Saturday, July 11, 2015

The world's smallest seahorse in the lembeh strait_North Sulawesi,Indonesia.

Cuttlefish & Octoppus Unigly in Lembeh Straits,Bitung City,North Sulawesi,Indonesia.



Lembeh is heaven for the macro underwater photographer. Lembeh straits has a great assortment of strange fish, macro critters and nudibranchs. You can view photos and a list of all the Lembeh marine life in the muck diving critter guide.

A typical Lembeh Strait dive site is mostly sand, with small scattered patches of sponges, reef, or anemones. Your dive guide will bring you and 1-3 other divers down to about 60-80ft depth, where you start to look for photo subjects and slowly make your way shallower. The small patches of life are typically homes marine life such as clownfish, crinoid shrimps, small frogfish, pipefish, seahorses, nudibranchs, harlequin shrimp, etc. In the sand the dive guide will be looking for species such as various octopus, snake eels, mantis shrimp, gobies, nudibranchs, sanddivers, etc. You will be somewhat spread out, each person usually photographing one subject while the dive guide find the next subject. In the shallows juvenile fish are usually more common. It is good to discuss beforehand the rules your group will use for how long to stay with a subject, staying downcurrent of other divers because of silt, finning technique, 

Juvenile Fishes,Stringray & Uniqly Shark_in Lembeh Strait,North Sulawesi,Indonesia



Lembeh Strait is a narrow strait that separates mainland island of Sulawesi and Lembeh Island. Lembeh strait which has a length of about 20 km is the object of tourist attraction (ODTW) Bitung City,North Sulawesi,Indonesia.
Lembeh strait for international underwater photography lovers may already be familiar.The specialty of Lembeh Strait lies precisely in the uniqueness of a small biota and biota are well camouflaged in the habitat.Most of the biota is even include rare and even can not be found elsewhere, or is endemic. Because of these features,Lembeh Strait is often dubbed as the Mecca of Divers or The Mecca of Macro Photography.
Lembeh Strait is a haven for rare nudibranchs. Frog with colorful fish, pigmy sea horse, sea dragon, crocodile fish, pipe fish, and many more unique fish species,and Noted, various types of groups octopus and squid unique only to be found in Lembeh Strait, a narrow endemic in this region. Various types of nudibranch also inhabit this region.

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