Dive Review of Bastianos in
Indonesia/Lembeh Straits

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Bastianos: "Outstanding service at Lembeh", Oct, 2017, by John E. Keith, UT, US ( Top Contributor 32 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 9922.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We arrived in Manado late in the evening and stayed overnight at the Novotel. We were picked up by a Bastianos driver at 8am and driven the hour or so drive to Bitung, where a boat took us to Lembeh Island. Our room was a comfortable bedroom (w/AC) and bathroom, with plenty of room for 4 large suitcases. We stayed there 4 nights and made 7 dives (an afternoon dive on the first day). Our dive master, Recky, was excellent at finding all the little critters and strange beasties in the muck. We seldom dove with more than 8 divers on the boat. We saw many, many varied nudibranchs on these dives, as well as large mantis shrimp (both in their holes and out), scorpion fish (leaf and otherwise), ornate and Halimeda ghost pipefish, many varied shrimps, wonderpuss, and wasp fish, among others. There were a couple of coral gardens that seemed to be in good shape. Our dives were generally more than an hour long and we only wished we could stay down longer. Visibility was, as expected, not great - mostly in the 20 to 30 foot range. Lembeh met my expectations for muck diving for sure. There was a large tank for cameras on the boat. In addition, there is a camera room for working on your camera and phots, charging, etc. (since my wife and I have smaller cameras, we didn't take advantage, but others reported that the room was well equipped). The staff at Bastianos was great - very helpful and friendly. They took good care of our gear, including rinsing and drying it for our departure. The food was buffet-style and was quite tasty (as buffets go). Lots of Indonesian dishes, but also plenty of European as well. One of the enjoyable aspects of staying there was getting to meet other divers from all over the world (Russia, Australia, England, Germany, etc.). All were very good divers, and we did not have problems with folk kicking up the muck.
Websites	Bastianos
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Egypt, Florida, California, Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, Australia, Maldives
Closest Airport	Manando	Getting There	direct from Jakarta
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas
Water Temp	81-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	20-30 Ft/ 6-9 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Notify divemaster at 1000 lb and do a manditory safety stop.
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	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Lembeh is a photographer's place, and Bastianos is prepared to serve them.

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Dive Review of Bastianos in Indonesia/Lembeh Straits

Bastianos: "Outstanding service at Lembeh", Oct, 2017,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Dive Review of Bastianos in
Indonesia/Lembeh Straits