Since Chay Hoon didn’t have enough time to take many photos, I thought I’d share these that I took while doing the general reef survey.

A school of three Many-spotted Sweetlips (Plectorhynchus chaetodontoides). I was told later by the fish surveyors that another two were under the coral head below these three.

Two HUGE Ceratosoma nudibranchs.

A fairly uncommon Lemon Damsel (Pomacentrus moluccensis). Last time I saw this was in 2003, I think.

NUS had a research project there are Satumu, using fiberglass modules as substrate for corals to grow on. The results, I would say, speak for themselves (at least for this site):

And despite Satumu being so far away from the mainland, you can still this, which I removed.

Gunny sack wrapped around a coral.

More stories and photographs on the Satumu dive at Chay Hoon’s and Hui Bing’s blogs, and also pictures on Raffles Lighthouse itself (OK, just the one, actually) and the underwater fauna that call it home at my Pulau Satumu set on Flickr.

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