Pom Pom Island dive sites have been exceptionally good for Nudibranches this month. During a recent dive I took some photos of some of the many very pretty variants to be found. For our nudibranch lovers, here are some photos to enjoy!
This morning at 10.30 am our first baby Hawksbill turtles arrived. This nest was sponsored by Andrew and Elaine, our guests who visited us earlier in the year. This was our biggest number of eggs found at Pom Pom, so we were a little concerned about the survival rate. We are very happy to report [...]
The staff at Pom Pom worked very hard yesterday for an Island clean up. Each department donated as many members of staff as possible and we organised a big round the Island walk with bin bags to collect the rubbish. Unfortunately, due to the tidal system, some months,we get more rubbish washed up, but it is [...]
The second nest of the year has hatched with many guests able to enjoy the view this time as the babies kindly decided to arrive at 7.30pm rather than 2.30am in the morning. The turtles had timed their arrival well as it was the birthday of Michael from Germany and also Adam from England who [...]
Yesterday evening, the turtle patrol came across another turtle laying eggs, this time a green turtle who laid 85 eggs. Our guests were lucky and were able to see the mother turtle return to the sea after laying her eggs. We look some measurements as we keep records for WWF and Sabah Wildlife Department. The [...]
Last night after a very heavy rainfall at 2am, Rayner checked on our turtle nests and found our first turtle nest for this season had hatched. We had seen the sand drop the day before, so we all had been monitoring the nest, waiting for signs of life. At 2.30am the babies were digging their [...]
Our mystery bird, the Barred Rail, is becoming a little better know. Quentin Phillipps, the famous Author of the "Phillipps Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan" has kindly included it in his latest book. He has very kindly sent us a copy of the latest edition for our guests who [...]
Last night at Pom Pom we celebrated with Martina and her lovely family from Germany. She has just made her 200 dive here at Pom Pom, quite a mile stone. Both herself and her husband dive along with their children, so they have certainly kept very busy during their stay with us. Judith her daughter [...]
2 nights ago, we had a very strange guest visit our Island. At around 10pm, someone spotted a strange shaped rock moving on the beach outside the restaurant. On closer inspection, we discovered it was a horseshoe crab! This crab like creature hasn't changed for over 250 million years, making it a very successful [...]
Amy, Ben and Sam are our latest Turtle sponsors, who after having joined our Turtle Patrol on the 21st of April on the last night of their stay on Pom Pom, were lucky enough to find a Hawksbill Turtle laying eggs. She laid 129 eggs that evening finishing at about 10.30pm.. We wanted to say [...]