Where are the Mola in Lembongan?
After some promising larger pelagic sightings over the last few weeks, a Humpback Whale and Thresher Sharks, we found ourselves wondering when the regular crowd pullers would be returning.
Well, they are a little late this year but Mola Mola are back around the islands! If you don’t know why we are so excited then check out the picture of our lovely PADI Instructor “P” photo-bombing a fine specimen.
A (or sunfish or Mola Mola) is any fish in the Mola genus (family Molidae). The fishes develop their truncated, bullet-like shape because the back fin, with which they are born, never grows. Instead, it folds into itself as the creature matures, creating