Dive Review of Kasawari-Lembeh in
Indonesia/N. Sulawesi

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Kasawari-Lembeh, Oct, 2009, by Roger Roth, OH, USA ( Contributor 16 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 5217.
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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	Kasawari is Lembeh's BEST KEPT SECRET! Almost all resort staff and dive staff know every guests' name within a day and treat them as friends. Any questions or concerns can be directed to any staff or even the resort manager, Nus who is usually around to socialize with guests and make sure things are running smoothly. The villas are very spacious and comfortable with plenty of storage space, comfortable beds, and plenty of hot water with strong water pressure in showers. Coffee/tea makers are in each villa along with a mini fridge. The food is excellent and servers are always standing by awaiting any requests from guests. The servers know what you usually drink and are ready to bring it for you even before you sit down in the restaurant area. Since the diving is all relatively close to the resort (usually within 5-15 minute boat ride), each dive is done separately, then divers return to the resort. Schedule is continental breakfast early, then first dive. Big breakfast is next then second dive of the day. Lunch follows and a small break until the third mid-afternoon dive with light snack waiting for divers when they return to the resort. Then a 5 PM Mandarin dive or 6PM night dive can be made followed by dinner. The dive guides are very knowledgeable and photographer/videographer friendly. They'll usually have another critter lined up for divers once you finish shooting the first one. In one week of diving critters pointed out by guides included (but not limited to) 3 different mimic octopus on one dive, wonderpuss, countless flambuoyant cuttlefish on numerous dives, ornate/robust/velvet ghost pipefish, red and yellow rhinopias, blue and yellow and black ribbon eels, electric clam, coral cat shark, squat lobsters, anemone shrimp, coral shrimp, urchin crabs, along with plenty of small to large frogfish (including hairy frogfish), leaffish, ocellated dragonets and just about anything else you've heard was in Lembeh straight. During this same week, I filmed mating mandarinfish, mating sea moths, mating squid, mating nudibranchs, mating convict surgeonfish and mating porcupine puffers, along with a sponge giving off its reproductive spores, not to mention the Bengaii cardinalfish with eggs in its mouth and a few days later a Bengaii with live young in its mouth. At the end of the day, the dive staff brings all gear up from the boats and wash everything, then hang wetsuits to dry for the next day's diving. There were very experienced divers and photographers as well as new divers finishing their certifications and open water dives. The Dive Supervisor, Ali, kept everyone happy throughout the week, regardless of their experience level. Experienced divers were not mixed with new divers for obvious reasons. This is one resort I'm surely looking forward to visiting again!
Websites	Kasawari-Lembeh
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Red Sea, PNG, Hawaii, 20 islands in Caribbean, and more
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	The camera room at Kasawari-Lembeh Resort is large enough to accomodate more than a dozen UWP's, is air conditioned, plenty of electrical outlets. UWP's don't carry any of their camera gear to or from camera room. This is all done by staff for UWP's. There are large rinse tanks between dock and camera room where staff will always rinse camera gear before bringing back to camera room after dive and also offer a dip of equipment after UWP's work on equipment before diving.

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Dive Review of Kasawari-Lembeh in Indonesia/N. Sulawesi

Kasawari-Lembeh, Oct, 2009,

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Dive Review of Kasawari-Lembeh in
Indonesia/N. Sulawesi