Hi Bill,
These are locations, islands indeed, alright. That being said, a search on Google Earth/Map does not return any results. Here are the GPS coordinates for Gili Tepekong:
Lat: 8°31'58.51"S
Long: 115°35'8.26È
Gili Mimpang is just South of Tepekong and Biaha dive sites lay just North.
As for cold water: Ocean Sunfish Research has been adamant that there is no relation between cold water and sunfish sighting. The arrival of cold water would just coincide with the time of year when sunfish come to the reefs for cleaning.
Then again we were also told that the type of sunfish seen around Bali are not actually mola mola, but mola ramsayi... It's fantastic that some proper research findings about sunfish is finally being made available to the public!
These are locations, islands indeed, alright. That being said, a search on Google Earth/Map does not return any results. Here are the GPS coordinates for Gili Tepekong:
Lat: 8°31'58.51"S
Long: 115°35'8.26È
Gili Mimpang is just South of Tepekong and Biaha dive sites lay just North.
As for cold water: Ocean Sunfish Research has been adamant that there is no relation between cold water and sunfish sighting. The arrival of cold water would just coincide with the time of year when sunfish come to the reefs for cleaning.
Then again we were also told that the type of sunfish seen around Bali are not actually mola mola, but mola ramsayi... It's fantastic that some proper research findings about sunfish is finally being made available to the public!