DIVE SITE
Aer Bajo
Air Bajo is one of the muck dive sites that is located on the coast of Lembeh Island. It was found when dive guides were exploring for new sites. “Air” means water and “Bajo” is the name of the traditional sea gypsies from the Philippines who lived on their boats. People living on the land near the dive site reminded the guides of the "Bajo". The sea gypsies historically bathed newborns in the ocean in order to introduce them to the sea, and although they no longer live solely on their boats, they can be found living on small islands around Borneo. The site is sandy from the flat until the bottom and is very silty so divers should be careful with their fins while moving or while others are taking pictures.

Depths
5 m - 25 m

Boat Rides
12 minutes away

Habitats
Sand & Rubble
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Banded Snake Eel
Myrichthys colubrinus

Three-spot Seahorse
Hippocampus trimaculatus

Common Seahorse
Hippocampus kuda

Thorny Seahorse
Hippocampus histrix

Blackrayed Shrimpgoby
Stonogobiops nematodes

Banded Shrimpgoby
Cryptocentrus cinctus
Giant Lizardfish
Saurida sp.
Latticed Sandperch
Parapercis clathrata
Yellow Tail Sandperch
Parapercis sp.
Goldbar Sand Diver
Trichonotus halstead
Threadfin Sand Diver
Trichonotus elegans
Orange Stripe Worm Fish
Gunelichthys viridescens
Pearly Dart Fish
Ptereleotris microlepsis

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Common lionfish
Pterois volitans
Margined Sole
Synaptura marginata
Yellow Margin Triggerfish
Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
Cornet Fish
Fistularia commersonii

Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus chinensis
Freckled Goatfish
Upeneus tragula

Thornback Cowfish
Lactoria formasini

Long Horn Cowfish
Lactoria comuta

Humpback Turret Fish
Tetrosomus gibbosus
Short Nose Boxfish
Rhybchostracion nasus

Black-saddled Toby
Canthigaster valentini

Fingerprint Toby
Canthigaster compressa

Black-spotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus

White-spotted Puffer
Arothron hispidus

Striped Puffer
Arothron manilensis

Star Puffer
Arothron stellatus

Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichtys orbicular
Urchin Siphon Fish
Siphamia versicolor
Emperor Snapper
Lutjanus sebae
Keeltail Needle Fish
Platybelone argalus
Crocodile Needle Fish
Tylosurus crocodilus
Tripletail Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
Peacock Razorfish Wrasse
Iniistius pavo
Dusky Rabbit Fish
Siganus canaliculatus
White Spotted Rabbit Fish
Siganus canaliculatus
Dotted Sweet Lips
Plectorhinchus picus

Spotted Painted Sweetlips
Diagramma pictum

Highfin Grouper
Epinephelus maculatus

Double Banded Soapfish
Diploprion bifasciatum

Chocolate Grouper
Cephalopholis boenak

Baba Crinoid Squat Lobster
Allogalathea babai

Galathea squat lobster
Galathea sp.

Durban Hinge-beak shrimp
Rhynchocinetes durbanensis

Ocellate Tozeuma Shrimp
Tozeuma sp.

Slipper Lobster
Thenus sp.

Anemone Hermit Crab
Dardanus pedunculatus

Yellow dot Guard crab
Trapezia cymodoce

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Carry Crab
Dorripe frascone

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Night Anemone
Phyllodiscus sp.

Bulb Tentacles Anemone
Entacmaea quadricolor

Haddon Sea Anemone
Stichodactyla haddoni

Beaded Sea Anemone
Heteractis aurora

Molle Ascidian
Didemnum molle

Aurata Ascidian
Polycarpa aurata

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Pleurobranchus forskalii
Pleurobranchus forskalii

Moon-headed sidegill slug
Euselenops luniceps

Elysia marginata
Elysia marginata

Tiger cowrie
Cypraea tigris

Chelidonura varians Nudibranch
Chelidonura varians

Jorunna parva Nudibranch
Jorunna parva

Phyllidiella pustulosa Nudibranch
Phyllidiella pustulosa

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Goniobranchus reticulatus Nudibranch
Goniobranchus reticulatus

Melibe viridis Nudibranch
Melibe viridis

Marionia pustulosa Nudibranch
Marionia pustulosa

Goniobranchus geometricus Nudibranch
Goniobranchus geometricus

Goniobranchus hintuanensis Nudibranch
Goniobranchus hintuanensis

Chromodoris strigata Nudibranch
Chromodoris strigata

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Hypselodoris infucata Nudibranch
Hypselodoris infucata

Needle Cuttlefish
Sepia aculeata

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Calamaris Sea Urchin
Echinothris calamaris

Diadema Sea Urchin
Diadema savignyi

Maculata Sea Cucumber
Synapta maculata

Graeff Sea Cucumber
Bohadschia graeffei

Synaptula Sea Cucumber
Synaptula sp.

Anax Sea Cucumber
Theleonota anax

Brittle Star
Ophiothrix sp.