Explore Lembeh

Nestled in the heart of Indonesia, Lembeh Strait is a gem renowned for its exceptional muck diving experience, captivating divers from around the globe. The strait is famous for its dark volcanic sands, which create an ideal backdrop for uncovering a vibrant tableau of peculiar marine life. Divers here can delight in the presence of fantastical creatures like the hairy frogfish, pygmy seahorses, and the elusive mimic octopus. For macro photography enthusiasts, Lembeh offers a visual feast with every dive, presenting endless opportunities to capture the strait's tiny wonders.

The diving experience in Lembeh is not limited to its shores. Adventurous divers often opt for liveaboard trips that explore the wider region, including the stunning wall dives of Bunaken and the pristine coral reefs of the Bangka Islands. These trips offer a diverse range of underwater topographies and marine life, creating a comprehensive and unforgettable diving journey. Whether you're diving from Manado or right in Lembeh, the waters promise a rich dive experience characterized by some of the world's most unusual and captivating underwater spectacles.

Diving in Lembeh

Lembeh diving is renowned worldwide for its incredible muck diving sites. From the dark sandy slopes of Nudi Falls and Police Pier to white sand muck diving at Pantai Parigi, there’s plenty of sites to begin your search for illusory and rare macro critters. Scuba diving in Lembeh is very easy and most of the dive sites have no current making it the perfect place for macro-photography. Aside from muck dives, Lembeh also has some fascinating shipwrecks, such as the Japanese World War II cargo ship, Mawali wreck, which has its fair share of macro creatures to discover. Lembeh also offers reef diving sites with small walls, slopes, and pinnacles, such as the likes of Angel’s Window, to add some colour to your diving trip.

The best Months to dive in Lembeh

Scuba diving in the Lembeh Strait is possible all year round but conditions can vary. When diving Lembeh, you’ll find that lower visibility and colder temperatures mean a greater abundance of macro creatures and hence the prime time to examine the black sands. Temperatures are at their lowest in July through to August making it peak time to visit. The rainy season runs from November through to February and during the worst rainy months of January and February the seas will be rougher and occasionally some further dive sites will be out of bounds. For divers planning to take a macro photography dive course, they may choose to visit between October and December, when visibility is at its best.

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