Manado Bay
马纳多（Manado）是北苏拉威西（Sulawesi）迅速发展的城市。购物中心和旅游业发展越来越进一步侵蚀海洋，没有多少人希望发现世界一流的潜水距离这座大都市。
但是，它沿着边界沿着城市，您可以找到北苏拉威西北部最独特的珊瑚栖息地。这些开lo礁具有很高的珊瑚色多样性，上个月我们回到了由北苏拉威西赞助的北部。息肉实验室to document these seldom visited reefs.
Geography
虽然我们在Manado Bay命名了这篇文章潜水，但应该称其为Manado Bay的海岸。宽湾的中心降至5250英尺（1600m），远远超出了潜水员的范围。
Therefore, the only habitats accessible to recreational scuba diving are those along the shore and surrounding the Bunaken Park Islands. But this deep bay plays a critical roll is regulating and replenishing this coral reef habitat as it contains a tremendous volume of water.
The deep bay and presence of swift moving current in Manado Bay are a primary contributor to the high diversity of coral, exceptional health and size of coral colonies, and the reefs overall resilience to climate change.
Batas Kota
我在Manado Bay最喜欢的网站叫Batas Kota，这意味着城市边界。潜水始于沙质公寓，在整齐和整齐的行中，至少将一百个珊瑚框架种植。在西部，天然礁出来了。从23英尺（7m）降至65英尺（20m），令人印象深刻的支架Acropora与其他分支和钢珊瑚混合。
You could easily spend an entire dive circles around a few hundred meters, peeking between layers of corals, and stumbling upon micro habitats. You can also find toadstool leathers strewn about sandy patches between the reef.
即使是大多数季节的珊瑚发现专家也会对多样性感到惊讶。Vincent Chalias发现了这个罕见的Acropora Multiacutacoral while diving at Batas Kota.
Euphyllia Dreams
To the north of Batas Kota, either swimming underwater or 65-165 ft (20-50m) up the coast by boat you will find theEuphyllia梦礁。This reef is called Gorong Gorong by locals, meaning the big pipe. The reef starts at (16ft) 5m deep and only 65ft (20m) from shore when a large pipe empties rainwater and anything else washed off the streets into the sea.
这确实是您期望找到一个独特的珊瑚栖息地的最后一个地方。但这是大湾和大量水真正发挥作用的地方。在您期望从土地上所有的径流和人为废物影响礁石和整体水质的地方，从海湾中心持续回收水，向海岸带来了珊瑚的营养，并导出任何可能的废物污染礁石。
可以将其视为每天的大量水和周期性喂养周期。很明显，我为什么称这个潜水euphyllia的梦想。Euphyllia的巨大殖民地沿着海岸延伸。我们沿着同一方向游泳65分钟，永远不会到达末端。
你们中的一些人可能还记得去年我发布了Manado的Euphyllia礁的视频时。该视频很快在Reefbuilders Facebook页面上传播开来，而在Manado的潜水工作人员拥有数十年的经验，他们震惊地看到了从酒店五分钟的珊瑚中的珊瑚回应。
Euphylliacoral is something aquarists would be able to identify in a heartbeat, but the word alone‘Euphyllia’潜水员听起来绝对是陌生的。这是任何参观苏拉威西的潜水水族师的珊瑚礁必看的礁石！
Cirrcus
在海湾的东端，您发现了另外两个名为Cirrcus的潜水地点。在Cirrcus潜水地点，您会发现一大堆瓶刷Acroporas。瓶刷是指形状或growth form ofAcroporacorals which have a thick branch and closely spaced long tubular corallites.
起初，您会看到一些厚的簇，还有一些大Turbinariaand scrollingechinopora殖民地，但是当您继续游泳时，您会惊讶于这个大型摊位中的珊瑚数量。
There are several different species ofAcropora这种形成了这个瓶刷分支的形状，但马戏团的物种称为Acropora turaki。This species is characterized by the long tube-like corallites and upright main branches that form into clumps.
如果仔细观察，您会发现同一物种的至少三种不同的颜色都生活在同一区域。我们发现了红棕色，绿色和紫色。您可以说它们是同一物种，因为它们在没有冲突的情况下如此亲密。感谢Vincent Chalias从马戏团获得的这些珊瑚的出色宏观镜头。
The shores of Manado Bay have a diverse range of coral habitats which will impress even the most experience coral spotters. Make sure you take time to visit at least one of these dive sites on your trip to Northern Sulawesi.
Next week we will be talking about the coral wall habitats around the Bunaken National Park. We want to thanks Murex Dive Resorts for showing us around Sulawesi and息肉实验室对于这次探险的人。
