Dive Review of Maluku Divers in
Indonesia/Ambon

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Maluku Divers, Sep, 2010, by Tracey Bennett, NV, US ( Reviewer 5 reports). Report 5833.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	On the first day of diving I saw a mimic octopus, a pigmy pipehorse, 4 harlequin shrimp, painted frogfish, flamboyant cuttlefish, a thorny seahorse, mantis shrimp, boxfish, a wonderpus, clouded moray, clown snake eel, and a flabellina nudibranch. Great way to start a dive trip. Most of the diving is in the Bay, and is focused around the critters that live here. Up to 4 dives per day. Boat comes back after each dive except 2 tanks for diving on other side of bay, and 3 tank weather dependent, outside island dives. Samuel, who used to guide in Lembeh, is an excellent spotter, and very familiar with all of the sites. Ambon is now #1 on my list for muck diving, but not a place for people who want pretty reefs and big fish. Accomodations are clean and have very comfortable beds, aircon, and large covered porches. Meals were hit and miss, however management started coaching the chef and meals improved during our trip. It would be hard to find a place that had better "service with a smile".
Websites	Maluku Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Raja Ampat, Lembah, Halmahera, Bali, Thailand, Philippines, Palau, Yap, Borneo, Fiji, Tahiti, PNG, Bahamas, Honduras, St. Vincent, Belize, Columbia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	Up at 500 lbs. or 1 hour. Small groups could be more flexible. Most dives were over an hour
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Built in designated camera rinse tanks, Huge temp controlled camera room. Bungalow has 2 desk/workstations with many plugs. Guides are used to handling big camera systems.

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Dive Review of Maluku Divers in Indonesia/Ambon

Maluku Divers, Sep, 2010,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Maluku Divers in
Indonesia/Ambon