DIVE SITE
Magic Crack


A continuance of the gentle sand slope, the highlight of this dive is a coral and rubble patch stretching from 12 – 27 meters and is the best place in Lembeh to find thorny seahorses – up to 7 in a dive. There is a good cleaning station, a strong nudibranch representation, frogfish, ribbon eels, ghost pipefish and it is also a good spot for wonderpus. In the shallows towards the bay is sand, but there is a healthy hard coral garden to the side, stretching southward out of the bay. The site is named Magic Crack because it is between two other dive sites - Magic Rock and Retak Larry, with "Retak" meaning crack. Since it lies in the middle, one word was taken from each of the surrounding dive sites.

Depths
25m

Boat Rides
16 minutes

Habitats
Mixed
Critters
Found in This Divesite

Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa

Fimbriated moray
Gymnothorax fimbriatus

Stargazer snake eel
Brachysomophis cirrocheilos

Napoleon snake eel
Ophichthus bonaparti

Highfin Snake Eel
Ophichthus altipennis

Thorny Seahorse
Hippocampus histrix

Banded pipefish
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus

Highfin Fangblenny
Petroscirtes mitratus

Shorthead Fangblenny
Petroscirtes breviceps
Latticed Sandperch
Parapercis clathrata
Yellow Tail Sandperch
Parapercis sp.

Zebra Lionfish
Dendrochirus zebra

Shortfin Lionfish
Dendrochirus brachypterus

Orange & black dragonet
Dactylopus kuiteri

Fingered dragonet
Dactylopus dactylopus

Flying gurnard
Dactyloptena orientalis

Phantom Velvetfish
Paraploactis kagoshimensis

Long spine Waspfish
Paracentropogon longispinus

Cockatoo waspfish
Ablabys taenianotus

Carpet Sole
Liachirus melanospilus

Angler Flatfish
Asterorhombus fijiensis

Devil Scorpionfish
Inimicus didactylus

Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus

Randall's frogfish
Antennarius randalli

Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus

Hispid frogfish
Antennarius hispidus

Hairy frogfish
Antennarius striatus
Whitebar Filefish
Paramonacanthus choirocephalus

Leafy Filefish
Chaetodermis penicilligera

Bristle-tail filefish
Acreichthys tomentosus
Cornet Fish
Fistularia commersonii

Trumpet Fish
Aulostomus chinensis

Black-saddled Toby
Canthigaster valentini

Fingerprint Toby
Canthigaster compressa

Black-spotted Puffer
Arothron nigropunctatus

White-spotted Puffer
Arothron hispidus

Striped Puffer
Arothron manilensis

Birdbeak burrfish
Cyclichtys orbicular
Split Banded Cardinalfish
Apogon compressus
Three Band Anemone Fish
Amphiprion tricintus

Orange Anemone Fish
Amphiprion sandaracinos

Razorfish
Aeoliscus strigatus
Schooling Bannerfish
Heniochus diphreutes
Tripletail Wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
Peacock Razorfish Wrasse
Iniistius pavo

Spotted Painted Sweetlips
Diagramma pictum

Highfin Grouper
Epinephelus maculatus

Double Banded Soapfish
Diploprion bifasciatum

Barramundi Cod juvenile
Cromileptes altivelis

Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Odontodactylus scyllarus

Giant Mantis Shrimp
Lysiosquillina lisa

Pink-eared Mantis Shrimp
Odontodactylus latirostris

Humpback prawn
Metapenaeopsis lamellata

Galathea squat lobster
Galathea sp.

Holthuisi Commensal shrimp
Periclemenes holthuisi

Skeleton shrimp
Caprellid sp.

Emperor shrimp
Periclimenes imperator

Amboinensis Crinoid shrimp
Periclimenes amboinensis

White-Spotted Hermit Crab
Darnadus megistos

Cryptodomia Sponge Crab
Cryptodomia sp.

Retusa Decorator Crab
Camposcia retusa

Carry Crab
Dorripe frascone

Spotted Box Crab
Calappa philargius

Porcelain crab
Neopetrolisthes maculatus

Orangutan crab
Oncinopus sp.1

Tuberculate Night Anemone
Alicia sp.

Beaded Sea Anemone
Heteractis aurora

Molle Ascidian
Didemnum molle

Robustum Ascidian
Atriolum robustum

Grey bonnet
Cassis cornuta

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians

Chromodoris annae Nudibranch
Chromodoris annae

Goniobranchus reticulatus Nudibranch
Goniobranchus reticulatus

Gymnodoris ceylonica Nudibranch
Gymnodoris ceylonica

Phyllidia picta Nudibranch
Phyllidia picta

Goniobranchus geometricus Nudibranch
Goniobranchus geometricus

Goniobranchus hintuanensis Nudibranch
Goniobranchus hintuanensis

Chromodoris magnifica Nudibranch
Chromodoris magnifica

Chromodoris elisabethina Nudibranch
Chromodoris elisabethina

Flabellina exoptata Nudibranch
Flabellina exoptata

Ceratosoma trilobatum Nudibranch
Ceratosoma trilobatum

Hypselodoris tryoni Nudibranch
Hypselodoris tryoni

Gymnodoris rubropapulosa Nudibranch
Gymnodoris rubropapulosa

Glossodoris cincta Nudibranch
Glossodoris cincta

Glossodoris hikuerensis Nudibranch
Glossodoris hikuerensis

Hypselodoris bullockii Nudibranch
Hypselodoris bullockii

Flamboyant cuttlefish
Metasepia pfefferi

Blue-ringed octopus
Hapalochlaena sp.

Hairy octopus
Octopus sp. (undescribed)

Mototi octopus
Octopus mototi

Coconut octopus or Veined octopus
Amphioctopus marginatus

Fire Urchin
Asthenosoma varium

Diadema Sea Urchin
Diadema savignyi

Brittle Star
Ophiothrix sp.

Baby Watcher
Linckia multifora