The Manado Man with the Manado Magic
Up Close and Personnel with Rico Taramen One of the great things about staying at Murex Dive Resort in Manado is that we not only have access to dive sites at both Bunaken and along the mainland coast line but we
Battle of the House Reefs – Part 3
The final Blog in the “Battle of The House Reefs” is here, Battle of the House Reefs – Part 3! Bring it on Lembeh Resort! This is the last in our series and so far our Blogger has dived both
Meet our new Murex Bangka Resort Managers
We are very happy to welcome Olivier Nelis and Miyah as our new Murex Bangka Resort Managers . With their experience and love for diving they will enhance your Murex experience even more. Olivier has worked in the hospitality industry for
Battle of the house reefs part 1
3 Sixty Minute Dives: The Bangka House Reef We have recently challenged our intrepid Blogger to dive the House Reef at each of our three resorts: Murex Manado, Murex Bangka and Lembeh Resort to see how they fair when they go
The quest for Lynne’s Pipefish
Diving in the coral triangle never gets boring. You think you have seen it all but then always something new and exiting pops up. Over the last months I had several conversations with our dive guide Aswar regarding a pipefish he
You don’t bite the critter that cleans you!
You would think if you swam around in water all day you’d be clean, so why on earth would a fish need to be cleaned? Seems kind of redundant doesn’t it? Well it’s not like they have soap and shampoo,
Q-Divers duikvakantie op Sulawesi
Eind oktober was het eindelijk zover, de jaarlijkse duikvakantie van duikvereniging “Q-divers” uit Culemborg, we vertrekken vol verwachting met 10 leden richting Sulawesi. Na een voorspoedig verlopen reis vanuit Amsterdam naar Singapore en daarna door naar Manado, worden we opgehaald door
Story from a dive legend!
I take great pride when I look back on a mainly trouble-free diving career spanning some 45 years and more than 10,000 dives. Aside from a couple of minor hits of the bends and a few scary encounters with sharks
Catlin Seaview Survey
The last few weeks we had the pleasure of having a research team from the Catlin Seaview Survey project as our guests, a scientific survey of the reefs of the world, funded by global specialty insurance company Catlin Group Ltd.