Awesome diving

Dive with Murex, Manado's pioneering dive centre and your diving choice is truly staggering, for not only do these waters - Bunaken, Lembeh, Bangka - have the richest bio-diversity in the world, many or the dive sites been under long-term protection and are in pristine condition.

There are well over 100 dive sites within easy boat ride from Murex three resorts. Sail on one of Murex liveaboards and you add literally dozens more in the Sangihe-Talaud archipelago that stretches up 135 nautical miles into the North Suluwesi Sea.

Dive flexibility -- Murex tailor the diving to your level of experience and personl preferences offering boutique dives with limited numbers to ensure individual attention.

The highest standards of safety and professionalism

You can be confident with Murex and Murex have a perfect safety record over 18 years.

All Murex instructors and divemasters are PADI, NAUI, or Association of Nitrox Dive Instructors (ANDI) certified. Murex is the only nitrox producer in North Sulawesi.

Most of Murex dive professionals have been with them for years. Not only are they supremely experienced at guiding guests, they know the sites intimately and go out of their way to show you the interesting creatures that inhabit them.

Dive briefings are mandatory and comprehensive. All of Murex dive crew are completely fluent in English and many are fluent in other languages too.

All Murex boats carry oxygen and all Murex personnel are fully trained in its use. There is a hyperbaric (re-compression) chamber at Manado General Hospital, which Murex's founder and owner, Dr Batuna, set up.