I've been to Ambon last month and while researching i couldn't find much info on Blue Rose Divers but deceided to go with them anyway, mainly for the cost and they have a bigger boat then Blue Motion Divers.
I'm very happy with that decision , i did 23 dives with BRD.
Two morning dives and a nightdive each day , after the second dive there was a simple lunch provided , rice with chicken , fish etc. After that i changed batteries , downloaded images and had a nap prior to the nightdive.
I rented a extra room at BRD but stayed at Grecia guesthouse wich is a 5 minute ride on a motobike away .
Diveboats are big , suiting up on board is not a issue , they don't have nitrox or bigger tanks , and i didn't look at the rental equipment.
Reason for staying at Grecia is to get away from the diveshop for some time , Laha were the shop is is very quiet and BRD is not a resort.
Big advantage for me was that there are not many people diving with them so we had max. 3 divers on board.
Dived mostly on the side from BRD , Laha etc but since there were a couple of Rhinopia's on the other side of the bay so we crossed the bay also for two days diving , at a extra cost for the fuel.
They use a bigger boat for these dives and i liked that side better , seen some nice rinopias , boxer crabs with eggs , pipefish with eggs and a mantis schrimp with eggs , theres a pattern in there..
Since my buddy for these dives was videoing and i'm taking pics we hired a extra guide for these dives .
The guide from DRD got sick during one of these days and they managed to get a female guide to help us out ,
i was very impressed with the effort they put in to provide a good experience for us.
So i will go back to Ambon and i would be using Blue Rose Divers again its good value for money , good guides and very rich in critters , just realise its not a luxery resort.
I was surprised at the number of harlequin shrimps , boxer crabs and surprisingly at one dive we came across a big school of blue-spotted rays , min 100 or so.
Some pics : Coconut Octopus reminds me of a roman soldier
Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Ribbon Eel
Pipefish w Eggs
Emperor schrimp
Soft Coral crab
Algea Octopus
Frank
I'm very happy with that decision , i did 23 dives with BRD.
Two morning dives and a nightdive each day , after the second dive there was a simple lunch provided , rice with chicken , fish etc. After that i changed batteries , downloaded images and had a nap prior to the nightdive.
I rented a extra room at BRD but stayed at Grecia guesthouse wich is a 5 minute ride on a motobike away .
Diveboats are big , suiting up on board is not a issue , they don't have nitrox or bigger tanks , and i didn't look at the rental equipment.
Reason for staying at Grecia is to get away from the diveshop for some time , Laha were the shop is is very quiet and BRD is not a resort.
Big advantage for me was that there are not many people diving with them so we had max. 3 divers on board.
Dived mostly on the side from BRD , Laha etc but since there were a couple of Rhinopia's on the other side of the bay so we crossed the bay also for two days diving , at a extra cost for the fuel.
They use a bigger boat for these dives and i liked that side better , seen some nice rinopias , boxer crabs with eggs , pipefish with eggs and a mantis schrimp with eggs , theres a pattern in there..
Since my buddy for these dives was videoing and i'm taking pics we hired a extra guide for these dives .
The guide from DRD got sick during one of these days and they managed to get a female guide to help us out ,
i was very impressed with the effort they put in to provide a good experience for us.
So i will go back to Ambon and i would be using Blue Rose Divers again its good value for money , good guides and very rich in critters , just realise its not a luxery resort.
I was surprised at the number of harlequin shrimps , boxer crabs and surprisingly at one dive we came across a big school of blue-spotted rays , min 100 or so.
Some pics : Coconut Octopus reminds me of a roman soldier
Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Ribbon Eel
Pipefish w Eggs
Emperor schrimp
Soft Coral crab
Algea Octopus
Frank