Even though these weeks are all about the Hairy Octopus (we are seeing them on a daily basis – even several per day – since almost two weeks), there are also many other cool critters found right now. We still go for Hairy Frogfish, all other types of Frogfishes, Blue Ringed Octopus, Wonderpus, Mimic octopus,…
We had a nice surprise tonight over dinner when a huge group of Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) came over the restaurant and made cacophony of noise, probably caused by a snake in the tree that grows through our Restaurant building. Tarsier groups are quite commonly heard in our resort area, but we are seeing them…
Makawide 1 is a Divesite located off a little Island close to the mainland shore of the Lembeh Strait and situated between Jahir and Nudi Retreat. The little island is connected to the mainland by a shallow reef saddle. The side facing north of that reef saddle is Makawide 1. Makawide offers beautiful coral reefs…
Frogfish – check, Mimic Octopus – check, Harlequin Shrimp – check: People visiting Lembeh are often so overwhelmed by the abundance of critters their dive guide shows them, that they forget to pay attention to the “ground noise” in between. There are a whole lot of cool photo subjects outside of the common “critter bucket…
We are proud to announce that Martin Klein – one of our Repeater Guests from Germany – won the first prize in the Macro Category of the prestigious World Shootout. Martin takes his photography very serious and combines his talent with precision and his motivation to experiment with new techniques. The funny thing is, that…
It’s a little bit like when you see the first Christmas decoration in early December: You know it’s the start of a veryspecial season. And its the same in summer in Lembeh. In late July early August the water Temperature drops and you start freezing (hey … it’s actually really like Christmas) – but that’s Ok.…
We aren’t scientists … but we think we found a new Goby. At least we stumbled over one which – we think – we haven’t seen before.It is a small Goby that lives on rocks and seems to belong to the Trimma family (for sure it looks like a Trimma). Its distinct features are a white…
The Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) is one of the most common species of Frogfish and very closely related to the Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus). This Frogfish grows to about 10cm in size and has two typical colour variations: White with red patches and yellow with red patches. These colours are very vibrant and attractive in…
One of the most beautiful fishes and at the same time one of the most easies overseen is the Wrasse . These common Reef fishes swim around in the water column and build the ground noise on many reefs and rubble patches of the Lembeh Strait. The most stunning ones are the Flasher Wrasses. Only when…
Gloves have always been a very big topic in the touristic dive industry – and they are still today. And after having been quite liberal for a while, we decided to re-think or gloves-policy: In most dive destinations in the world it is an accepted fact that Gloves are a No Go – even in…