Dive Review of Kungkungan Bay Resort in
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Kungkungan Bay Resort: "Great for exotic animals", Oct, 2014, by Marilyn Walker, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 7875.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	Lembeh Strait is for more advanced divers, not because the diving is difficult (it is generally shallow and relatively free of current) but because the underwater environment is so specialized. The exotic animals which live in the sand and mud are for those who already have done the ordinary fish and invertebrates in tropical coral habitats. Sometimes the fish look just exactly like leaves or algae, with eyes. The excellent wonderpus and mimic octopus are prized photo subjects. The dive guides have excellent eyesight and refined skills for locating the lists of specialized animals. Ask for the species you want then stay close to the dive guide to see them. Unfortunately, the dive guides are in the habit of disturbing the animals. They dig up the buried fish and shrimp, unwind crinoids and brittle stars from their shelter, poke and prod and harass with impunity. For example, we have on video a dive guide who dug up an octopus, then whacked it repeatedly with his stick when it tried to swim away. We asked them to be more restrained, but it is all to give underwater photographers their images. They made mantis shrimp come out of their burrows, but did not chase them, since mantis shrimp are capable of retaliating against their tormentors.
Websites	Kungkungan Bay Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	The tropical Pacific, the Caribbean and California
Closest Airport	Manado	Getting There	An easy flight from Singapore
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Kungkungan Bay Resort in Indonesia/Sulawesi

Kungkungan Bay Resort: "Great for exotic animals", Oct, 2014,

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Dive Review of Kungkungan Bay Resort in
Indonesia/Sulawesi