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Onong resort, Jun, 2011, by Roger Gray, VA, US ( 1 report). Report 6327.
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Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
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Comments	[None] 4712 Backlick Road Annandale, Virginia 22003 November 16, 2011 UNDERCURRENT 3020 BRIDGEWAY, SUITE 102 SAUSALITO, CA. 94965 Dear Sirs, In June I did some diving off of Manado and Lembeh Straits Indonesia. ONONG RESORT ON SILADEN ISLAND The Onong Resort is about a 40 minute boot ride from Manado. It is a small resort with some 6-8 huts. Each with its on private bath, shower and individually controlled air-conditioning. All meals are buffet style with plenty to eat. Most of the food was American and very few Indonesian dishes was served. So it was just plane old food, no points. Also beer is available. Most of our diving was done on Bunaken Island, about a 15 minute boat ride over. No guide had more them 4 divers. So they ran small boats and you did not feel croulded. Water temperature was about 85 F on the surface and 82 F at 75 feet. You can do up to 4 dives a day, 3 day and 1 night dive. Time limit is 60 minutes plus 3 minutes for safety stop, but most dives lasted at least 60 minutes. The boat crews were outstanding. They handled all the gear, bcd, fins, weights, from the time you got on the boats to the time you got out of the water. The diving was spectacular, the corals both hard and soft is of every size, texture and color. It is a picture takers paradise. I was surprised at how good the reefs looked, very little damage to them. Beside the coral the number of small critters is outstanding, along with schools of fish around the reefs. There are just to many different kinds of fish to list. But here is a small list: Leaf Fish, Pipefish, Gobies, Blennies, Angelfish, Hairy Crab, Anemone Crabs, Anemone Shrimp, Octopus, Moray Eel, Mantis Shrimp, Nudibranchs and Pygmy Sea Horses. Around Bunaken Island you could into some very strong current, but overall in is worth a few days of diving. The staff was very good and there is a tip jar for everybody. BASTIANOS LEMBEH RESORT LEMBEH STRAITS Bastianos is about a 2 hour van ride from Manado’s airport, and then a 20 minute boat ride to the resort. It is on a hill side over looking Lembeh Strait. If you don’t like steps you will not like this resort. The cabins a very nice and roomy, and you can get with or without AC. The food is buffet style with most if the dishes Indonesian. If you do not like Indonesian the staff will work with you for what you like. The diving is muck, and close by our longest ride was 10 minutes. You can forget long distance pictures but up close it is outstanding. On one dive we found 3 Mimic octopus and 1 Coconut octopus. So much to see from: Pigy seahorses, Flamboyant cuttlefish, Stonefish, Frog fish, and Scorpion fish. Just to many to list. Because the water temperature was in the 80’s, there was less Nudi branches. I was told that February is the best time to find the most colorful Nudi branches because the water has cooled into the 70’s. You must do the Mandarin dive, I saw about 30 Mandarin fish, they have a great place for Mandarin. You email the resort with a list of what you want to see and the dive guides will do their best to find it for you. It is some of the best diving I have done and I will go back. The staff is great!!! Sincerely, Roger Gray 400+dives(loged) 1000+dives(unloged) How to get there. I used World of Diving out of California. www.worldofdiving.com or 1-800-go diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]two places, Manado and Lembah straits
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-40 Ft/ 9-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]60 minutes at Onong resort , Non at Bastianos resort
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
UW Photo Comments	[None]Bastianos resort has a camera room for charging and cleaning. I did not use this room.

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