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Can anyone recommend a dive resort in Lembeh? Have stayed there before in various places - but standards change, dive guides change etc. Would prefer a mainland resort - but quality of dive operation is most important.

Dear Rene Yes, that is a mixed group. Here on Scubaboard there have been positives for Pemba Island, Tanzania. Don't know about beer but can do dual with a safari. Have a feeling this might clinch it. https://www.afrodivers.com/

Maldives need careful research. If you choose an all-in resort that is probably the complete island you are stuck, if the food etc is no good, if the dive op is unhelpful etc. Some islands have a tendency to be majority a particular nationality and this can prove difficult with language and...

We stayed at Anara in December 2023 and it was definitely the right thing to do. Once through immigration etc and checked in at the hotel, if you feel like it, and you have time, then go out to some of the nearby places. The Receptionist at the hotel was very sensible and helpful. Can get...

I have disassembled various masks in the past but can't quite see how to take the Favola apart. I've searched the net and I can't find any handy video. I've found the frame clip in the usual place behind the skirt over the nose. But I can't figure out how to release it. Do I push it out, or...

Micropore tape. Technically for sticking dressings to bodies but amazingly good for wrapping round the necks of leaking containers, or containers that didn't use to leak. I took deodorant (liquid) - and had it explode in the luggage. If only I'd wrapped it's neck in mpore tape and put it in...

Aha - but I am still diving. Watertight baggy with roll-over top. Try looking at camping gear. some are heavy duty plastic, mine are thin waterproof nylon, weigh next to nothing. I just Googled camping nylon dry bag, and also camping watertight nylon baggy and I got plenty of hits.

Why not head for Lembeh? Diving and no fly time may be a problem, but what about snorkelling? A flexible operation will help you get in the water early/late during the day to maximise dive time, then get you to a site that is good for snorkelling.

Quick and easy to nip around the corner to Lembeh for absolute tops of muck diving. No need to go all the way to Raja Ampat. Some dive ops may pick you up from Bunaken and take you to Lembeh. Otherwise get picked up from the ferry to Manado. If you stay mainland side at Lembeh there is an...

We were away for a month but that included touring round Java. If you are asking how much time at Lumbalumba then that would depend on what side trips you did. A day in the highlands with volcanic lakes, villages etc and the market at Tomohon is very much worth doing. Plus Tangkoko. Diving...

December - the weather was excellent. Yes, there was some rain and sometimes the vis was affected but not too much. Diving Manado-side yielded some excellent diving with sightings including all the usual suspects from pegasus sea moths to nembrotha nudis, bobtail squid etc. Also eagle rays...

Back again to Dhigurah in May. Different season, different fish. Not sure how good the viz will be but you never know. Glad you enjoyed.

Yessss! Sperm whales. I have seen the pictures - in the last two weeks. Definitely sperm whales. More than one, mother and baby too. They have been seen before over the years. Pilot whales - yes we have seen them, also melon-headed whales which look like dolphins but with a round...

Bunaken - will be there in 10 days' time. Was either fascinated or alarmed that anyone could find the wall boring but "not knowing what to look for" was fair comment. So much is around you that you go fish-blind. A lot is down to the quality of the guiding - tell the guide that you want them...

Apologies - not as deep as 30 M

I agree with Cetacean - very good points. To get a feel for local back-woods Indonesia and get good diving try Bira in the South east of Sulawesi. Lots to do and see in the area as well as the diving. The weather should be OK too. Check out where they build the phinisi (big cargo boats) on...

I wonder if you should look at Panama? Bocas del Torro and the islands off that Caribbean coast. Sun, sand, small town to mooch around, trips out to islands, coffee plantations etc, simple diving and snorkelling in lagoon with bottom always in sight, then some more adventurous diving outside...

First of all - major thanks to the posts here. They have been most helpful and also effective in corroborating my recommendations to friends who have had a variety of problems. Blend of O2 at 30 M - in the chamber it was pure oxygen. Sadly the local hyperbaric chamber (charity funded) has...

The agony of finding a jacket that fits. Very important to try it on with a tank. But there is nothing like getting in the water. Perhaps try on other people's - jump in, climb out. Climbing out - very important that the thing is balanced. As for chest straps - don't get me started...

I'm in the UK and dive out in Asia so suit choices may be different. And it was a while ago that I was looking for a suit. In the past I had a Henderson that fit really well but it was faulty (Doh!) and they stopped making that design. I had a suit disaster out in Indonesia and had to do an...