Pelagic Extreme

Pelagic Extreme

The strange and wonderful world of Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

North Sulawesi is within the "Coral Triangle", a territory extending from western Thailand all the way through eastern Indonesia. This is where many scientists believe life began in the ocean and is generally estimated maintains the most biologically diverse habitats on earth marina.

For this reason, diving in Indonesia has been held in high esteem among the diving community and North Sulawesi is no exception. East of Borneo and below the Philippines, Sulawesi island illegally in the Celebes Sea. North Sulawesi refers to the point further north. Only a few hundred meters offshore of the continental shelf plunges into the deep ocean trenches, providing nutrient-rich waters. The fact that has been continuous evolution over millions of years here means that the marine life in this part of the Coral Triangle is very diverse

Bunaken Island is located a few miles offshore, a plateau extending from the island before you get to let down hundreds of meters. The life of coral on the wall is very species different, both hard and soft dense and compete for space. These particular walls have gone some way in making in Indonesia "> diving in Indonesia, which is today and make traveling divers from around the world. Large pelagics such as sharks and white tip Black, mackerel and fish Napoleon work your way up the reef, while green turtles are housed in the wall to rest. If you have an expert guide who might be able to see pygmy seahorses finger nail size gripped the gorgonian fans, not a common site, even when you're diving in Indonesia.

Lembeh Strait is a complete change in bottom topography, as compared with the island of Bunaken walls. Located on the east coast of North Sulawesi Strait is a waterway that lies between the mainland and the island of Sulawesi Lembeh. The shallow sand tracks black has created a truly unique marine habitat for the inhabitants that have adapted to this environment highly. There are some coral reef formations, but these are relatively few and far between. This is where life has come to compete against himself in which evolution has created many weird and wonderful creatures divers refer to as 'bugs'. Mimic octopus has the ability to take the form of a maximum of ten different types of other fish species including lion, snake eels and Flounder in order to confuse predators and prey. Rape hang a decoy to millimeters from his mouth in order to attract potential prey. Crabs carrying camouflage and defend by placing sea urchins in the shell, while they make their way from one place to another.

The Bunaken and Lembeh contrast makes diving in Indonesia even more attractive. For traveling divers willing to travel that extra mile to North Sulawesi something special to delight and intrigue of many visitors. For more information on Bunaken and Lembeh diving operators including travel to visit
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