God's wonderful creation

On Labour Day holiday, the intrepid team surveyed Terumbu Semakau, a patch reef off Semakau Landfill. The abundance of hard corals have dropped as several ones did not survive the coral bleaching...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2017/05/sunny-sunday-at-terumbu-semakau.html

Beyond the murky waters of Changi, one would be able to catch a glimpse of the colourful sea fan garden during super low spring tide! On 30 April 2017, I visited a stretch of Changi that I've not...

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We visited Kusu Island on 29 April 2017 and checked out the reefs. Am glad to see many of the corals survived the bleaching period last year and that the reef is still thick at Kusu. Many fanta...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2017/04/new-snail-find-at-kusu-island.html

It's our first predawn low tide trip this year and on 28 April 2017 we visited Tanah Merah shore. The first exciting find of the trip would be the stonefish! I later also chanced upon a Knobbl...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2017/04/first-predawn-at-tanah-merah-shore.html

On 12 Feb 2017, we visited Big Sister's Island during an evening low tide. The tide didn't go down as predicted and we were stranded on the high shores. Nevertheless, the team managed to find som...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2017/02/higher-low-tide-at-big-sisters-island.html

Two weeks after Chinese New Year, we are out on another evening tide to check out one of our favourite shores: Cyrene Reef! Cyrene Reef is ringed by petrochemical plants on Jurong Island and Pu...

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It's CNY Day 3 and we are at the reclaimed shores of Seringat-Kias, which is also connected to Lazarus Island. We enjoyed the pinkish sunset after the rain that poured when we arrived! There'...

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After 6 years, we are finally back on Terumbu Selegi on CNY Day 2! Terumbu Selegi is a submerged reef in the middle of nowhere. The nearest islands would be Sentosa, St John's Island and Siste...

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It's the Chinese New Year again! And that also signifies another round of low tide adventures. :) This super tiny snail that is only around 5mm or less was found by none other than our bionic...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2017/01/cny-day-1-semakau-south.html

On 6 Aug 2016, we visited Terumbu Pempang Laut for a coral bleaching check. However there are not many corals on this shore as compared to the rest. We estimate about 20-30% of the hard corals...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/08/coral-bleaching-at-terumbu-pempang-laut.html

On 23 Jul 2016, we visited Semakau East to check out the coral bleaching situation. It seems that the reef is doing badly. We estimate about 70% of the hard corals and 40% of the leathery sof...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/07/coral-bleaching-at-semakau-east.html

Our final survey for this season of low spring tide would be to check out the coral bleaching at Terumbu Semakau, a patch reef off Semakau Landfill. How are the corals doing? Unfortunately, th...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/07/coral-bleaching-in-terumbu-semakau.html

With permissions from National Parks Board, we are back at Pulau Sekudu to do our annual survey. Otherwise, this island is actually out of bounds. We had the best sunrise out of the 3 days we...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/07/baby-knobblies-at-pulau-sekudu.html

Despite most people's perception that there's not much marine life in Singapore, we do have lots of shores to explore during low tide. And I'm back here checking out two stretches of East Coast a...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/07/my-favourites-on-east-coasts-reclaimed.html

I'm back at Chek Jawa, one of the two seashores that started my passion in marine life (the other is Tanjong Rimau, Sentosa). It's like visiting your friend that has been there all along through ...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/07/predawn-at-chek-jawa-coral-rubble.html

After 6 years, I finally set foot at Pulau Tekukor again! My last survey here was in 2010 .   The natural rocky coastline is a prominent feature of this untouched island that sits right ac...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/07/back-at-pulau-tekukor.html

Most of the time,we will be exploring the seagrass and sandy areas of Cyrene Reef as they are thick with critters. On a super low tide, we decided to dedicate a slot for Cyrene Reef to look at th...

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Beting Bronok (BB) is one of our last northern reefs that is home to a wide variety of marine life that we don't see on our mainland shores. We only visit BB once a year to do our annual survey a...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/06/spongey-comeback-at-beting-bronok.html

One of the first few shores that shore lovers would visit definitely includes Changi Beach. After one year, I'm back to take a look at how it is doing and we agreed it has changed. Neverthele...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/06/back-at-changis-echinoderm-haven.html

I have been visiting the reefs off Tanah Merah since 2009 and it continues to be the best mainland coral reef despite being a reclaimed shore. It has suffered from the oil spill and coral bleach...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/06/coral-bleaching-check-at-tanah-merah.html

It's been about 3 years since I last visited certain stretches of East Coast Park during super low spring tide. Yes there's marine life at East Coast! However, they are only exposed at super low ...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/05/checking-out-reefy-east-coast-shore.html

Kusu Island is home to hard corals that grow in high density on the intertidal shore. They are exposed only at good low spring tides which usually happen at predawn hours. Despite having to w...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/05/coral-overdose-at-kusu-island.html

We were back at Semakau last Sunday and surveyed the northern shore which has thick reefs at the edge.  A lovely purplish sunrise accompanied the start of our trip. The weather looked good f...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/05/semakau-north-with-giant-clam-finds.html

I visited Berlayer Creek during predawn for the first time (as my previous 2 trips were during evening tides). The tide on this trip was lower and I was looking forward to see what lies at the lo...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/04/predawn-at-berlayer-creek.html

It's our first predawn trip of the year and I'm trying to adjust to having to wake up at wee hours again! We are back at St John's Island this time. The best part of today's trip would be to...

http://wondercreation.blogspot.com/2016/04/st-johns-islands-underwater-garden.html