Dive Review of
Peter Hughes - Komodo Dancer in
Indonesia/Bali/Komodo

Wakatobi, Fiji, Palau, Baja, Seychelles, Belize, Cayman, Domonica,
Bonnaire, St. Martin, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Cozumel, Akumel

Dive Conditions

Time limits of 1 hr were specified. Diving within your certification limits
was the expectation.  

[None]  

Overall Rating

Komodo Dancer crew was very good. Attentive to diver's needs. Food was
variable and plentiful. Briefings were held for every dive, even repeat
dives on the same sites. DMs were in the water for every dive. Diving was
from tenders which were easy to board & exit. We didn't spend enough
time in southern Komodo in my opinion. Stronger currents and cooler water
promoted greater diversity. Northern Komodo biodiversity was very good as
well - plenty of small reef fish, hard & soft corals, nudis, ghost
pipefish, pigmy seahorses, octopus & cuttlefish, as well as some larger
fish - Napoleon wrasses, bumphead parrots, and a number of sharks. Some
dynamite fishing in the area was audible (underwater) and some reef damage
was evident, but it was not devastating.  Ran aground on the last day
coming in to port. Had to be towed off the sandbar/reef by a tugboat from
Bali. No injuries or loss of equipment and the crew handled the situation
very professionally. Got us off the boat & into hotel rooms for the
last evening rather than staying onboard in port as per the itinerary.
Probably a good decision in light of potential repairs the boat may have
needed.  One person in the group had trouble in Guam. Continental gate
agent wouldn't let him board, said he didn't have enough blank pages in his
passport to enter Indo. He eventually made it and P. Hughes staff helped w/
arrangements so we could pick him up along the way (in Komodo.)     

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