Best dives in Indonesia - need to focus on a specific area?
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My first trip to Bali when I dove Lembongan, it just happened to be Nyepi, Ogah Ogah was the day before... so all the Hindus were doing the fasting/ resting thing. It was two Muslims on the boat (driver and DM) and me.
The current was whipping, about 4 knots. I hit the water, the DM went in perhaps 30 seconds after me and I was already 50m away. No way to fight that current, kicking against it would only reduce your backward movement to a slow walk rather than a jog.
Pretty hairy stuff, but great fun once I relaxed and went with the flow. It was like I was Superman flying through schools of brightly colored fish and coral gardens. The boat went slightly ahead and shadowed us from the front to catch us at the mouth of the channel as we finished.
I had done Palau not too long previously and remember thinking there were even more and greater varieties of sea life present.
The current was whipping, about 4 knots. I hit the water, the DM went in perhaps 30 seconds after me and I was already 50m away. No way to fight that current, kicking against it would only reduce your backward movement to a slow walk rather than a jog.
Pretty hairy stuff, but great fun once I relaxed and went with the flow. It was like I was Superman flying through schools of brightly colored fish and coral gardens. The boat went slightly ahead and shadowed us from the front to catch us at the mouth of the channel as we finished.
I had done Palau not too long previously and remember thinking there were even more and greater varieties of sea life present.
Dan
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I plan on going to off of a beaten path of Indonesia in 2021 and have been doing some research and came up with this recently gaining popularity as Scuba Junkie start to open their business there: Sangalaki-Kakaban-Maratua 4-10 August, 2021 with 15% off.
I’m putting together a parallel tour for the non-diver significant others to take while the divers are in the liveaboard trip. At the end, we’ll spend a few days in Bali together, before heading home. Since it will be in August, the peak season of Mola Mola, we would certainly won’t miss that opportunity to dive in Nusa Penida then.
One of my dive buddies’ wife (non-diver) seems to like my parallel tour idea, so I already have 2 non-divers to join me on this upcoming trip. I’ll post the non-diver parallel tours on that thread later.
Let me know what you guys think about the place and the trip itinerary. They have almost everything underwater that any other place in Indonesia have to offer (except may be wobbegong and walking sharks of Raja Ampat).
Cheers,
Dan
I’m putting together a parallel tour for the non-diver significant others to take while the divers are in the liveaboard trip. At the end, we’ll spend a few days in Bali together, before heading home. Since it will be in August, the peak season of Mola Mola, we would certainly won’t miss that opportunity to dive in Nusa Penida then.
One of my dive buddies’ wife (non-diver) seems to like my parallel tour idea, so I already have 2 non-divers to join me on this upcoming trip. I’ll post the non-diver parallel tours on that thread later.
Let me know what you guys think about the place and the trip itinerary. They have almost everything underwater that any other place in Indonesia have to offer (except may be wobbegong and walking sharks of Raja Ampat).
Cheers,
Dan
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