{"id":52153,"date":"2025-12-07T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/?p=52153"},"modified":"2025-12-13T23:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T22:22:00","slug":"ambon-muck-dive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/ambon-muck-dive-20251207\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambon, Home to a Strange Little Underwater World"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 2025. I\u2019m back in Indonesia<\/a>. First stop: the island of Ambon in the Moluccas archipelago. My companions: about ten passionate underwater photographers, brought together by marine biologist Steven Weinberg<\/a>. Our subjects: odd little creatures hiding in the grey sand on the ocean floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A Muck Diving Destination<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Like Lembeh Strait<\/a> in North Sulawesi, Ambon Bay is a renowned muck diving<\/a> destination. It\u2019s a specific style of diving that involves swimming slowly just above the seabed to scrutinize every square centimeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal? To uncover a strange array of small mollusks, fish and crustaceans \u2014 sometimes tiny and often masters of camouflage. Curiosities of nature that are endlessly fascinating for divers passionate about marine biology and macro photography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A nudibranch (sea slug) ripples the ruffles of its dress in the current (Ambon, Indonesia, October 2025).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/strong> \u279c Dive into another world in the Philippines: Anilao and Romblon<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are staying at Ambon Dive Resort<\/a>, run by the lovely Mathieu and Sri, a French-Indonesian couple. It\u2019s a charming, diver-oriented lodge, with a handful of hillside bungalows tucked away in the greenery. We\u2019re away from the city of Ambon, near a small fishing village, close to the mouth of the bay. Every day, we head out to explore the dive sites, usually doing two dives, and sometimes three or even four, for the most dedicated among us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n