BIG ANIMALS AND LITTLE CRITTERS
INDONESIA
Lembeh
By BRANDI MUELLER
Lembeh Strait is one of the
world’s most popular locations
for “muck diving”. The small
body of water between Lembeh
island and mainland North
Sulawesi seems to be the
gathering place for the weird
and wonderful. Most dive sites
are black sand, which require a
little bit of treasure hunting to
find the good stuff. Luckily, local
dive guides have eyes like hawks
and can pick out a tiny baby
frogfish as small as a pea from 10
metres away.
The entire strait makes for
great critter-hunting, and divers
will find plenty to look at just
walking off the beach at local
resorts or venturing further
off into the strait. Popular
dive sites include “Nudi Falls”
(lots of nudibranchs), “Angel’s
Window” (a large pinnacle
covered with marine life and
a great place to see pygmy
seahorses), and “Hairball”
(hairy frogfish). Popular
critters include flamboyant
cuttlefish, wonderpus, frogfish,
mandarinfish, and stargazers.
10. A hairy frogfish
“fishes” for dinner using
its lure to attract prey
SDOP
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