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The Best of Cephalopod Season

Critter life is quite seasonal here in Dauin. Whether its water temperature, wind, changes in underwater habitat, or other environmental factors, there are clear patterns and trends when it comes to fish and other critters. We love October here at Atmosphere because, not only is it octopus and cephalopod season, but it also has a nice ring to it – Octopus October. Truth be told, Octopus October is not entirely…
Daniel Geary
4th January 2018
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Crazy Crab Behaviour

Muck diving has a lot of weird and wonderful critters, but my favorite critters (besides frogfish) are the ones that really go above and beyond when it comes to taking advantage of the environment. Its one thing to change color or simply look like your surroundings, but there are a few crazy crabs I want to highlight that really get their money's worth from the environment. There are many species…
Daniel Geary
12th July 2017
Nemo's Biggest lie, Marine Biology, Daniel Geary, Atmosphere Resorts, Dumaguete PhilippinesMarinelifeScuba DivingUnderwater Sightings

Finding Nemo’s Biggest Lie

Finding Nemo - A Marine Biologist's View As a marine biologist, one of the problems I have while watching movies that involve the ocean is that I see mistakes that many people don't realize are there. Even though they don't really affect the movie, they still bother me. One of my favorite instances of one of these mistakes is in “The Beach.” There is a shark attack in a shallow,…
Daniel Geary
17th May 2017
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Clownfish of Dumaguete – our seven favorites

With the movie "Finding Nemo", the clownfish leaped to instant fame. Cute, colorful and with a distinctive personality, they are hard to miss on the coral reef. Believe it or not, there are actually thirty different species of clownfish including the "false clown anemonefish", the species that our friend Nemo belongs to. Clownfish are a type of damselfish and are also referred to as anemonefish, due to the fact that they…
Daniel Geary
26th March 2017
A selection of baby frogfish with a special place in Atmosphere's marine biologist Daniel Geary's heartMarinelifeScuba Divingunderwater photoUnderwater Sightings

Frogfish I have loved

I haven't written a frogfish blog in awhile, terrible I know and I apologize, so in honor of this year's baby frogfish season I have decided to go into my archives and take a look back at some of my all time baby frogfish encounters. I have seen hundreds and hundreds of frogfish in my time working at Atmosphere Resorts & Spa, with around 400 different individuals encountered in 2016…
Daniel Geary
15th February 2017