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Nov 15, 2023 - Dive Center, Featured, Home
In addition to the hairy frogfish, Lembeh boasts the hairy shrimp as part of its assortment of hairy residents. Hairy shrimp (also known as algae shrimp) count as one of the tiniest critters in the Lembeh Strait - growing up to just 5mm. In this article, we take a closer...

Sep 19, 2022 - Dive Center
Lembeh’s reputation as the world’s premier destination for muck diving and fame as “Critter Capital” of the diving world has reached far and wide but not everyone knows our tranquil warm waters are also an important nursery for marine life and their eggs. Diving in Lembeh is often compared to a...
Sex, Muck and Rock & Roll – Part I

Sep 07, 2015 - Dive Center, Home
Back in the 1990s, when Lembeh’s sites were on the cusp of discovery, we branded its incredible array of muck dives “The Twilight Zone”. The “twilight” part referred not only to the stranger-than-reality science fiction television show, but also to Lembeh’s obscure animals and their cryptic relationships. Observing these crazy-looking...
Crustacean Station – Part II

Aug 17, 2015 - Dive Center, Featured, Home
Besides their tremendous diversity of body shapes and colors, the crustaceans of Lembeh Straits’ dive sites are remarkable for a number of other characteristics as well. While having a hardened exoskeleton (frequently fortified with calcium carbonate, just as with our skeletons) is great at providing protection from fish and other...