Hairball
Lembeh Strait · Indonesia
A shallow muck slope named for the patches of algae and hydroids that make for notoriously bad visibility from a distance but harbour the highest concentration of pygmy seahorses and rhinopias scorpionfish in the strait. The site requires slow, methodical searching and rewards divers who resist the instinct to move quickly across the sand.
Conditions
Depth
5 to 20 m
Open water and up
Current
Usually gentle
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
5 to 12 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
27 to 30°C
Tropical wetsuit
Your chances of seeing each animal
Weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias)Least concern
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Bargibant's pygmy seahorseLeast concern
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Robust ghost pipefish
Rare
Now and then
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