Dive Review of Ankermi Happy Dive in
Indonesia/Maumere bay,Flores, Indonesia

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Ankermi Happy Dive: "Budget diving at Maumere bay, Flores, Indonesia", Oct, 2018, by Andrew Falconer , Bunbury, AU ( Top Contributor 51 reports with 29 Helpful votes). Report 10587 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	IAfter a weeks diving in Alor (see separate report), I flew via Kupang to Maumere on Flores. I was met at the airport and taken to the dive resort, which is about 30km around the bay from Maumere. I had been here two years ago in February (the middle of the wet season), when it is impossible to dive but I liked the resort, and decided to give it another at a better time of the year. It is very chilled, run by a Swiss lady and her Indonesian husband who are both divers. There is a choice of cottages, sea view, garden view AC and fan. The food is excellent. The staff locals, INCLUDING the dive boat which is a local fisherman’s. I learnt quickly to use earplugs when the boats diesel motor was running! You can do shore dives very close to the resort (muck) or boat dives to the islands in the bay (about 1 hour away). I did both. I was not disappointed with either, in fact they both exceeded my expectations. I did 8 boat dives and 4 shore dives over six days. The corals and reef fishes on the boat dives were very good, with walls and deep drop offs. For once there were larger fish both pelagic and reef, including sharks on almost every dive (unlike Alor). Lunch was provided and was quite ok (unlike Alor). The muck dives included a Japanese WW2 wreck, and I saw some critters that I had never seen before, including ornate ghost pipefish, a two spot goby, as well as lots of frog fish, scorpion fish and crustaceans. It seems that not many divers come here (unlike Komodo which is now overrun with dive shops: 45 I am told). On occasion I was the only diver (like in Alor) but mostly there were two or three others, which was fine. Total cost of diving and accommodation (excludes air fares) was $AUD800
Websites	Ankermi Happy Dive
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vanuatu, South Africa, Iceland, Scotland, Norway, Cuba, Maldives, Chuuk, Galapagos, Phillipines, Sri Lanka, France, Colombia
Closest Airport	Maumere	Getting There	Direct flights from Bali and Kupang
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	26-28°C / 79-82°F	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	15-35 M / 49-115 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Ankermi Happy Dive in Indonesia/Maumere bay,Flores, Indonesia

Ankermi Happy Dive: "Budget diving at Maumere bay, Flores, Indonesia", Oct, 2018,

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

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Dive Review of Ankermi Happy Dive in
Indonesia/Maumere bay,Flores, Indonesia