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Aqua Marine Diving/several options, Mar, 2005, by Sally Schroeder, Fla, USA . Report 1659.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Great muck diving area, simple walk in with flat black sand, no surges, no rocks to climb over ( I do not do shore dives! but this was easy). Very fine black silt so need to be really careful not to fin the bottom. This is a very quiet back lagoon with a large tidal change. Follow the dive guides recommendations as to when the tides are best for diving. Otherwise the vis went to near zip. Currents were never an issue here. Aqua Marine Diving set me up with my own driver, van w/airco and reading library of diving magazines & books, my own excellent dive guide & tanks & weights. We went where ever I wished for 4 dives daily, more could have been done... I had picked Secret Bay for the great muck critters which we found in abundance. Frogfish, lots of different colors of sea horses, many fingered dragonettes, flatheads, snake eels, grassflats critters all in green colors, razorfish, juvenile pennant batfish, 8-10 variety of eels, lots of sea lettuce critters, sea hares, pipefish,...etc My guide was great, patient about hunting for hard to see critters and always finding interesting photo subjects. Cost were VERY reasonable for the diving/driving/accom/some meals. With accomadations nearby a couple of choices all are simple, "relatively "clean and 5 minutes drive from the dive site. The only choice of on site accom. was really grim-you don't wish to stay there-even the grubbiest backpacker would give this one a miss. We are talking about 1* places as OK. Its a remote area. If you need 3-4* its a 40-50 minute drive away. Only down side would be piling into a car to wash camera at the hotel. Not an issue but also not convenient.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	8 trips to Indonesia, 15 locales in the Caribbean, Red Sea , Thailand, Malaysia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	68-72°F / 20-22°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	10-40 Ft/ 3-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	muck diving so the max at this location was 30 feet & less. My dives were 70-80 minutes always
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
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
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Concrete area next to black sand walk in entry point. Overhead showers for rinsing off you & gear, picnic table sort of gear up area. No facilities for camera stuff, just benches and a shade tree or tow. No wash area specifically for your camera. Bring your own plastic bin.

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Dive Review of Aqua Marine Diving/several options in Indonesia/Bali specifically Secret Bay

Aqua Marine Diving/several options, Mar, 2005,

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 Aqua Marine Diving/several options in
Indonesia/Bali specifically Secret Bay