Dive Review of Thalassa Dive Center/Thalassa Dive and Wellbeing Resort in
Indonesia/Bunaken National Park

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Thalassa Dive Center/Thalassa Dive and Wellbeing Resort : "An excellent week at Bunaken National Park", Nov, 2025, by Richard P Tucker, CA, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 13666 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We spent a week at Thalassa Manado in early November 2025. For us it was quite easy to get to Manado compared with other dive destinations in Indonesia, with only one lay over that we turned into a mini-vacation in Singapore. Thalassa Manado is a convenient gateway to diving in the Bunaken National Park. After our week at Thalassa Manado we went across North Sulawesi to Thalassa Lembeh for a second week of diving. Since the resorts and dive experiences are so different, the stay at Thalassa Lembeh will go into a different review. When we did our internet searches for North Sulawesi resorts, we found many reviews for Thalassa Manado, but take care: during the Covid lockdown Thalassa Manado moved to a new location where a new resort was built from scratch, so only consider reviews since late 2021. It’s still run (and owned) by Simone Gerritsen, and many of the other guests we met while we were there had stayed at the old Thala ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Thalassa Dive Center Thalassa Dive and Wellbeing Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Micronesia, Red Sea, Hawaii, Caribbean, Florida, California, Sipadan, Panama, Bunaken, Lembeh
Closest Airport	Manado	Getting There	San Francisco to Singapore (Singapore Airlines) to Manado (Scoot), picked up by Thalassa for a 35-minute drive to the resort
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	84-88°F / 29-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	All dives guided with max depth and bottom time enforced
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	Camera gear was treated respectfully on the boat. We rinsed gear and charged batteries in the room. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Thalassa Dive Center/Thalassa Dive and Wellbeing Resort in Indonesia/Bunaken National Park

Thalassa Dive Center/Thalassa Dive and Wellbeing Resort : "An excellent week at Bunaken National Park", Nov, 2025,

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Dive Review of Thalassa Dive Center/Thalassa Dive and Wellbeing Resort in
Indonesia/Bunaken National Park