Dive Review of Dive into Ambon in
Indonesia/Ambon

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Dive into Ambon: "Go for the Muck Diving!", Oct, 2017, by Lisa C. Evans, CO, US ( Sr. Contributor 24 reports with 11 Helpful votes). Report 9905 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	This was an add-on to a liveaboard trip. We chose Dive into Ambon because they are located between Ambon Bay and the eastern side of the island, providing access to both ocean coast diving and muck diving in the bay. The resort was very pleasant and pretty. Rooms were comfortable (beds were great!) and the owner/managers, Kaj and Barb, were very accomodating, flexible and service-oriented. Food was okay - breakfast was cold but eggs were good; lunches were on the boat and dinner was good Indonesian food. We were there for 4.5 days of diving. After one day on the ocean side, part of our group (me included) chose to dive the bay and muck sites the rest of the time. Ocean dives were so-so; muck dives were amazing! There is one muck site (white sand) relatively near the resort - that was great. Transit times were long - for Ambon Bay, it's 10-15 minutes by van, then 45 minutes by boat. It made for long days - a 4-dive day involved leaving at 9am and returning about 9pm. Dives on the ocean side were also 35-45 minutes away by boat. There are 2 8-person boats - one in each location. That would seem to limit the diving in each place, but it worked out fine for us - we got to dive muck all the days we wanted to. Muck diving was amazing! The north side of the bay was standard muck, including a night dive at Twilight Zone that went from sand to trash dump to coral bommies - the most amazing collection of critters! The small jetty held 7 species of eels. South side was also great, with more coral and lacy Rhinopias! Dives were not limited by time, which meant that most of them lasted around 75 minutes for the easy-breathers.
Websites	Dive into Ambon
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 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, etc
Closest Airport	Ambon	Getting There	We arrived via liveaboard. Easy domestic flights - flew to Jakarta nonstop from Ambon.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-100 Ft/ 6-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Great camera room - well lit, plenty of room, very comfortable and functional. On the day boats, cameras in plastic tubs, which was fine. Tables in the cabin provided a work space to change batteries - we used our towels on the table.

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Dive Review of Dive into Ambon in Indonesia/Ambon

Dive into Ambon: "Go for the Muck Diving!", Oct, 2017,

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Dive Review of Dive into Ambon in
Indonesia/Ambon