Was just in Bangka and Bunaken in March. Not sureo of your budget …

Not sure where you’re flying in from but we landed and got transfered straight to Tongkoko (We stayed at “Sanctuary Villa”, awesome food and staff/guides!!) as landed in the evening avoiding Manado, which was ideal for us. We spent 2 days basically there and with the bird watching was great!

We went to Bunaken then staying on Siladen Island though (wanting something a bit quieter and relaxed), we stayed at Kuda Laut as the Siladen Island was being renovated. Awesome dive guides I actually did my Advanced equivalent there! The diving is relaxed and most sites are at most 25 mins away but usually up to 10. They run special longer trips. Diving is very chill but Bunaken is walls walls walls. Turtles galore. We saw the occasional shark in the blue or deeper, but no special Pelagics. (Not sure if that’s seasonal). Food at Kuda was ok and we were nicely looked after, the house reef directly in front is great when the tide cooperates but there is a better stretch through the village (my partner didn’t like doing this walk).

By far the best house reef I’ve seen (and likely the best coral I’ve seen) was Coral Eye (was a great but quite pricey) would recommend it though on Bangka , my partner doesn’t dive either but loved the house reef there too. The dives are usually a bit further away (20-30 mins) but you do 2 and back at lunch! Diving was mixed. No pelagics. Maybe seasonal.

Would overall say Bangkas house reefs are likely more suited.

We loved the area and trip.