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About this site
Batu Kapal sits in the Lembeh Strait off the northeastern tip of Sulawesi, a stretch of water known widely for muck diving between the mainland and Lembeh Island. This particular site is a reef rather than one of the strait's typical sand slopes, reaching a maximum depth of around 20 metres and generally rated an intermediate dive. Divers have reported bumphead parrotfish here, along with occasional sightings of hammerhead shark and whale shark passing through.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Banggai CardinalfishPterapogon kauderniReported here · unconfirmed
Pygmy SeahorseHippocampus bargibantiReported here · unconfirmed
Sea PonyHippocampus kudaReported here · unconfirmed
Spiny SeahorseHippocampus histrixReported here · unconfirmed
Weedy Pygmy SeahorseHippocampus pontohiReported here · unconfirmed
Bubble CoralPlerogyra sinuosaReported here · unconfirmed
Queensland SeahorseHippocampus spinosissimusReported here · unconfirmed
Fluted Giant ClamTridacna squamosaReported here · unconfirmed
Hammerhead sharkHammerhead sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Bumphead parrotfishBumphead parrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
Whale SharkRhincodon typusReported here · unconfirmed
Blue DragonPteraeolidia semperiObserved near here · iNaturalist
Coconut OctopusAmphioctopus marginatusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Broadclub CuttlefishAscarosepion latimanusObserved near here · iNaturalist
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