Destination: Indonesia
Pulau Sahaung, Bangka Island. North Sulawesi, Manado: P.O. Box 1465 | From $49/ppn
blue bay Dive Resort Bangka Quick Pitch
Enjoy a white sandy beach on a private island as you explore North Sulawesi's top diving spots with Blue Bay Dive Resort. This small dive resort offers guests a family-like atmosphere, delicious cuisine, and a lot of space to relax and chill. With expert dive guides and boat captains, guests can enjoy diving in Bangka as well as Bunaken and the Lembeh Strait in the best possible way. With over 100 dive sites to explore, guests will surely be entertained. However, guests who want to explore even more remote areas can book their liveaboard KLM Sunshine.
Quick Information
- No of Rooms: 8
- Dive Center: On-site
- Amenities: Private island, restaurant and bar
- Nearest Airport: Sam Ratulangi Airport Manado
- Airport shuttle: Yes, surcharge
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How to Get There
Sam Ratulangi International Airport (also called Manado International Airport) is the nearest entry point. Currently, the only international connection is from/to Singapore; however, guests can also reach Manado via Indonesian airports such as Jakarta, Denpasar/Bali, and Makassar. From there, the Blu Bay Divers team will pick guests up and take them on a 45-minute car ride to a village on the northern tip of Sulawesi. From there, guests will board a boat for a 30-minute ride to the resort.
Dive Overview
Bangka is a beautiful lush island and one of Indonesia’s most famous dive areas. The House Reef right in front of the Resort is amazing; snorkeling and diving there is a must!
Check out this video from Blue Bay Divers!
Accommodations
Types of Rooms, Amenities and Photos
blue bay dive resort Room Overview
The Blue Bay Dive Resort offers guests eight rustic bungalows built in the traditional Sulawesi style. Seven of the bungalows can accommodate two people, while the last bungalow accommodates two people in single rooms. The bungalows are located on the beach and come complete with a large terrace and a marvelous view of the blue bay. The bungalows are not air-conditioned as the ample breeze from the sea and a fan are all that is needed. The bathrooms come equipped with a traditional Indonesian mandi which is perfect for pouring water over oneself and soaking after a long day diving or at the beach.
Room Amenities
- Large terrace with a marvelous view
- Beach-front location
- Bed with mosquito nets
- Beach and bath towels
- Bathroom with a traditional Indonesian mandi
Resort Facilities
blue bay dive resort Features
- Private resort
- Restaurant and bar
- Beach amenities such as hammocks for relaxing
- BBQ/campfires on the beach
- Library
- Occasional performances by a dance group from the neighboring village of Lihunu
blue bay dive resort Food & Drinks
The Blue Bay Dive Resort's restaurant offers guests delicious meals of Indonesian cuisine mixed with a European twist served buffet-style. A typical meal includes a meat or fish dish, a vegetarian dish, soup, salad, fruits, and a dessert. Guests are also served afternoon snacks and can make use of the espresso machine.
blue bay dive resort Activities
- Diving
- Snorkeling
- Volcanoes of North Sulawesi Land Excursion
- Tangkoko Nature Reserve Land Excursion
- Minahasa Highlands Land Excursion
- Indonesia Land Excursion
Packages & Rates
RATES & AVAILABILITY
For information on rates, availability and to book, drop us an email at bookings@bluewaterdivetravel.com or call us today at +1-310-915-6677 and let us help you plan your dream dive vacation!
Dive Information & Itineraries
Dive Overview
Most of the dive sites are located 5-15 minutes away from Sahaung and are located around the island of Bangka. After the dives, the boats come back to the Blue Bay Diver's beautiful island and the surface interval is completed at the resort.
The central location of Sahaung Island and Blue Bay Divers allows guests to dive not just in the Bangka archipelago but around North Sulawesi, including Bunaken and Lembeh. The location of Sahaung is not only a beautiful, white sandy beach island on Bangka but also very close to the famous spots of Bangka – Batu Sahaung or Tanjung Husi – just in front of their doorstep.
Blue Bay Divers also offers day trips to the Bunaken National Park and Lembeh Strait, known for its critters and macro. For these day trips, guests will start at 7:00 in the morning and make 3 dives. On the way back from Lembeh Road, guests can also stop in the Tangkoko National Park to observe the smallest monkeys in the world.
