Two Fish Divers Lembeh is our own small dive resort, on a private beach on Lembeh Island in the middle of the strait. Most dive sites are within 20 minutes by boat, so the boat rides are short and your time underwater is long.
We take a maximum of 16 divers, in six wooden cottages with ocean views and two Garden Rooms. Every stay is full board, with three meals a day at our own restaurant, and there are no more than 4 divers per guide. Our guides are critter specialists, and dives run up to 75 minutes.
We are a PADI 5 Star centre, and at Lembeh we run fun diving, the PADI Open Water and Advanced Open Water courses, and snorkelling on the house reef in front of the resort. For Discover Scuba, Rescue or Specialty courses, join us at Bunaken.
See the cottages and rooms · Dive & Stay packages and prices
A small resort built for diving, on its own private beach on Lembeh Island. Everything you need is on site, which matters here: the island has few other places to stay or eat.
Garden Room from IDR 805,000 per person per night, full board. Dive & Stay packages from IDR 5,940,000 per person for 3 nights with 4 boat dives.
Lembeh Straits is known as the muck diving capital of the world. The straits is a narrow channel between mainland Sulawesi and Lembeh Island, and is one of the few places in the world where you will see the elusive hairy frog fish, pygmy sea horses, larger sea horses like the thorny seahorse, mimic octopus, wunderpus and flamboyant cuttlefish to name just a few.
Muck diving means diving on the sandy black slopes that may look unremarkable at first glance, but they are teeming with fascinating critters found in very few other places, and our dive guides are experts at spotting the critters despite their amazing camouflage.
The black sand creates clean, dark backgrounds that make subjects pop — it’s a macro photographer’s dream. For many muck diving is addictive and we have many divers return to us time and time again.
But you don’t need a camera to love it here. Lembeh also has some sites with small walls and slopes full of soft corals. Lembeh diving truly does have something for everyone.
Mimic octopus, hairy frogfish, blue-ringed octopus, flamboyant cuttlefish, pygmy seahorses, wonderpus, rhinopias — the species list reads like a marine biology wish list. Our guides have thousands of dives in this strait and are experts at spotting the critters.
Cooperative subjects that sit still for your shot. Black sand backgrounds that make subjects pop. Multiple highlight species on a single dive. Macro lens essential, external lighting recommended. This is where portfolios are built.
Muck diving needs good buoyancy — hovering above sand near fragile creatures. If you can hold good buoyancy without touching the bottom, you're ready.
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Our Lembeh resort sits on a private beach on Lembeh Island, right in the middle of the strait. Most dive sites are within 20 minutes by boat in either direction, and our guides have thousands of dives in this strait and are critter specialists.
What being here means for your diving:
Below is a sample schedule, we choose sites based on conditions, dive experience and guest wish-lists.
Fly into Manado, 2-hour car transfer to Bitung, 15-minute boat to our resort on Lembeh Island. Settle in, gear up, and have an optional afternoon afternoon dive on our house reef.
Two morning dives targeting the signature species — mimic octopus on the sandy flats, hairy frogfish on sponges, pygmy seahorses on gorgonian fans. Surface interval swapping finds with other divers. Add an afternoon dive for more critters or a night dive for the nocturnal life, or even both.
By day 3 your eyes are getting adjusted to muck diving, and you start to discover your own critters — nudibranchs, shrimps on anemones, juvenile fish hiding in coral rubble. Another afternoon dive or a dusk dive for mating mandarinfish. Review photos with the guides and other guests, and plan tomorrow's diving.
Our own resort on a private beach: six ocean-view cottages and two Garden Rooms, for a maximum of 16 divers. Full board, with three meals a day and communal dining on the beach terrace.
See the cottages and rooms →Full board Dive & Stay packages: 3, 5 or 7 nights with 4 to 12 boat dives. Airport transfers are extra. Nitrox available.
From IDR 805,000 pp /night (full board)
From IDR 1,650,000 for 2 Dives
Year-round diving. Water 26–30°C. Critter populations are resident in the straits, and will appear on different dive sites. Calmest conditions Mar–Jun and Sep–Nov.
See more about diving →Muck sites across the strait — sandy slopes, rubble zones, and coral debris fields. Other sites with small walls and slopes full of soft corals.
Explore our dive sites →Mimic octopus, hairy frogfish, pygmy seahorses, blue-ringed octopus, flamboyant cuttlefish, wonderpus, rhinopias, hairy shrimp, lembeh sea dragon and dozens more. What's been spotted this week? Ask our guides.
See what you'll find →Fly to Manado (direct from Singapore, Jakarta, Makassar). 2-hour drive to Bitung, 15-minute boat to our island resort. We arrange everything.
Plan your journey →The classic combination: Bunaken’s pristine wall diving followed by Lembeh’s muck diving. Two completely different underwater worlds, 2 hours apart. Most divers do Bunaken first (4 nights) then Lembeh (3 nights) — the contrast is extraordinary.
See Walls & Muck Safari packages →
Add Bali — Fly Manado → Bali for manta rays on Nusa Penida, the Liberty wreck in Amed, or the full Bali Explorer itinerary.
Explore Bali diving →
The Ultimate Indonesia Trip — Amed → Nusa Penida → Bunaken → Lembeh. 13 nights, 4 locations, every type of diving Indonesia has to offer. One operator, one set of logistics.
Your loyalty points carry across all 5 locations. Every 10 dives across our centers earns you 10pts that you can redeem for a free dive at any Two Fish centre.
