Lembeh Strait Diving Sulawesi Indonesia

Lembeh Strait is a narrow channel, about 14 km long and 1-2 km wide. While the general diversity of the area is caused by the unique geographic position of the Strait, its particular diversity is then greatly influenced by the vast array of different underwater habitats present in Lembeh. There are black volcanic sand slopes (TK Bbay, Rojos, etc.), white limestone sandy slopes (Pante Parigi, Tanjung Tebal, etc.), ship wrecks (Kapal Indah, Mawali), pinnacles (Batu Kapal) , zones of rubble patches (Police Pier, Bronsel, etc.) and and rocky reefs with colourful soft coral gardens (Nudi Retreat, Nudi Falls, Angels Window, Batu Sandar, etc.). In addition,the southern and the northern entrances to the Strait are rimmed by rich coral reefs and there are unique shallows along the Strait’s coast lines (Dante’s Wall, Pulau Putus, Batu Angus, California Dreaming, Goby a Crab, etc.).


Each particular habitat supports a different set of marine organisms, and that is what makes Lembeh Strait so special. There are dive sites where we find the famous cephalopods of Lembeh: the mimic, wonderpus, mototi and hairy octopus and flamboyant cuttlefish, just to mention a few. Then there are the seahorse species, in addition tofrom the four pyigmy species found to date in Lembeh, there are the estuary, and common and thorny seahorses. When you ask our dive guides to show you a frogfish, they answer with a question: And hHow many would you like to see? This is because Lembeh is truly the frogfish capital. There are all types: the warty, and hairy, and painted and giant frogfish. just to name the most common ones. There are hundreds of nudibranch and crustacean species and the list of different fish species from the Scorpionidae family just goes on and on – and cockatoo wasp fish, devil fish, short spine lionfish, Ambon scorpionfish or Rhinopias are some of the examples.


There is nowhere else in the world, where visitors can find such an extensive array of marine life and underwater topographical features in such close proximity.