Dive Sites
Here are some of the dive sites offered by Blue Bay Divers. Feel free to ask us if you would like to know more about these and other dive sites.
- Sahaung - The dive sites around the resort's island Sahaung is for sure some of the most exciting dive sites. The underwater rocks of Batu Sahaung reach just below the water surface and form gigantic steps underwater.
- Right at the beginning of the dive, a collection of green and golden soft corals, giant elephant ear sponges and a thicket of table corals await you on the rocks. A carpet of leather corals spreads, other soft corals – pink, brown, purple, cream – weigh in the water.
- At the same time, amounts of blue triggerfish swimming, snappers, pennant fish swim around you. Often, pigmy seahorses, frogfish, or boxercrabs also appear. Or you discover a sleeping shark among the hard corals. Sometimes an eagle ray is visiting for a visit.
- Batu Mandi - Batu Mandi, located near the coast of Sulawesi, is a large steep cliff. If you dive down to this, you will see a lot of small animals, for example, jewelry ghost pipefish, colorful nudibranchs, or mantis shrimp among colossal horn coral. Before diving Batu Mandi, guests should ensure that the previous dives are not deep to fully experience the most beautiful attractions.
- Batu Gosoh - Location on north of Bangka Island, this dive site requires a bit more experience to fully enjoy. With a maximum depth of 40 meters, the dive is filled with various types of corals and caves. Divers can also expect to see batfish, spiny mackerels, and occasional rays.
- Bunaken National Park - There are over 30 diving spots here, surrounded by the islands of Bunaken, Siladen, Manado Tua, Montehage, and Nain. Visibilities of 20 to 30 meters or even more and a huge variety of corals and fish species make the Bunaken National Park a unique diving area. Here, there are seven times more coral species than Hawaii – and the fascinating dive experience is the famous drop-off walls from Bunaken. 70 percent of all fish species in the West Indies Pacific are found here: spiny mackerel (Seriola rivoliana), blue-banded snapper, anthias (Pseudanthias hypselosoma), soporelon snapper.
- Blue Bay Divers is a member of the North Sulawesi Watersports Association, which is committed to protecting the National park. The Bunaken National Park can be reached from Sahaung in one and a half hours by boat. The entrance fee is 15 euros per year.
- Lembeh Strait - The Lembeh Strait lies between the Lembeh island and the foothills of Sulawesi. It is about 16 kilometers long and two kilometers wide. Their banks are partly characterized by white limestone formations with upstream islands (Batu Sandar, Sarena Kecil, Kai-nah). The contrast is Batu Angus, a mighty lava field. The black sand near it also testifies the volcanic activity.
- Around 25 dive spots are waiting to be dived on Lembeh Strait. The visibility is 10 to 20 meters, the water is relatively cool at 24 to 27 degrees for tropical conditions. Since the strait is well protected, you can dive here all year round. Underwater you will experience a landscape that is characterized by black volcanic sands, slopes, and corals and offers many, sometimes bizarre and rare species.
- Some residents of the Lembeh Strait are small and cleverly camouflaged – macro photographers will enjoy it a lot. We offer day trips to the Lembeh Strait. It takes approximately one hour from the Blue Bay in Bangka until Lembeh.
Dive Center Information
blue bay dive resort Dive Center Overview
The Blue Bay Dive Resort Dive Center is fully equipped to offer guests all that they need as they explore some of North Sulawesi's most famous dive spots. With five dive boats at their disposal, Blue Bay Divers ensures some amazing diving experiences. The dive boats have a good amount of deck space and a sheltered cabin to protect against the sun and rain. The boat also always carries drinking water and snack if guests will be not be returning to the resort between dives.
Looking for a liveaboard option? Check out Blue Bay Divers' liveaboard KLM Sunshine.
Diving Facilities & Services
- Full dive equipment rentals.
- Dive courses
- 5 dive boats
- Experienced dive crew
Other Information
Practical Information
- Time zone: GMT+8:00
- Language: English, Indonesian
- Electricity: 220V
- Payment methods: Indonesian Rupiah, Euro or card
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