Dive Sites in LEmBEH STRAIT
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1. Bimoli - Wreck - Propeller 40m,Length 60mA Japanese WWII wreck lying on its starboard side in 100' of water. It suffered major damage when it was hit by torpedo. The twisted wreckage is heavily overgrown and great for exploring. A giant lobster usually puts in an appearance and a school of giant Barracuda circle the ship. Back to Top |
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2. Goby-A-Crab - Depth 5m - 25mIs a point on Lembeh across from Bitung Town. A fringing reef runs down to about 80' where it turns into sand. The reef has giant sea fans and sponges, which are home to mollusks, squat lobsters and nudibranchs. In the shallows look for mantis shrimps and crab-eyed-gobys. Back to Top |
3. Kapal Indah - Wreck & Coral - prop 25m, length 40mMeans beautiful ship. It is a small wreck about 180' long, it sits in 100' of water along side a fringing reef. The wreck has been down for 40+ years so is covered in coral life; a great spot for finding black coral crabs on sea whips and crinoid critters also large scorpion fish. When your bottom time is up simply swim into the shallows where you can find devilfish and crab-eyed gobies. Back to Top |
4. Pulau Abadi - Depth 5m - 25mIs another shallow reef with good coral growth and many giant sea fans, pygmy sea horses have been found here along with crab-eyed goby's and mantis shrimp. Back to Top |
5. Mawali - Wreck - Propeller 30m,Length 70mIs a wreck named for the near-by village on Lembeh. A Japanese WWII ship that was scuttled lies on its port side in 100' of water; it's about 250' long, intact and heavily overgrown. The highlight of the dive is its many large lionfish that suspend themselves around the masts. Also seen are many kinds of nudibranchs huge scorpion fish and a banded sea snake often puts in an appearance. Back to Top |
6. Critter Hunt - Depth 5m - 25mAt the southern tip of Sarena Kecil or Small Island does not look like much at first. It is a sandy slope dotted with small coral heads down to a sand rubble area at 60'. Sharp eyes can find seahorses, decorator crabs, squat lobsters and nudibranchs. Bob-tailed squid and tiny red waspfish come out at night. Back to Top |
7. Police Pier - Depth 3m - 25mIs a muck dive south of KBR. A gradual sandy slope runs from the shallows. The bottom is covered with patches of sponges and rubble that conceal thorny seahorses and frogfish. They blend in well with their habitat but our guides are experts at finding them. Back to Top |
8. Sarena West - Depth 5m -25mAt the northwest tip of Sarena Kecil, it is a steep reef with lots of nooks and crannies for critters to hide. The reef is beautiful with many green branching corals. Two giant frogfish are often seen and also crab-eyed gobies in the shallows. Back to Top |
9. Nudi Falls - Depth 3m - 28mIs a beautiful miniwall that gives way to a sand and rubble slope. This site is well known for it's variety of nudibranchs, comet fish and pygmy seahorses. Back to Top |
10. KBR House reef - Depth 2m - 24mWalk off the beach at KBR and discover the many wonders of our house-reef. This stunning coral garden is home to a wide variety of reef fish as well as the many weird and wonderful creatures which inhabit the Lembeh Strait. In April 2004 a 10m wooden wreck was purposely sunk just off the jetty, to add yet more habitat on our doorstep. Our All-Inclusive Packages include as many free house-reef dives as you can safely handle between the hours of 8 and 5 and, as depths range all the way from the surface to 40m, you can choose yourself when to slot your house-reef dives into your diving program. Back to Top |
11. Aer Perang - Depth 3m - 25mMeans War-water. Just after WWI, a passing warship blasted a hole in the rocks to get at the fresh water, hence the name. The sandy bottom is dotted with patches of elegance coral which is teeming with commensal shrimp and crab life, while the sand is home to many unusual critters like snake eels, fingered dragonettes, seahorses and robust pipefish. At night, stargazers and bubble shells have been spotted. Back to Top |
12. Pantai Parigi - Depth 3m - 28mIs a gentle slope just off of Lembeh, hiding in the sand we've seen seahorses, devil fish and robust pipe fish, in the shallows is a very pretty patch reef in which to end the dive. Back to Top |
13. Jahir - Depth 3m - 30mOne of our new sites named after the dive guides that discovered it. Another great muck site with lots of purple heart urchin's home to the beautiful Zebra crab. Ambon scorpion fish are regulars along with tiny frogfish and many eels. Nighttime gives a good opportunity to see the strange stargazer. Back to Top |
14. Makawide - Depth 5m - 30mA gradual slope which is a great place to find lots of different kinds of sand dweller's including the Black-rayed shrimp goby and dragonettes, the depths have lots of sea whips where black coral crabs and shrimps make their home, pygmy seahorses have been spotted around 90'. Back to Top |
15. Tanjung Tebal - Depth 5m - 25mIs a point on Lembeh Island from which a series of canyons stretches out from the land into the strait. The canyons are lined with gorgonians and seawhips that attract schooling bannerfish and fusiliers. Back to Top |
16. Nudi Retreat - Depth 3m - 28mIs a small-protected cove along the Sulawesi coast. The reef slope starts in only 10' of water and gradually works its way deeper. A colorful wall abuts the slope in the shallows. It has resident cockatoo waspfish, and a pair of Pegasus sea moths. Frogfish often put in an appearance and on night dives a coral cat shark can be seen. Back to Top |
17. Magic Rock - Depth 3m - 25mA small fringing reef leads to patch reefs and coral heads at 35'. The site takes its name from the small rock that teems with life, ribbon eels; pearl-eyed morays, sweepers, leaf fish and devilfish have been seen. The shallows are a good place to spot large cuttlefish. . Back to Top |
18.Batu Sandar - Depth 4m - 25mOr leaning rock is found midway up on Lembeh Island. The fringing reef in the shallows gives way to sand and patch reefs that go down to 80', ornate ghost pipefish are regulars here. Back to Top |
19. Retak Larry - Depth 3m - 25mClassic black sand muck dive. Frogfish and Ambon Scorpionfish are among the many critters to inhabit this site. Back to Top |
20. Teluk Kembahu 1 - Depth 3m - 25mNamed after the village in the bay is another gentle black sand slope with a great chance of seeing many different types of pipefish, from ornates to robust, also in the sand stargazers and devilfish have been seen. Back to Top |
21. Teluk Kembahu 2 - Depth 3m - 25mNext door to Teluk Kembahu 1. Regular sightings of the infamous Rhinopious on this site. Back to Top |
22. Angel's Window - Depth 3m - 28mIs a submerged pinnacle off the North Coast of Lembeh Island that rises to just under the surface. Visibility is usually good the pinnacle has several swimthroughs at 80' where Jacks and snappers hang out. It also has an assortment of critters like pygmy seahorses, devilfish, and leaf fish. Back to Top |
23. Hairball Two - Depth 3m - 30mA site similar to hairball but with a great chance of seeing common seahorses in the shallows. Back to Top |
24. Hairball one - Depth 3m - 30mA true "Muck" site that is home to some of our most unusual critters. There are no corals, only black sand, algae and an occasional patch of sponges. Some of the critters found here grow skin filaments to blend in with the algae, often seen are the frogfish, Ambon scorpion fish, snake eels, devilfish, dragonettes and even the flamboyant cuttlefish. Back to Top |
25. Aw Shucks - Depth 3m - 28mIs a patch reef near one of the pearl farms along the Sulawesi Coast, The mushroom corals here sometimes have the tiny commensal white pipefish. A seemingly endless sand slope can hold surprises like devilfish, nudibranchs and snake eels. Back to Top |
