Dive Review of NAD Lembehl Resort in
Indonesia/Lembeh

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NAD Lembehl Resort: "A world of wonders - the joy of muck diving!", Aug, 2023, by Ellen Marie Smith, MN, US ( Sr. Contributor 27 reports with 18 Helpful votes). Report 12753.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	My husband and I spent a week on an "Insider Divers" Group trip at an Underwater Photography workshop led by Simon Lorenz and Tobias Friedrich. This was my first photography workshop and I learned a ton! Even though I felt like a total newbie and was frustrated sometimes, the support I received from the workshop leaders as well as other participants was exceptional. It was a great experience. There isn't any easy/fast way to get to Lembeh but you won't be sorry when you get there! This is a place for "muck" diving, which is a nice way of saying that there isn't any coral or beautiful underwater topography. The things you are looking for are therefore very different than in that type of diving. Usually small and much smaller! If something big swam by I would have never seen it...I was too busy trying to get the pygmy seahorse in focus! This was my first experience (having only tried muck diving once before) and I really enjoyed it! There are so many things that are different from the other 850 dives I'd previously done -- I found it fascinating! Things we saw: Arrowhead crab, spider crab, box crab, porcelain crab, and anemone hermit crab. Cleaner shrimps, hinge beak shrimp, anemone shrimp, Harlequin shrimp, Mantis Shrimp, and skeleton shrimp. Hairy frogfish, frogfish (small & large), Shaun the sheep nudibranch, and too many other nudibranchs to list! Wonderpus, Mimic & blue-ringed octopus.Reef & pharaoh Cuttlefish. Squat Lobster, crinoid shrimp & clingfish. Ribbon eel, giant moray, crocodile snake eel, marbled snake eel, yellow-margined moray, undulated moray, striped catfish, anglerfish, Soldierfish, Harlequin Ghost pipefish, spotted seahorse, pygmy seahorse, pipefish, stonefish, twinspot lionfish, ragged-finned firefish, dwarf, zebra & smallscale, leaf scorpionfish, giant flathead crocodile fish. Anthias: Goldback, redfin, stocky, square spot, purple, scalefin & threadfin. And much much more! (sorry just can't list them all). The NAD resort is set right on the water and has cabanas (which we stayed in), a small hotel room-like area, a small pool/lounge area, a restaurant, a bar/presentation area, and a fantastic camera room with individual stations. All are very comfortable but not fancy. You can leave all your gear (including expensive camera gear) wherever it is most convenient. We never locked our cabana. Our dive gear stayed on the boat and was taken care of each day and I never thought about changing a tank. The divemasters/boat crew take care of everything! Generally, there are two dives in the morning (with coffee and snacks in between on the boat) and one dive after lunch (which is back at the resort). There is an option for a night dive (I did a Mandarinfish night dive and a blackwater night dive) and then dinner is served. We had photo classes before our first dive and after our third, with editing classes held in the evening after dinner. As the dives are often 90 mins during the day, this made for a busy schedule! It was exhausting and oh so much fun. Note: I wore a 5 mil wetsuit because I was told one doesn't move around much (you really don't) and the dives are long. I wasn't cold (or sorry!) even wore a hooded vest.
Websites	NAD Lembehl Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea (North and South), Galapagos, Hawaii, Caribbean most places, California (Catalina), False Bay (South Africa), Cocos Island, Socorro Islands, Baia & Ustica (Italy), Yap, Palau, & Truk, Thailand(Surin Islands), Indonesia (Raja Ampat, Komodo & Lembeh).
Closest Airport	Manado	Getting There	MSP to Seoul (Delta), Seoul to Bali(Korea Air) , Bali to Manado (Lion Air)
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	79-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	25-75 Ft/ 8-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives were often 90 min or longer as they are not deep and there is no current. 2 divers to 1 divemaster ratio.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	NAD Lembeh is geared toward photographers. The dive staff goes above and beyond to help with carrying cameras, helping with rinsing, or any other need that I can think of. The boats have ample space for multiple big rigs, lining them up on floor mats so they don't fall off tables. The rinse tanks are huge and always fresh. The photography room is wonderful, with ample room for lots of gear at each station. 2 divers to 1 guide ratio! The staff is awesome and patient with new photographers (I was adjusting to a new 45-degree angle viewfinder and camera setup!).

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Dive Review of NAD Lembehl Resort in Indonesia/Lembeh

NAD Lembehl Resort: "A world of wonders - the joy of muck diving!", Aug, 2023,

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Dive Review of NAD Lembehl Resort in
Indonesia/Lembeh