The bio-diversity of the water is such that there is just more macro life at Lembeh. Critters that are almost impossible to spot elsewhere are abundant. It's possible to see ten pygmy seahorse on one sea fan, twenty bobbit worms on one night dive.  Every dive is an adventure, hunting for stuff that you've always dreamed of seeing and photographing.
Dive guides are experts at finding every critter. Most dives are shallow and currents are minimal so bottom times can be long while you hunt for the cool stuff. Night dives are also amazing at Lembeh, often producing more astonishing finds than the day dives.
The Lembeh Strait can be dived all year round. June to December are the busiest months with September and October having the best conditions overall. Visibility drops in August but the marine life is particularly abundant at that time.
Much of the best diving is accessed simply by walking onto a house reef from shore. Other dive sites are no more than a short boat ride away. Liveaboards here are effectively floating hotels, moving very little in the narrow channel and transfering divers to the dive sites by tender. |
