Dive Review of Alami Alor in
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Alami Alor: "Amazing Diving and a Beautiful Resort", Nov, 2019, by Lisa C. Evans, CO, US ( Sr. Contributor 24 reports with 11 Helpful votes). Report 11707 has 3 Helpful votes.
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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
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Comments	What a beautiful resort, in a quite remote area. It's a 50 minute ride from the airport, which is quite small. On a long bay. About half the dives are muck dives - black volcanic sand or brown sand and bommies (house reef.) Incredible sea life and healthy corals. Package included 3 boat dives a day and unlimited house reef diving. We did boat dives 2 morning, 1 afternoon or 2 morning and 1 night. House reef for the 4th dive of the day. It was worth it to dive it repeatedly - an especially great night dive. Other sites varied a lot - from sloping reefs with large numbers of fish, to piers, muck dives - lots of variety. Currents were moderate to mild, except going to the Pantar Strait, which had strong currents. Off-gas day was spent snorkeling with mola-mola, which was also incredible. The resort was very comfortable, with interesting and delicious food, very nice staff and good divemasters. Great camera room. Everything was laid out very nicely.
Websites	Alami Alor
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	GBR, Philippines x 5, Raja Ampat x 3, Komodo, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Lembeh, Caribbean, Bali, Palau, Yap, Red Sea, Maldives, Ambon, Sulawesi, etc
Closest Airport	Alor	Getting There	Flight from Jakarta requires an overnight in Kupang. I flew from Ambon.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	79-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

Report currently has 3 Helpful votes

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By Graham McGregor in Kilmacolm, GB at Oct 26, 2021 14:49 EST

Did you encounter any pelagics? Sharks, rays, mantas?

By Michael Wood in WA, US at Nov 22, 2021 00:17 EST

I was there in 2018 and encountered Hammerheads and Mola-Molas. No mantas or whale sharks, as luck would have it. Coral reefs are unbelievably pristine, rich, fishy. Photographers paradise.

By Graham McGregor in Kilmacolm, GB at Nov 29, 2021 12:48 EST

Michael What time year did you visit?

By Michael Wood in WA, US at Nov 29, 2021 12:54 EST

April, 2018. Scheduled to go back next June, 2023 if their area opens up to tourists by then.

By report author: Lisa C. Evans in CO, US at Nov 29, 2021 20:58 EST

There were large schools of large fish on several dives, and sharks in current alley. The mola mola encounters were snorkeling on our off-gas day and were truly incredible.

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Dive Review of Alami Alor in Indonesia/Alor

Alami Alor: "Amazing Diving and a Beautiful Resort", Nov, 2019,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Alami Alor in
Indonesia/Alor