Guest blogger, underwater photographer and Singapore reef explorer, Katherine Lu, shares her experiences of discovering Singapore’s marine wonders in this very special Boxing Day post! Be blown away by some of her encounters! Above: Cuthona sp.

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Hantu Blog dive guide and Math teacher, Ng Boon Leong, took to the waters of Pulau Hantu on a day of clear skies and calm waters for a day of photography with our veteran guide Jeemee Goh and macro enthusiast Toh Chay Hoon. It was also a training day for one of our new guides! […]

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A handful of our volunteer reef guides are being trained in Reef Check techniques that will equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge to help local scientists monitor our reefs. The first workshop and field trip was conducted in June and it was an opportunity for our guides to pay careful attention to the […]

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The Hantu Blog got together with volunteers from the Cat Welfare Society to Trap, Neuter and Relocate (TNR) cats on Pulau Hantu. The Hantu Blog learned about the cats from campers who visited the island in June. Two cats were caught. They have been neutered, and we are looking for homes for two of them. […]

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Our band of intrepid local divers capitalised on the abundant sunshine and headed out to Hantu’s reefs this weekend. The photographs from this blog post were taken by Toh Chay Hoon, Singapore’s informal macro specialist, well known for her tendency to spot the small and miss the big! Her special skill brings us unique insight […]

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Not much is known about coral spawning events, and even less is known about mass coral spawning in equatorial regions. In fact, it wasn’t until 2002 that researchers finally managed to pin point a time of the year, and a time of the day during which coral spawning can be observed in Singapore! You can […]

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The Hantu Blog celebrated 13 years of bringing divers and reef walkers to Pulau Hantu last month! What better way to commemorate this milestone than to do more diving! Some of our most veteran volunteers who have been with us for over a decade got together with some of our most regular divers to discover […]

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While living on the reef may look like a cruise to the casual observer, life on the reef is in fact wrought with challenges! Little fish get eaten by big fish everyday. And big fish get eaten by even bigger fish. Whether it is day or night, animals on the reef have to balance looking […]

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Over the weekend, our Hantu Blog guides were joined with regular marine/coastal volunteers for a dive at Pulau Jong and Pulau Hantu. Our public dives are focussed on the reefs of Pulau Hantu because they are well sheltered and easy to navigate, and there’s always the promise of seeing something cool! But there are many […]

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The Hantu Blog kicked off its first dive at Pulau Hantu last weekend and were rewarded with lots of bizarre slugs and rare chance to see cleaner shrimp working on some fishes! Visibility was a challenging 1.5m but thanks to the keen eyes of our divers, even if they were new, everyone got to spot […]

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