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Diving in Manado
Compare local operators by available safety, staff, and gear evidence. Rankings are independent and never paid.
Compare Dive Centers in Manado
View all 81 published center profiles →Ordered by planning usefulness and available evidence. Trust Score remains a separate safety-evidence signal; a missing flag is not proof of safety. How is it calculated?
Dive Sites to Explore in Manado
Marine life in shown source records: Angelfish, Blackside hawkfish, Blacktip reef shark, Bluespotted cornetfish, Bluestreak cleaner wrasse + 5 more
Frequently Asked About Diving in Manado
How many dive centers are in Manado?
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ScubaProof tracks 81 published center profiles in Manado. This page shows 8 profiles ordered by Trust Score. Rankings cannot be purchased.
What safety evidence is available for dive centers in Manado?
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Among the 8 profiles shown, 8 have no active flags recorded in the processed evidence and the displayed average Trust Score is 4.8/5. 0 shown centers have active signals to review. An empty flag list is not a safety guarantee.
How deep are the dive sites in Manado?
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Manado has 37 nearby dive-site profiles on ScubaProof. Among the 6 profiles shown here, the greatest recorded maximum depth is 38m. Available source records for the displayed sites mention Angelfish, Blackside hawkfish, Blacktip reef shark, Bluespotted cornetfish, Bluestreak cleaner wrasse.
What marine life can I see diving in Manado?
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The source records attached to the 6 dive-site profiles shown here mention Angelfish, Blackside hawkfish, Blacktip reef shark, Bluespotted cornetfish, Bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Boxfish / pufferfish, Broom filefish, Butterflyfish, Beaded sea anemone, Bengal snapper. Sightings are not guaranteed and vary by season and conditions.
About the ScubaProof Trust Score
Safety: Emergency O₂ readiness, instructor-to-diver ratios, dive briefing quality, and proximity to a hyperbaric chamber. Safety carries the highest weight because DAN incident research identifies supervision and emergency response as the leading factors in preventable diving fatalities.
Staff: Active agency certifications (PADI, SSI, TDI, CMAS), language coverage, and instructor conduct described across reviewer reports.
Gear: Equipment condition, servicing transparency, nitrox availability, and rental quality reported by divers.
Red flags add automatic penalties: −0.8 pts per critical issue (equipment failure, skipped safety protocols), −0.3 pts per warning. Reviews are time-weighted — a report from three years ago carries 20% of the weight of a current one. No dive center can pay to improve its score.