sea slugs / nudibranchs
BIVALVES
0:54:55 - Fluted giant clam
0:55:38 - Tuna Wreck - Similan Islands
0:56:00 - Schooling fish - Cardinalfish
0:56:56 - Hardyhead silversides
0:57:15 - Fusilier
0:57:45 - African pompano
0:57:49 - Striped eel catfish
0:58:02 - Schooling snapper
0:59:08 - Schooling barracuda
1:00:30 - Dogtooth tuna
1:00:45 - Bigeye trevally
HIDING
1:01:15 - Pastel Tilefish
1:01:49 - Stingrays in sand
1:02:43 - Octopus ink
CAMOUFLAGE - MIMICRY
1:03:03 - Straightstick pipefish
1:03:28 - Ornate ghost pipefish
1:04:19 - Giant frogfish
1:05:14 - Scorpionfish
1:06:42 - Stonefish
1:07:17 - King Cruiser shipwreck
VENOMOUS SPINES
1:07:29 - Lionfish
1:09:25 - Crown-of-thorns starfish
1:10:00 - Sea urchin
SYMBIOSIS
1:10:26 - Sea urchin cardinalfish
1:10:49 - Anemonefish / Clownfish / Sea anemones
1:13:53 - Porcelain anemone crab
1:14:39 - Tube anemone
1:15:13 - Rhizostome jellyfish
1:16:09 - Fishes feeding
1:16:16 - Streaked spinefoot
1:16:31 - Parrotfish
1:17:02 - Goatfish
1:17:10 - Bluefin trevally
1:17:29 - Smalltooth emperor
1:17:51 - Fringelip mullet
REPTILES
1:20:26 - Banded sea krait (sea snake)
1:21:46 - Pacific Hawksbill turtle
1:23:26 - Green turtle
SHRIMPS
1:25:05 - Harlequin shrimp
1:26:09 - Peacock mantis shrimp
CLEANING
1:27:08 - Skunk cleaner shrimp
1:27:57 - Cleaner wrasse
1:29:07 - Rock cleaner shrimp
1:29:27 - False cleanerfish
1:30:07 - Remora / live sharksucker
1:31:38 - Cobia
1:32:47 - Rainbow runner
POLYCHAETE WORMS
1:33:38 - Feather duster worm
1:33:43 - Hard tube coco worm
1:33:53 - Christmas tree worm
1:34:39 - Sea cucumber
SEX
1:36:54 - Broadcast spawning
1:37:42 - Oyster
1:38:19 - Pharaoh cuttlefish mating
1:40:15 - Bigfin reef squid
1:40:36 - Day octopus fighting
1:43:25 - Rough-toothed dolphin
1:43:48 - Night diving
1:49:38 - Crabs at night
1:52:56 - Hermit crab
1:54:22 - Basket stars
MUSIC CREDITS:
Prickly Shark, Black Corals, Jewel Squid by Erik Verkoyen
Freefall Into The Blue, Buoyancy, Tai Long Wan, Andaman Resonance, Hidden Depths, Similan Sunrise, The Cool Of The Forest by Mark Ellison
Blood Wine by Condor e (Velvet Night Album)
Dream And You Will Fly by Menno Hoomans ( - Remastered version:
Just Walk Away by Adam Fielding (
Deep Blue, Starbeam by Toao (SOILSOUND Music Publishing LLC) (
Space Frigate by Smashed Toy (
Deliberate Thought, Modern Vibes by Kevin MacLeod (
Pattern Errors by Coded
Bird's Song (Edit) by Absorb Fish (
Thanks to Santana Diving of Phuket ( to Rob Royle for a few of the clips, to Elfi and Uli Erfort and Daniel Bruehwiler for help with the German translation, and to Frank Nelissen for the Dutch subtitles.
Makarska Croatia || Travel diary
Photographer nominated for seahorse & cotton bud pic
In Sewage Surfer a seahorse lugs a cotton bud in the changing tide of Indonesia. Nature photographer Justin Hofman is nominated for International Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
Meeting a Whale Shark!
A young, 4,5 meter whaleshark swims into me during a dive. We swim together for over 4 minutes
Plongée Elbe Pianosa 2017 www.riodiving.it
mérou;Elbe;Pianosa
Pygmy Seahorse
Apparently there is a pygmy seahorse in this video. I didn't see it allthough I took the video. My sister and the dive master showed it to me, that there is something there...
It should look something like this: (?)