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Dive Review of Murex Dive Resorts & Live-Aboards/Murex in
Indonesia/Manado

Murex Dive Resorts & Live-Aboards/Murex: "The GREAT, the GOOD, and the SO-SO", Jul, 2024,

by Donald Banas, NM, US ( 2 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 13011 has 1 Helpful vote.

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

Accommodations For Subscribers Only Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude For Subscribers Only Environmental Sensitivity For Subscribers Only
Dive Operation For Subscribers Only Shore Diving For Subscribers Only
Snorkeling 4 stars
Value for $$ For Subscribers Only
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced For Subscribers Only
Comments The GREAT, the GOOD, and the SO-SO

We were at the Murex resort on the island of Manado in mid-July 2024 for 11 days (we were part of a group from Los Angeles that arrived 2 days after we did). Overall, the weather was good (July being the driest month of the year) but 2 of the first 4 days were a little windy. This area is renowned for critters – or as I call them “microscopic critters”. One diver carried a 5” diameter magnifying glass. If you take pictures, you need a macro lens set-up. My simple GoPro 9 just could not focus on critters that small that close. Besides the critters there were Gazillions of juvenile Trigger fish, Bazillions of Pyramid Butterfly fish, and thousands of other fish including Napoleon Wrasses, Turtles (on a couple of dives it was common to see 25 or more on a 1 hour ... Subscribe to get the full story. For Subscribers Only  Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites Murex Dive Resorts & Live-Aboards   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Coco, Caymans, Bonaire, Belize, Thailand, Hawaii, Florida, So CAL.
Closest Airport Manado Getting There Fly from Singapore

Dive Conditions

Weather windy, cloudy, dry Seas calm, choppy, currents
Water Temp 79-86°F / 26-30°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 25-100 Ft/ 8-30 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions See write-up
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks 1 or 2 Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 5 stars Tropical Fish For Subscribers Only
Small Critters For Subscribers Only Large Fish For Subscribers Only
Large Pelagics For Subscribers Only

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter For Subscribers Only Boat Facilities 3 stars
Overall rating for UWP's For Subscribers Only Shore Facilities For Subscribers Only
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