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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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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
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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. 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
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
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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,

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