Just had another reminder that being an underwater videographer on Koh Tao is a job that never gets old! A few days ago while out filming an open water course on the Easy Divers boat at Chumphon Pinnacle, we came across the most interesting looking jellyfish. Swimming elegantly around the top of the pinnacle, the jellyfish came so close to the school of batfish that it might have thought it was one! Shaped like a rectangular box , it had 4 long yellow tentacles. Neither I nor the dive instructor whose group I was filming had seen one of these before, and luckily, I was able to capture it on film.


Can you identify this jellyfish?

After heading back to the Oceans Below offices to edit my movie, all the staff and video internship trainees had a thorough search in the various fish guides and over the internet to try and identify the odd creature. We ended up drawing a blank. The jellyfish starred in the open water video that evening, and many of the dive center's PADI Divemasters and Instructors came to have a look and see if they could identify the new specimen. It's amazing that with the collection of scuba diving experience that we have from around Thailand, nobody can agree on what type of jellyfish it is. So, here's a photo. If anyone has any ideas please let us know!