Police Pier is another Lembeh Strait favourite dive site. It's a sandy slope down to just 15 metres and the bottom is littered with garbage, cables, rubble and very little coral. Crinoids and sponges do provide some colour but this is true muck diving.  All sorts of weird and wonderful critters make their home on the slope and under the pier.
Lionfish hang around the pier's pillars, waiting for unsuspecting prey. Frogfish and leaf scorpionfish fish can be seen as can large seahorses and banded pipefish.
Banggai cardinalfish are found around rock and coral patches. Flamoyant cuttlefish can be seen over the sand, if you see one, there is normally another close by.
Sailfin gobies can be seen in the rubble with many other goby species. Mantis shrimp and ribbon eels are there too.
Police Pier is also one of the most popular dive sites for a night dive. The rare and unusual bobbit worm can be seen at night, looking like something out of a science fiction movie with it's large fangs at the end of it's shimmering body.
Also out at night are cuttlefish, moray eels, snake eels, octopus and dozens of crabs including spider crab, decorator crab and hermit crab. Stargazers can be seen half burried in the sand. Flounders and flying gurnards are also seen.
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