Muck
down to 28 m
Bianca
Sand and rubble slope beside Police Pier 2 with orange sponges, soft corals and a muck patch, home to giant frogfish and mandarin fish.
- Advanced
- Frogfish
Experienced≤40 m
Batu Kapal
Dive site in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
Submerged rocks with turtles, whitetip and grey reef sharks and eagle rays, but severe currents limit it to very experienced divers.
- Max depth
- 30 m
- Level
- Experienced
- Best months
- Aug–Dec
- Current
- Strong
The dive
A pinnacle and pelagic dive. Known for grey reef sharks, whitetip reef sharks and turtles.
Who it's for
Experienced≤40 mSource: lembehresort.com
Recommended minimum: Experienced (Deep Specialty, N3).
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Pinnacle, Pelagic
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Grey reef sharks
- Whitetip reef sharks
- Turtles
- Eagle rays
- Anthias
- Napoleon wrasse
Season in Lembeh Strait
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Aug–Dec.
Source: zubludiving.comWhere is Lembeh Strait?
The point shows the Lembeh Strait area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Lembeh Strait
Muck
down to 28 m
Madidir
Southern muck site: a 2-3 m sand flat dropping to a moon-like cratered slope where seahorses and mimic octopus are listed.
- Advanced
- Octopus
Wall
down to 28 m
Nudi Falls
- Advanced
- Cuttlefish
Muck
down to 25 m
Tandurusa
Gentle sand and rubble slope named after the nearby village ('deer horns'), with hispid frogfish and robust ghost pipefish listed.
- Advanced
- Frogfish
Muck
down to 25 m
Critter Hunt
- Advanced
- Blue-ringed octopus
Muck
down to 28 m
Police Pier
- Advanced
- Frogfish
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.