NAD Lembeh Diving
DIVING NAD LEMBEH
Diving the Lembeh Strait is something that all divers should try. These black sand bays and coral outcrops hold an outstanding amount of marine life. Especially if you are an underwater photographer, the Lembeh Strait should be on your “must visit list”. Likely multiple times!
Divers visiting Lembeh are likely to see a vast list of must-see critters. Frogfish, Rhinopias, a huge array of Nudibranchs and Octopus, the Blue-Ringed Octopus and Mimic Octopus, being a highlight. Lembeh is not just muck diving though! We explore all over the island and beyond to find some of the best reef diving in South East Asia. See more about the diving here.
NAD has the best diver per guide ratio in the business, only 2 divers per guide, everyone else in Lembeh has 4 divers per guide.
A 17-dive, 7-night package fullboard, with transfers costs $1257 USD, with 12 dives $1073, based on two sharing a beachfront room.
TIPS FOR DIVING IN LEMBEH
The Lembeh Strait is also famous for people carrying pointing sticks, pokey sticks, Lembeh sticks or whatever else you want to call them. In the right hands these are invaluable tools. Trained guides will coax unusual critters out of their hiding place for the divers to take photographs. It is imperative that the animals are put back to where they came from to avoid stress and exposure to predators. Animals that have been stressed will move, so it is difficult to find them again on your next dive. And people often want to revisit a site to get better pictures. Whichever operator you dive with and in any muck dive environment, please remind the guides to ensure the critters are well looked after.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ETIQUETTE
Photographic etiquette is also an important thing on muck dives. Often first-timers are so over-whelmed that they end up taking 200 photos on a single dive. A better way would be to take less photos, but better quality ones. During your stay and if you feel you are ‘machine gunning’ the critters with your flash, please feel free to ask some of the staff/ management for advise on how to get some better shots. Excessive flashing has not been proven to kill critters, but it certainly cannot do them any good. With up to 9 boats a day hitting some of the Lembeh dive sites, for sure the fish get a headache! So remember: Stop, Look, Think, Shoot! No one needs 10+ photos of the same frogfish in the same position using the same settings.
Diving the Lembeh Strait is something that all divers should try. These black sand bays and coral outcrops hold an outstanding amount of marine life. Especially if you are an underwater photographer, the Lembeh Strait should be on your “must visit list”. Likely multiple times!
Divers visiting Lembeh are likely to see a vast list of must-see critters. Frogfish, Rhinopias, a huge array of Nudibranchs and Octopus, the Blue-Ringed Octopus and Mimic Octopus, being a highlight. Lembeh is not just muck diving though! We explore all over the island and beyond to find some of the best reef diving in South East Asia. See more about the diving here.
NAD has the best diver per guide ratio in the business, only 2 divers per guide, everyone else in Lembeh has 4 divers per guide.
A 17-dive, 7-night package fullboard, with transfers costs $1257 USD, with 12 dives $1073, based on two sharing a beachfront room.
TIPS FOR DIVING IN LEMBEH
The Lembeh Strait is also famous for people carrying pointing sticks, pokey sticks, Lembeh sticks or whatever else you want to call them. In the right hands these are invaluable tools. Trained guides will coax unusual critters out of their hiding place for the divers to take photographs. It is imperative that the animals are put back to where they came from to avoid stress and exposure to predators. Animals that have been stressed will move, so it is difficult to find them again on your next dive. And people often want to revisit a site to get better pictures. Whichever operator you dive with and in any muck dive environment, please remind the guides to ensure the critters are well looked after.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ETIQUETTE
Photographic etiquette is also an important thing on muck dives. Often first-timers are so over-whelmed that they end up taking 200 photos on a single dive. A better way would be to take less photos, but better quality ones. During your stay and if you feel you are ‘machine gunning’ the critters with your flash, please feel free to ask some of the staff/ management for advise on how to get some better shots. Excessive flashing has not been proven to kill critters, but it certainly cannot do them any good. With up to 9 boats a day hitting some of the Lembeh dive sites, for sure the fish get a headache! So remember: Stop, Look, Think, Shoot! No one needs 10+ photos of the same frogfish in the same position using the same settings.
