Dive Review of Lumbalumba in
Indonesia/Manado

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Lumbalumba: "Lumbalumba Again", Nov, 2016, by Mike , MI, US ( Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 9367.
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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
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Comments	Took the easy route for a week long trip and went back to Lumbalumba to visit Roel & Judd before finishing our Singapore assignment next summer. This is the start of the monsoon according to the calendar and it has started. Resort is closed from Dec to March due to the weather, mainly rough seas. Diving is a mix of out to Bunaken island for wall dives and then back in for the third dive along the Manado coast. Rain run off starting to effect the visibility but still 30 to 60 ft. Water temperature a warm 86 to 87 degrees. Lots of small critters but not so many large ones this time. Did run across some risso dolphins but they are not very social. Saw sharks on a night dive but deeper than us so didn't investigate. Came up to lightning and rain as hard as hail from the night dive but well worth it from the pics. Plenty of reef fish and lots of tuna and jacks on one wall dive. Dive boat is the best in the area, a level deck catamaran with twin diesels. Water entry is giant stride from the back and back up a ladder after handing up the gear. Does about 10 knots so the trip out to the island is just over an hour. If lucky you will meet the dolphins and whales. Over to the island for two dives then lunch on the way back before the third dive. Lots of people get dropped off after two dives and do not make the third dive. Must have been tired from work because I really enjoyed the resort. Airport pick up and drop off. Think a european guest house in a tropical garden (her work). Breakfast is european but no meat but eggs any way you want. Then dinner in the evening, an excellent assortment of local dishes along with music and the available bar. If you like cooking go to dinner early and get a cooking lesson from the chef John. Some of the dive guides act as local tour guides available for your day of rest before flying. A trip to the highlands is worth doing and the market in Tomohon is worth seeing. It is a market the way most markets used to be.
Websites	Lumbalumba
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Eastern Pacific, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Solomon's, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean
Closest Airport	Manado	Getting There	Direct from Singapore
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	85-87°F / 29-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive your certification level
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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
UW Photo Comments	Rinse tank on boat, large table for general use can be used to change batteries. No shore facilities, set up charger in room and do file transfer there.

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Dive Review of Lumbalumba in Indonesia/Manado

Lumbalumba: "Lumbalumba Again", Nov, 2016,

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Dive Review of Lumbalumba in
Indonesia/Manado