I'm too lazy to write a complete report for my Lembeh diving trip. On top of that, when it comes to diving, we divers don't normally 'nag' too much. Instead, short descriptions on the dive sites, and most important, thousands of pictures. The dive sites I dove in for this trip were Pulau Makawidey,, Jahir 1 (day 1), Nudi Retreat, Aer Perang, Pante Parigi (day 2), Tanjung Kubur, Aer Bajo, Jahir (day 3), Magic Rock and Teluk Kambahu (day 4). This trip was handled by Pak Angel, one of the staff from Malaysian-owned dive centre, Lembehscuba. Kudos to Nazir Amin. You made my dream came true.
Water temperature was cool enough for me, i.e 26-27'C. I relied solely on my 3/2 mm wetsuit but the cool water did not prevent me from searching the most beautiful marine invertebrates in the whole world, nudibranch and seaslugs. The fertile seabed due to volcanic activities previously contributed to the high diversity of marine organisms here. At several sites, the bottom was quite eye-soaring due to trash. But I was fine with that, as long as I don't have to search for nudibranchs under the trashes.
Besides several species of nudibranch, other organisms that are very rarely spotted in Malaysian underwater is pygmy seahorse (mostly sighted in Celebes sea off Sabah), frogfish (also only in Sabah), banggai cardinalfish (definitely non-existing in Malaysian underwater)
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| Nembrotha kumbaryana |
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| Devil scorpionfish |
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| Pygmy seahorse. Look at its mouth. Like a barbie doll rite? |
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| Preggy pygmy... |
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| Chromodoris willani |
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| Painted frogfish. Nicely camouflaged. |
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| Seahorse. It looks down, or shy maybe :) |
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| Chromodoris annae |
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| Lovely creature seahorse is |
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| Hypselodoris bullockii |
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| Bangai cardinalfish. Only in Indonesia |
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| Flatworm. I don't know the species name |
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| About to mate C. annae |
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| A pair of rhinophores , important sensory organ |
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| Rhinopias, another stunning creature. Looks dangerous |
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This bizarre looking creature is rabbitfish (I hope I'm correct with this)
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| It looks sad |
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| Risbescia tryonni |
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| Porcelain crab |
