Coral Eye Dive Resort
Pulau Bangka, Desa Lihunu, 95375 Kec. Likupang Timur, Minahasa Utara, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia
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- Accommodation Overview
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- Dive Center Information
- Practical Information
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- Inclusions & Exclusions
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- Dive & destination information
Number of Rooms
15
Wifi
Yes, free
Nitrox
Yes
Dive Center
On-site
Restaurant
Bar
Coral Eye Resort creates a unique environment that favors socialization and communication between people united by a common passion for the sea, by placing its guests at the center of attention. In 2022, the Coral Eye partnered with the Siladen Resort and Spa to ensure both elevated services and experience for its guests.
How To Get There
Sam Ratulangi International Airport (also called Manado International Airport) is the nearest entry point. It receives flights from all major Indonesian cities, including Bali and Jakarta, as well as international flights from Singapore. Airport transfers can be arranged and typically take an hour.
Dive Overview
Bangka is a beautiful lush island and one of Indonesias most famous dive areas. The House Reef right in front of the Resort is amazing; snorkeling and diving there is a must!
[Read More: Manado & Bunaken Dive Travel Guide]
Accommodation Overview
Coral Eye Resort provides a range of accommodations to suit different guest preferences. Superior Rooms (4) are located on the first floor of the main building, offering ensuite bathrooms and access to a communal sea-view lounge. Studio Rooms (2) feature extra-large bathrooms and a wardrobe area that can accommodate an extra bed, ideal for families. The Sea View Superior Room (1) is in a detached building with a private balcony overlooking the beach and ocean. The Double Bedroom Garden Villa (1) includes two double bedrooms, ensuite bathrooms, a living space, and a private terrace with a garden view. Additionally, Beach View Villas (7) are also available for guests seeking a more private stay.Room Amenities
- Ensuite bathroom with hot shower
- High quality mattresses and cotton linen
- Mosquito nets (canopy and window)
- Ceiling fan
Food & Drinks
The Coral Eye Dive Resort takes it back to the basics, offering guests simple yet quality meals. A wide selection of home-cooked seasonal dishes is made available; and meals are taken communally at the center table, allowing guests to interact with each other. Full board accommodation includes three meals a day, as well as a snack in the afternoon. Drinking water, biscuits, coffee, and tea are also made available throughout the day.
Dive Information
Bangka Dive Overview
The kaleidoscopic reefs and pinnacles for which Bangka is so famous are right on your doorstep. Year-round warm water combined with good visibility makes Bangka suitable for all levels of divers, and for those who enjoy something more challenging there are also some exhilarating drift diving sites. Highlights of diving in Bangka include an explosion of colorful soft corals, three species of pygmy seahorses, schooling fish, reef sharks, eagle rays, dugongs, passing pelagics, and a plethora of other critters, including numerous nudibranch species, soft coral crabs, ghost pipefish, a variety of frogfish, crustacean and cephalopod species.
Bangka Dive Sites
Here are some of the dive sites in Bangka. Feel free to ask us if you would like to know more about these and other dive sites.
- Batu Goso (Bangka Island) - Batu Goso consists of a series of steep pinnacles rising up from the ocean just off Bangka Island. There are two drift dives in this area, starting at opposite ends of pinnacles, around and through coral-covered pinnacles with a moderate slope beneath them. As you approach the site, waves can be seen crashing against the pinnacles, sending the whitewater everywhere. The dive ranges from 5-35m and there can be a strong current present.
- There is enough topography to allow divers to eddy out of currents and watch the abundance of marine life around them. Highlights include: white tip & black tip sharks, turtles & groupers, yellow, green and red soft corals.
- Sahaung (Bangka Island) - Sahaung also consists of a series of underwater boulders and pinnacles that barely break the surface of the ocean. There are two dives in this area on separate pinnacles. These pinnacles consist of a continuously sloping bottom with several shelves as you descend. The dives range from 5 35 m. There can be strong currents and surge at shallower depths.
- Highlights include big table coral, often with white tip reef sharks resting under them, an abundance of green and purple soft coral, and a multitude of fish including jack, dog tooth tuna, barracuda, red tooth triggerfish, and a huge school of blue striped snappers.
- Batu Mandi (Sulawesi Mainland) - This dive is located just opposite Bangka Island off the northern tip of Sulawesi, off the shore of Pulisan. This dive is a series of underwater pinnacles rising from a sandy bottom. This is a shallower dive ranging from 5 to 25m. Besides the abundance of hard and soft corals and numerous reef fish, some of the highlights are pygmy sea horses; cuttle fish; and giant and warty frog fish.
- Batu Pendeta (Sulawesi Mainland) - Located east of Batu Mandi and with vegetation similar to Sahaung. This is an advanced dive because of the strong current that can occur here and the depth of the dive. Dropping down into the blue, you will have to dive straight down to 25m, where the reef starts. This site consists of several large submerged rocks with one pinnacle up out of the water, situated on a reef plateau about 15 meters deep. There is a drop-off with canyons where you can eddy out of the current and observe many sweetlips, dogtooth tuna, jacks, and sharks.
