Dive Review of Arenui in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat N/A]

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Arenui: "Diving Raja Ampat from the MV Arenui", Jan, 2015, by Roberta Finke, NY, US ( 2 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 8607 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	The crew was MARVELOUS. Love them all. The diving was DIVINE. Many of everything. The cabins good. The lounge-dining area-photographic area NOT GOOD. There is no dedicated camera area on this boat. No air conditioning in the lounge cum dining area cum camera area. Dingies left divers outside the port side of Arenui after dives and dives walked soaking wet through the Loung-dining area-camera area to get to the deck to take off wet suits, etc. Crew was constantly mopping up the pools of sea water. Large top deck offered some protection from sun. Lunch and dinner time (when we could not eat on top deck because of weather or crossing) in the lounge-dining area-camera room was VERY uncomfortably HOT. There was talk of maybe installing AC in future. All they had was inadequate fans.
Websites	Arenui
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	all over Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Caribbean]
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	NYC-Vancouver-Singapore-Manado-Sorong 2 days not counting stop-overs. travel
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	no strict limits, best viewing was not deeper than 100' (pygmy sea horses- many and varied)- Dives were 75 minutes long.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	see above. If there had been more than the number of UW photographers we had, it would have been a problem....not enought space for cameras and setting up, charging, etc.

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Dive Review of Arenui in Indonesia/Raja Ampat N/A]

Arenui: "Diving Raja Ampat from the MV Arenui", Jan, 2015,

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

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Arenui in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat N/A]