Divers at Critter Hunt do exactly as the name suggests. It's a typical Lembeh dive site with a sloping black sand bottom down to 25 metres. What at first sight may look like a boring reef soon reveals itself to be a haven for the exotic marine life that Lembeh Starit divers come to expect. 
Small patches of rubble, coral, sponge and crinoids are home to the usual suspects like painted frogfish, leaf scorpionfish and common lionfish. Blue ribbon eels, mantis shrimps and sailfin gobies can also be found among the rubble.
Crabs include decorator crabs, hermit crabs, spider crabs, zebra crabs and orangutan crabs. Also look out for pink squat lobsters and cleaner shrimps in bubble coral and soft coral.
Seahorses can be found as can dozens of nudibranchs and sea slugs.
Blue ringed octopus are possible finds here but be careful because these tiny critters, smaller than a golf ball are among the most toxic creatures in the world.
Long armed octopus are also present, don't mistake these for mimic octopus. And don't mistake mimic octopus for sea snakes or sea stars or what ever else they decide to imitate.
On night dives you may be able to see mating dragonets as well as flying gurnards and stargazers. |
