From muck diving to wall diving, beautiful North Sulawesi, Indonesia, has a lot to offer beneath the surface. Photographer Christoph Weber catches it all in his latest video, taken in Bunaken and Lembeh. He described the difference between the two sites to PADI:

“In Bunaken, you have mostly wall dives with nice reef tops in the shallows. The corals are very healthy and the walls are quite spectacular, with big schools of reef fish and usually great visibility on most dive sites. Expect to fly through thousands of butterfly fish, triggerfish and sgt. majors on a regular basis. Add to that an abundant number of turtles, the occasional sightings of eagle rays, reef sharks and Napoleons, plus nice macro subjects as well, and you have a great tropical reef diving destination. Currents can pick up on certain sites and at certain times.

Lembeh, on the other hand, is one of the muck diving hotspots of the world. You basically look at black sand for 60-90 minutes and hope that you (or your eagle-eyed guide) see something interesting, usually a small and well-camouflaged critter that often looks like it just landed from out of space. This is a lot more fun than it might sound to those who have never tried muck diving! The variety of the creatures I saw in my eight diving days in Lembeh was amazing; it included several sightings of critters I have never seen before, and only a fraction of them made it into the video!”

Lembeh is a popular destination for liveaboards but can also be enjoyed by divers seeking a land-based resort experience. Check out some of our other favorite areas to dive in Indonesia:

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