Dive Review of Wakatobi in
Indonesia/Tukang Besi Archipelago

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Wakatobi, May, 2009, by Carmel Hansen, CA, USA ( Contributor 15 reports). Report 5091.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Since this is a secluded island, guest are flown in and out large groups from Bali on designated days for 7 or 11 day trips. It is an all inclusive resort with a choice of ocean front or garden bungalows or villas with private swimming pool. The food is very good with a nice combination of Indonesian, Japanese and Western cuisine. The dive operation is very regimented and no gloves are allowed. Everyone is assigned to a dive boat and only dives from that boat or shore dives at the house reef. Each boat only gets 2 night dives and 2 distant dives during an 11 day trip. Nitrox is available for a fee. Water taxis are also provided for house reef dives. Each person is given a box for their dive gears which stays of the boat, unless the boat has to go to the village. Then it is stored at the shed. We have to wash our own gear but porters will carry your gear if you ask. Gloves are not allowed and they are very strict about how close you approach the reef. This is very difficult for macro photographers. The sandy areas and sea grass are also treated like coral. The reef is the healthiest I have ever seen with extremely large sponges and huge sea fans(5-6 feet. The fish are used to people and even normally shy spadefish will approach divers and stare at us only 1-2 feet from our face
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	California, Palau, Bonaire, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Florida, British Columbia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	70 min dive limit with 10 min safety stop no gloves only a maximum of 5 shots(sometime only 2) on pygmy seahorses
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	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	Large camera table on board. Nice camera room with battery charging stations and work benches. Large dedicated rinse area for cameras. Some but not all dive guides point out tiny almost microscopic size animals. Most guides are very protective of the reef, sea grass and sandy areas.

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Dive Review of Wakatobi in Indonesia/Tukang Besi Archipelago

Wakatobi, May, 2009,

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Dive Review of Wakatobi in
Indonesia/Tukang Besi Archipelago