- Sabora (Bangka Island) - Located just around the corner, this coral slope offers a huge variety of fish and critters. A resident school of blue stripe snappers welcomes you when you go down. Between the corals lives a whole array of nudibranchs, and your dive guide will show you several types of pygmy seahorses. You will spend your safety stop looking at huge sea fans scattered across the reef slope. Night dives, in particular, are very good here.
Dive Center Information
The Coral Eye Dive Center offers everything a guest may need as they explore the waters of Bangka. The dive center has a terrace located directly on the beach for easy access, and a wet where each guest has their own alloted space to wash and store diving equipment. The dive center is also equipped with a camera room for photographers. The Coral Eye Dive Crew are all certified Dive Masters. Guests are sure eo experience first-hand their wealth of experience as they dive around Bangka Island.
Guests can also avail of dive trips aboard beautifully-handcrafted diving boats. Morning, afternoon, and night dives can be scheduled according to one's needs and the weather conditions. Fresh water, hot coffee & tea, snacks, and fruits are available onboard.
Practical Information
- Time zone: GMT+8:00
- Language: English, French, Dutch, German, Indonesian, and Italian
- Electricity: 220V
- Accept Credit Cards?: Yes, MasterCard & Visa
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What's included when you book?
Included
- Accommodation
- Full Board Meals
- 3 Dives/day
- Nitrox
- Return Airport Transfers
Excluded
- Equipment Rental
- Alcoholic Beverages
Find a Room in Coral Eye Dive Resort
Beachfront Pool Villa
Fan- Shared Bathroom
- Hot Water Shower
- Wifi (surcharge)
- Ocean view
- Towels
from $3180
Beach View Villa
- Fan
- En Suite Bathroom
- Hot Water Shower
- Wifi (surcharge)
- Ocean view
- Towels
from $2743
Garden View Villa
- Fan
- En Suite Bathroom
- Hot Water Shower
- Wifi (surcharge)
- Garden view
- Towels
from $2480
Double BedroomGarden Villa
- Fan
- En Suite Bathroom
- Hot Water Shower
- Wifi (surcharge)
- Garden view
- Towels
from $2550
More information about Indonesia diving
Manado Bay and Bunaken National Park offer a mix of marine environments. Bunaken is known for its dramatic wall dives with rich coral formations and a variety of marine species including reef sharks and schooling fish. Bangka Island, nearby, features lush soft corals and larger marine life. The diving conditions are excellent throughout the year, with particularly favorable conditions from March to October.
Fellow traveler's reviews
Overall Value Marine Life Accommodations Food
LauraTaylor
1164 Reviews
Overall ValueAccommodationsMarine Life FoodAn hour by car and 40 minutes by boat brings you to the Coral Eye Resort at Bangka Island with a beach landing for the boat.The resort was originally a research station and there is a large 2 story centre structure which houses the bar, dining areas, lounge areas and library on the ground floor and then 8 standard rooms with AC around a second level mezzanine. There are also 8 new minimalist Italian-designed beachfront villas with AC which are quite different from most traditional Indonesian designed bungalows.All room types are provided with fantastic homemade soaps, shampoo and conditioner and a luxury shower. Linens were also minimal, with no blankets provided, I found it necessary to turn the AC off and rely on the breeze.The rooms had a safe, no fridge in Standard rooms, but available in Villas.A shared tea and coffee station was just outside the standard rooms, and individually available in Villas. Good WIFI was available in all rooms.Individuals, couples, and families should note that meals are a shared experience with other guests. In the dining area were 3 large communal tables for 8 to 16 people, and offered quite a different way to serve a good quality meal service, somewhere between family-style and a la carte. Each corner of the table had shared condiments, breads and some side dishes. Main courses were pre-ordered at the previous meal from the daily menu, with a vegetarian option, and were individually served at the table, more or less at the same time. Dessert of the day was served at dinner, fruit at lunch. Breakfast items were also shared at the table with eggs cooked to order.Espresso coffees and drinks service was available all day from the bar or from the table service during meals.Photographers will appreciate the well-appointed camera room with AC and around 15 workstations for assembling and charging.Diving was well organised from attractive and comfortable boats, provided with towels, hot drinks, water, snacks and my first experience with a warm facecloth between dives. The dive guides were good spotters, and strictly observed a 60-minute dive limit, but I had a different one each day. Diving is interesting and varied at Bangka and guests were offered a variety of experiences. The house reef offers an excellent dive or snorkel as well.Coral Eye is affiliated with Siladen Resort in Bunaken National Park and Lembeh Resort and can, at an additional cost, offer boat transfers to or from either, which is faster than the road option and will include dives along the way.
jkandls
1164 Reviews
Overall ValueAccommodationsMarine Life FoodOverall very happy, The rooms are fairly new, the villas are big and nice. Only downside to the villas is the air conditioning doesn't work well in some as there was no shade on our villa and the location of the AC unit doesn't reach the bedroom because of a concrete wall. Bathrooms are nice and outside. Be aware that every time you go outside, there will be possibilities of bugs/mosquitos. Food & staff were excellent. Too much food. Dive staff and operation was excellent as well. Boats were good. Would have given 5 stars for accommodations except for AC .
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