Dive Review of Lembeh Resort / Murex/Lembeh Resort in
Indonesia/Lembeh Straits

Other Indonesia reports
Subscriber Content Preview
Active subscribers go here

Lembeh Resort / Murex/Lembeh Resort, Jul, 2006, by John Sommerer, MD, United States . Report 2611.
No photos available at this time
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	Outstanding. Did KBR last trip to Lembeh, and decided to try Lembeh Resort this time. Hard to choose between them. Newer rooms at Lembeh (on cliff, quite a few stairs) absolutely beautiful with fantastic views. Grounds, pool, facilities, and restaurant all immaculate. Indonesian food better than western. Several such choices for lunch, usually only one at dinner. Decent wine list! Spa services were nice, but provided in room until they complete their central facility. Good dive boats, with safe storage for cameras, fresh water, fruit, vinegar (for stings). Very uncrowded when we were there, but they typically sent multiple dive guides anyway. Frequently had one or more to ourselves. Most of the guides were very good, but two were really outstanding: Jandri (the "J" in Jahir) and Ronald. Some of the less experienced guides could do some silly things. After finding a mimic, one proceeded to try to excavate it out of its hole, making a big cloud of silt, and unsuprisingly, losing the octopus. The compressors and separator were some distance away from the dive center, probably to reduce noise, but unless you had your own oxygen analyzer, you had to take their word on the pO2. Usually tanks filled to >2800 psi, but a couple of times one of our tanks was really light, so it pays to check right away on boarding the boat. All the staff very helpful, going the extra mile to provide help with gear, rinsing, etc. House reef not as good as KBR, but not bad, and has a patch of coral with mandarin dragonettes. If you know what Lembeh Straits diving is all about, Lembeh Resort will deliver. We missed on the flambouyant cuttlefish, but otherwise were very lucky.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Costa Rica, Galapagos, Indonesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Revillagigedos
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	78-80°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	15-50 Ft/ 5-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minutes, but flexible
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	Excellent camera room. Staff very careful with cameras.

Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here

Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 1392 dive reviews of Indonesia and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

Other dive reports on Lembeh Resort

All Indonesia Dive Reviews and Reports
Diving Guide to Indonesia
Diving Reviews for All Dive Destinations

Featured Links from Our Sponsors
Interested in becoming a sponsor?

Reef & Rainforest, Let our experience be your guide -- Reef and Rainforest

Reef & Rainforest is an agency for travelers that scuba dive. Looking for Biodiversity, critters, Komodo, Raja Ampat, temples? We specialize in adventures to Indonesia.

Want to assemble your own collection of Indonesia reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create your personalized collection.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed nor edited by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home

Page computed and displayed in 0.12 seconds

Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email. And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent
Get a free monthly email and a sample issue!

Dive Review of Lembeh Resort / Murex/Lembeh Resort in Indonesia/Lembeh Straits

Lembeh Resort / Murex/Lembeh Resort, Jul, 2006,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of Lembeh Resort / Murex/Lembeh Resort in
Indonesia/Lembeh Straits