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Description of the dive sites and what we have seen with diving.

Dive site Manado:

Several dive sites close to Manado are good for muck diving. During your dives you come across; rare critters as ghost flute fishing, Mandarin fish, Rhino Pias scorpionfish and existence of a small wreck in the north of Manado.

Scuba diving in the Bunaken National Park:

The famous National Park Bunaken comprises five islands and is known for its drop off diving. Most of the islands of Bunaken have very steep walls. The walls are decorated with beautiful coral walls with small caves and on related documents. Diving in the National Park of Bunaken provides a great chance to spot the pelagic species such as tuna, mackerel, sharks and turtles. If you are lucky, you can even come acorss schools of dolphins or osier during the trip of the bay of Manado to Bunaken. To widen your chaches, the best period to go here is between August and September. Therefore, always be on he lookout, before and after the diving.

Scuba diving in Bangka:

This group of islands and the adjacent coast are known for the strong currents and where the currents clash, can feel like a washing machine. Diving in Bangka is on a volcanic rock and can be a little different to what you're used to. There's a chance on spotting pelagic fish and large schools of fish. In the reef of Bangka you will see different beautiful colours of orange, yellow and red soft corals. There are also many rare nudibranchs to find.

Scuba diving in Lembeh Strait:

Lembeh Strait is the place in the world for muck diving to see the so-called critters. Critters are creatures that are only made available to encounter in a few places and can show a very strange appearance. In Lembeh Strait there are critters present in multiple diversifications, this is different to a lot of other places. Lembeh Strait has very many dive sites (approximately 50). A few of the rare and bizarre critters you may find in Lembeh strait are the striated frogfish, Scorpio fish (Ambonvis, Rhinopia, stone fish, etc.) Drago nets, harlequin ghsot, rare Nudibranchs, Harlequin Shrimps, Robust ghost pipefish, cardinal fish, mimic octopus, wunderpus photogenicus, Pegasus, multiple Seahorse species and much more. There are also a few wrecks and some beautiful coral gardens. These sites are ideal for the macro photographer. For who is after an ecounter with the greater life in Lembeh Strait, you must search at the northern end of Batu Kapal. There you have to look out for the current, which comes with large pelagic fish such as tuna, mackerel and attracts sharks.

Underneath you find a particle of what we encountered during our diving in Sulawesi Indonesia on the dive sites of Manado, Bunaken, Bangka and Lembeh Strait:

Fish:

Panda Anemonefish, Pink Anemonefish, Common Anemonefish, Orangefin Anemonefish, Blackfooted Anemonefish, Yellowtail Damselfish, Sergeantfish, Pygmy Seahorse, Ringbanded Pipefish, Thorny Seahorse, Robust Ghostpipefish, Ornate Ghostpipefish, Long Nosed Hawkfish, Dwarf Hawkfish, Freckled Hawkfish, Arc-Eyed Hawkfish, Red Fire Goby, Randall's Shrimp Goby, Blenny's, Leopard flounder, Stone fish, Bearded Scorpionfish, Leaf Scorpionfish, Lionfish, Frogfish, Painted Anglerfish, Royal Anglerfish, Emperor Anglerfish, Ring Anglerfish, Lizardfish, fine spottted Porcupinefish, Mask Porcupinefish, Black tail Sandperch, Blackspotted Moray, White-mounth Moray, Gaint Moray, White-eyed Moray, Leopard Moray, Blackfin Snake eel, Ribbon Eel, Squirrelfishes, Banggai Cardinalfish,Jawfish, Beaked Butterflyfish, Longnose Butterflyfish, Black Backed Butterflyfish, Vagabond Butterflyfish, Threadfin Butterflyfish, Ornate Butterflyfish, Longfin Butterflyfish, Pyramid Butterflyfish, Panda Butterflyfish, Dat en Dash Butterflyfish, Madagascar Butterflyfish, Red-tailed Butterflyfish, Raccoon Butterflyfish, Ordonate Butterflyfish, Humphead Butterflyfish, Emperor Angelfish, Regal Angelfish, Blue Girdled Angelfish, Bi-color Angelfish, Blue-ringed Angelfish, Checkerboard Wrasse, White Spotted Wrasse, Yellowtail Coris, Napoleon Wrasse, Parrotfish, Surgeonfish, Titan Triggerfish, Red-tooth Triggerfish, Picasso Triggerfish, Clown Triggerfish, Pink Tail Triggerfish, Blackspotted Pufferfish, Bristly Pufferfish, Star Pufferfish, Guineafowl Pufferfish, Black Saddled Toby, Bennet's Toby, Young Yellow Boxfish, Spotted Boxfish, Mimic Filefish, Brittle-tailed Filefish, Yellowfin Goatfish, Doublebar Goatfish, Mimic Goatfish, Coral Grouper, Peacock Grouper, Yellow fairy Basslet, Diagonal Banded Sweetlips, Yellow Ribbon Sweetlips, Blue Striped Snapper, Trumpetfish, Moorish Idol, White tip reef shark, Black tip reef shark, Blue Spotted Ray, Spotted Eagleray, Bluefin Trevally, Big Eye Trevally, Black Trevally, Teira Batfish, Barracudas, Figured dragonet, Peacock Sole, Dugeon, Rinopias Scorpionfish (weed scorpionfish), Caledonian Devilfish, Pale Chin Moray, tuna, mackerel, etc...

