Diving North Sulawesi — Lembeh and Bunaken from Singapore
A sheltered strait with no real off-season — one of the few places in the region you can book blind.
Islands: Bunaken, Mantehage, Nain Besar
- Best months
- Jun–Oct
- Also good
- Nov–May
- From Singapore
- ~7h 24m each way
- On the map
- 34 dive sites
When to go
October is as good as it gets here.
The year here
Best here: June, July, August, September, October.
North Sulawesi — Lembeh and Bunaken — no monsoon here; the season is rain and water temperature. Written by hand from how the season actually runs, calibrated against what the boats do, since a season that disagrees with the operators is wrong however good the meteorology behind it. It describes most years, not this one: the forecast above is what knows about next week.
- Wet season (Dec–Feb) — Rain, and a little more surface chop. The strait itself stays protected.
Where to dive in North Sulawesi — Lembeh and Bunaken
Bunaken · 22 sites
Mantehage · 8 sites
Nain Besar · 2 sites
Elsewhere · 2 sites
Every site opens onto this week's sea forecast and the marine life seen there. See them on the map →
Planning North Sulawesi — Lembeh and Bunaken with friends?
- Hear when a site looks goodFollow any dive site and we'll tell you when a good spell is on the forecast.
- Plan trips with your groupEveryone answers going, maybe or can't, and the club calendar shows the dates most people can make.
- Join a trip from the group chatTap “Count me in” on a shared trip link and you're in the club and down as going.
- Keep a log bookLog your dives with the conditions you found, which become your group's reports on that site.
- Your group's own spacePosts, photos and private messages, seen by members only.
- Add missing dive sitesPut a site the map doesn't have yet where the boat actually goes.