A pair of harlequin shrimp in the Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi

Police Pier

Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

  • Beginner
  • No current
  • Best Mar to Oct

Police Pier is a beginner dive site in Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Dives run from 5 to 25 m, with little or no current. The best months are March to October. Marine life here includes octopus, scorpionfish and frogfish. One dive shop on Scubalo runs trips here.

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Conditions at Police Pier

Max depth
25 m
Depth range
5–25 m
Current
None
Level
Beginner
Depth profile: dives from 5 m to 25 m.

Safety

Bottom
The seabed is full of debris; hover and touch nothing.

About Police Pier

Police Pier is a muck dive around a jetty on the Sulawesi side of the Lembeh Strait, named after a nearby police station. Among the debris live harlequin shrimps, painted frogfish, waspfish and an anemone sheltering hundreds of Banggai cardinalfish.

Police Pier takes its name from a police station near the jetty on the Sulawesi side of the Lembeh Strait. It is not a pretty site: there is a lot of rubbish on the bottom. But as so often in Lembeh, that debris is where the animals hide.

Waspfish shelter under the pier's columns and painted frogfish, sometimes several on one dive, sit among the junk. Harlequin shrimps have been found feeding on blue starfish, and in the shallows under the jetty a large anemone hosts hundreds of Banggai cardinalfish. Scorpionfish, barramundi cod, crustaceans and many nudibranchs fill out the dive, and at night humpback scorpionfish and bobbit worms come out.

The dive is shallow and easy, with little current, so it suits beginners.

When to dive Police Pier

Best months: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October.

Season

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Year round
The Lembeh Strait is dived all year.
Calmest months
March to October.

Marine life at Police Pier

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Questions about Police Pier

Why is it called Police Pier?

It is named after a police station near the jetty, on the Sulawesi side of the Lembeh Strait.

What can you see at Police Pier?

Painted frogfish, waspfish under the pier, harlequin shrimps, scorpionfish, barramundi cod, nudibranchs and hundreds of Banggai cardinalfish around an anemone in the shallows.

Is Police Pier a good night dive?

Yes. At night humpback scorpionfish and bobbit worms come out on the sand.

Is Police Pier good for beginners?

Yes. It is shallow with little current, though the bottom is littered, so watch your fins and buoyancy.

When is the best time to dive the Lembeh Strait?

The strait is dived all year. March to October brings the calmest conditions.

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Dive shops that go to Police Pier

One shop in the directory runs trips here.

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