Story from a Dive Legend

It’s Monday afternoon on 17 July, 2006. Deep below the Indian ocean floor an abrupt shift of crustal plates along the notoriously active subduction zone south of the Indonesian Archipelago triggers a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake.  Who said that lightning never strikes twice in the same spot? Having taken part...
Critters of the Lembeh Strait | Episode 16/2014

Some of the highlights of the latest episode of "Critters of the Lembeh Strait" include hairy frogfish, some of them in pairs, another mototi octopus and the tiny Doto ussi Ortea (a nudibranch). Also keep an eye out for the scary teeth of a snake eel. Enjoy! ...
Critters of the Lembeh Strait | Episode 15/2014

Finally, after almost 2 years of diving the Lembeh Strait and not seeing this critter with my own eyes, I got to see it and got some footage: THE POISON OCELLATE OCTOPUS (Octopus mototi). As if that wasn't enough, a day later an always welcome little fella showed up: THE...
Lembeh Strait Festival 2013

Today, 21 September 2013 Bitung citizens and government officials celebrated "Lembeh Strait Festival", an event organized by the Department of Tourism and Culture. It started with an opening ceremony by the mayor of Bitung city and continued with traditional music and dancing, a fishing boat parade and race and also a swimming race along the strait. Our in-house...
Report – SCUBA EVENT in COLORADO

It's been a great time at the Biggest SCUBA EVENT in COLORADO, celebrating Weaver's Dive and Travel Center's 30th anniversary on September 14 & 15. Our own Julia Sangi did a fantastic job of promoting Lembeh Resort & Critters@Lembeh with a presentation and some amazing videos by our in-house photo Sascha Janson. The response was enthusiastic and many people are eager to book their trip...