Sponges:

Tube Sponge, Dish Sponge, Pencil Sponge, Barrel Sponge, Yellow Sponge, Ole Horn Sponge, etc...

Coral:

Common Fire Coral, Branching Fire Coral, Staghorn Coral, Orange Cup Coral, Massive Knobby Coral, Bubble Coral, Brain Coral, Ridge Coral, Lettuce Hard Coral, Leafy Hard Coral, Stubby Hard Coral, Plate Coral, Leather Coral, Spiral Wire Coral, Green Tubastrea Tree, etc...

Soft corals:

Soft Coral, Orange Soft Coral, Pink Soft Coral, Mushroom Soft Coral, waving hand Soft Coral, Leather Soft Coral, Sea Pin, delicate gaint Gorgonian Sea Whip, Fan, Cherry Blosson Soft Coral, etc...

Nudibranch:

Tryoni Nudibranch, Tenue Nudibranch, Flabellina Nudibranch, Acne Nudibranch, Pipeki Nudibranch, Lineolata Nudibranch, Electra Nudibranch, Nembrotha Nudibranch, etc...

Worms and molluscs:

Poly-clad Flat Worm, Christmas Tree Worm, Tube Worm, Wormy Synaptlla Lamperti, Tiger Crowrir, Giant Clam, Flame Fire Shell, Thorny Oyster, etc...

Octopus and cuttlefish:

Coconut Octopus, Mimic Octopus, Cuttlefish, Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Squid, Long Arm Octopus, Blue Ringed Octopus, etc...

Crab and shrimps:

Porcelain Crab, Soft Coral Crab, Triloba Porcelain Crab, Barrel Sponge Crab, Painted spiny lobster, Blue Boxer Shrimps, Bubble Coral Shrimp, Mantis Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, etc...

Sea stars and sea urchins:

Blue Linkia Knobby Sea Star, Crown or Thorns, while Pincushion reflects, Monoli Sea Star Sea Star, feather stars, Lon Spined Sea Urchin Sea Urchin, Slate Pdencil, Mathaei Urchin, etc...

Sea Cucumber and ascidians:

Ruby Sea Cucumber, Pasta Sea Cucumber, Dendrochinotes Sea Cucumber, tunicates, Colonial Tunicates Compound, Tunicates Solitary, etc...

Anemones and cnidarian:

Sea Anemons, clarkii caught clown fish Anemone, Tube Anemone, Magnificent Anemone, Stinging Hydrozoan, etc...

Mammals and reptiles:

Dolphins, sea cow - Dugong, turtles, coral reef snakes, etc...

In other words, we saw way too much to list during our dives. Take a look at the pictures of our dives, to get a picture of the underwater life in Sulawesi, Manado, National Park Bunaken, Bangka and Lembeh Strait.

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