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The Weird and Wonderful World of the Lembeh Strait North Sulawesi, Best Dive Spots in Indonesia

August 12, 2009 By: WorldBeach Category: Dive Sites

The Weird and Wonderful World of the Lembeh Strait North Sulawesi, Best Dive Spots in Indonesia 1

North Sulawesi is located within the ‘Coral Triangle’, a territory which spreads from western Thailand all the way through eastern Indonesia. To the east of Borneo and below the Philippines, Sulawesi is an oddly shaped island in the Celebes Sea. North Sulawesi refers to the most northerly point. Just a few hundred meters offshore the continental shelf plunges towards the deep oceanic trenches which offers nutrient rich waters. The fact that evolution here has been uninterrupted for millions of year means that the marine life in this particular part of the Coral Triangle is extremely diverse.

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