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Murex Dive Resorts & Live-Aboards/The Lembeh Resort: "Critters at Lembeh Resort", Jul, 2017, by Mel Cundiff, CO, US ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 9676 has 2 Helpful votes.
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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	The Lembeh Straits are a must dive location for divers who are interested in, and have experienced, many coral reefs around the world. Once such a diver reaches a point that s/he has a comfortable feeling about the huge diversity of organisms found in the marine environment, a visit to Lembeh opens a whole new world of diversity! On the muck dives that will be done there, such a diver will have pointed out to him/her organisms which cannot be distinguished between animal/plant or vertebrate/invertebrate. By some, this location has been considered to be the “muck diving/critter diving capital of the world.” As a measure of the popularity of this location for divers, there was only one dive resort there in the early 1990s – now there are likely 60 to 90 with several live aboard dive boats. A significant contributor and attraction to the diversity found there is the high diversity of octopus-related cephalopods. There are probably 25-plus different species, likely more than may be found in any other location around the world. Many divers go there just to see the mimic octopus and wunderpus which are rare in other places. The Critters at Lembeh Resort ([lembehresort.com link]) is part of a 3-venue complex in northern Sulawesi containing the Murex Resort which, I believe, was the first dive resort in that part of the world. I have stayed and dived with The Critters at Lembeh Resort a half dozen times and couldn’t recommend it more highly. The resort, the diving, the dive operation, the dive masters, the underwater photo facilities, the critter diversity, the lodging, the staff, the food and the camaraderie are exquisite! BTW, this makes a convenient stopover location for those venturing eastward to dive Raja Ampat and vicinity. Mel Cundiff, Broomfield, CO Cundiff@Colorado.EDU 29/Jul/2017 Alert: Marty Snyderman and Ned/Anna DeLoach. Please research and write an article on the pygmy sea dragon I saw there two weeks ago. That has to be the smallest vertebrate animal living on this earth!
Websites	Murex Dive Resorts & Live-Aboards The Lembeh Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	On the best coral reefs all over the world.
Closest Airport	Manado	Getting There	via, Singapore, Bali, Jakarta
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	83-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	15-40 Ft/ 5-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]Come up with your buddy when you are out of air.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Ample room and facilities for camera set up and maintenance with a photo pro in residence.

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Dive Review of Murex Dive Resorts & Live-Aboards/The Lembeh Resort in Indonesia

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Dive Review of Murex Dive Resorts & Live-Aboards/The Lembeh Resort in
Indonesia