Dive Review of Murex/Serenade liveaboard in
Indonesia/N. SULAWESI

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Murex/Serenade liveaboard, Oct, 2007, by Eldon Okazaki, ca, usa ( Top Contributor 54 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 3696.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Serenade had space for 12 divers but only 6 were on that trip. Food was good and plenty. They charge for beer and sodas (normal). The ship usually moved at night or 5 AM when the captain could see; the motor was loud; there was A/C but no hot water. The crew was very helpful. But, at Manado airport, the corrupt customs officers claimed that my passport was full ( last 2 pages were empty; post trip, US passport agency says when you get to last 4 pages, then it's full); so they wanted $600US or I go back to Singapore. They got only US$210 --I had monies in other pockets. So, the crew got no tip; Lonely Planet book on Indonesia does not mention gratuities. Tono was the divemaster; he was good for dive spots and finding creatures --esp., a black-hair sea horse at Lembeh; only 1 white tip shark that week. Some sites had many fishes and abundant sea life/ coral. 2 dives were repeated at Bunaken when I stayed following week at Bastiano resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Palu, PNG, Fiji, Hawaii, Caribbean
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	83-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-80 Ft/ 6-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	time usually less than 1 hr. except 2 dive sites had over 65 min.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	no pro photogs were on that trip; lots of ops.

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Dive Review of Murex/Serenade liveaboard in Indonesia/N. SULAWESI

Murex/Serenade liveaboard, Oct, 2007,

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Dive Review of Murex/Serenade liveaboard in
Indonesia/N. SULAWESI