Two new nudi sightings for me!

After a long month of absence from the shores, I am back this time at Semakau to do guiding. Yes, I haven't guided at Semakau for more than half a year. Therefore, I was pretty excited about today's trip.

My excitement materialized partly to be two first-time nudibranch sightings for me personally, though some others may have seen them before.


The first nudibranch is the Varicose phyllid nudibranch (Phyllidia varicosa)! It is bigger than the other usual phyllid nudibranchs that we see. And it is just so stunningly beautiful with its bright colours!

Ninja crab in the coral

Video of penis fencing in flatworms

For the first time, I got to witness penis fencing in flatworms before my own eyes!


What is penis fencing in flatworms?

Videos of corals off Semakau-Sakeng

Here's the videos that I took during the trip. As the tide was not low enough, still photography was a challenge. Taking video clips was a better alternative. :)

Corals off Semakau-Sakeng seawall from Loh Kok Sheng on Vimeo.

Coral galore at Semakau-Sakeng seawall

Admist the crazy workload at my NIE course, I am all relieved to be able to squeeze some time to make it for today's trip to Semakau. Thankfully, I managed to arrive at the pier just on time after my lessons to set off for Mei Lin's clam hunt.


Today, we went to a new stretch of shore which lies outside the rock bund that surrounds Semakau landfill. This location is the former Pulau Sakeng. From far, it looked really dead but most of the life actually are found right at the edge after a closer look! Opposite is Pulau Jong.

Virgin trip to a new stretch of Changi

This new stretch of Changi looks really out of reach from maps and we always wonder what's out there on the super long reclaimed shores. Thanks to Travis, he kindly brought us to this shore that I've been wanting to visit for the longest time.


The price to pay for all of is will be the 10km walk! I checked out geodistance.com and indeed we walk at least 10km, and that is just the direct distance that did not take into account the detours made.

Another night out at Tanah Merah

It's the last trip of the low tide season this week and Tanah Merah seems to be a great destination that is worth many visits especially at night where the animals are more active.


Thanks to Ron for pointing out, I get to see these pretty little Soft coral false cowrie (Family Ovulidae) on the Spiky flowery soft corals. I previously didn't know that the false cowries can also be found on these soft corals as well.