Survival of the Fittest in the Lembeh Strait

Lembeh’s dive sites might be underwater playgrounds for divers but for the critters that inhabit them it’s a case of survival of the fittest against predators. This fingered dragonet (Dactylopus dactylopus) lost its battle to the gracile lizardfish (Saurida gracilis), which struck with such lightening speed that the dragonet never...
Staff in the Spotlight  Dive Guide: Opo Sedang

Have you dived with Opo Sedang? Opo has been working with us for more than 15 years but he didn’t begin work as a Dive Guide. Opo started work at Lembeh Resort as a deck hand on board our dive boats before being promoted to Boat Captain in 2003 and...
Critters of the Lembeh Strait | July Highlights

July's highlights include some very unusual footage, even for Lembeh where the rare and strange are commonplace. A fingered dragonet being eaten by a lizardfish was spotted by one of our sharp-eyed guides and luckily Photo Pro Sascha was there to film the fascinating process. Other cool critters you'll see in...
In the Spotlight: Underwater Videography Workshop Day 6

It’s the final day of Sascha’s first ever, exclusive underwater videography workshop here in Lembeh and our participants have had an exceptional week of diving and filming in the Strait. Some of the highlights (just a few) have included; Donald duck shrimp, pygmy pipehorse, decorator and orang-utan crabs, reef, mimic and...
Tentacle Festival 2017 with Bret Grasse

Event Roundup   Today marks the close of our first ever Tentacle Festival here at Lembeh Resort with guest presenter and cephalopod expert Bret Grasse. Outside of his presentations and Q&A sessions, Bret has been enjoying the best of Sulawesi diving in the Lembeh Strait.   “It seems like every dive we see something new,...