Dive Review of Blue Manta in
Indonesia/Banda Sea

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Blue Manta: "Blue Manta from Ambon to the Forgotten Islands and back.", Nov, 2022, by carol risdall, SD, US ( 2 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 12184 has 2 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
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Comments	This was a trip originally scheduled through Marin Dive Center California for November 2020 and was rebooked once travel to Indonesia opening up. I flew to Jakarta from Rapid City, South Dakota and spent 2 days touring Jakarta before taking off to Ambon on a Garuda midnight flight to land around 7AM in Ambon. I had a very pleasant stay at Spice Island Resort and dived with them for 3 days before getting onto the Blue Manta October 29. As we got on the ship we had to show a photo of the results of a home covid test taken within 12 hours of getting aboard. We were all negative. After we settled in, fire safety and emergency escape options were thoroughly explained by Egoi, our cruise director. We had a group of 15 divers- 4 couples and 7 singles. There were 21 crew members including Egoi Benitez the cruise director who greeted us each morning on the intercom with soft music and a wakey wakey call, and PJ Widestrand the boat's videographer. There had been some last minute cancellations in our group which allowed all the singles to have their own rooms. As it were the cabins were a spacious with two beds, its own bathroom with shower and a desk and plenty of storage space. Our check out dive was the Laha dive area in Ambon. It was a preview of some of the unpredictable currents experienced diving around the Indonsian Ring of Fire.. It was muck diving but fu ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Blue Manta
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Cayman Islands, Bonaire, Cozumel, Socorros, Cocos Island, St Lucia, Komodo, Raja Ampat, PNG, Fiji, Philippines, Palau, Hawaii, Texas Oil Rigs, Minnesota and South Dakota lakes, California coast, Florida springs, Solomons, Vanuatu, Virgin Islands, Key Largo
Closest Airport	Ambon	Getting There	Jakarta to Ambon with stop over Makassar, Sulawesi. I flew Rapid City to Denver to Newark to Narita to Jakarta. Most of the in my group flew from California or Seattle to Singapore.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	78-88°F / 26-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-100 Ft/ 15-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minute dives, monitor your depths, no decompression dives, 3 minute safety stops
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The camera room was roomy with at least 10 individual stations equipped with ample charging, a light and storage under counter. of each station. Only four of us used the camera room, in addition ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Blue Manta in Indonesia/Banda Sea

Blue Manta: "Blue Manta from Ambon to the Forgotten Islands and back.", Nov, 2022,

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Dive Review of Blue Manta in
Indonesia/Banda Sea