Dive Review of Diving4Images in
Indonesia/Bali, Komodo

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Diving4Images, Jun, 2003, by Jon Bertsch/Rosemary Chengson, CA, USA . Report 536.
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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
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Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	We did a few day dives in Bali and then a ten day cruise on the Pelagian with Graham from Diving4Images. Excellent guide with a talent for spotting hard to find subjects. Tell him what you want to find and he'll go looking or tell you where to try. Diving was mostly black sand/muck diving. In Bali did some day dives near Padang Bai, lots of critters but the reef is nothing special. On the cruise travelled from Bali through Sumbawa to Komodo. Four dives a day including a night dive every night. Critter diving was excellent. We saw just about everything. New nudibranchs on almost every dive. Hunting cuttlefish, octopus (including blue-ringed), squid. Wasp fish, Pegasus sea moths, stargazers, Inimicus, Rhinopias, frog fish, eels, snakes, turtles, sharks, manta, two pygmy seahorse species. A huge variety of crustaceans. Did a couple of dives in new spots around Rinca and saw sharks and some large marble rays. Didn't see large schools of fish in general but around Komodo and Rinca there where some big grouper, travallies, Napolean Wrasses, barracuda and schools of jacks. Water temp in Komodo area was 73-79F and you really needed a 7mm suit with a hood to be comfortable. The rest of the time it was low 80's and 3mm was fine. Currents and viz were variable. In Horseshoe Bay (Rinca) viz was around 20-30 ft with lots of junk in the water. Around other sites viz was up to 100ft, but mostly in the 30-40ft range. All in all an excellent cruise and a great time diving in Bali. If you are going to Bali and want a guide for the area I highly recommend Graham. If you want to go on a cruise he does charters on the Pelagain and other boats. This was Graham's first on the Pelagian and it was superb. We can't wait to go back
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia (Bali, N. and S. Sulawesi), California, Honduras, Bonaire, Sea of Cortez
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	73-84°F / 23-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	20-100 Ft/ 6-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Come back with some air
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	On the Pelagian there's a camera room with 120/240 outlets. Good amount of room for cameras, on-board developing if required. Large rinse tanks. Crew was carfeful with equipment.

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Dive Review of Diving4Images in Indonesia/Bali, Komodo

Diving4Images, Jun, 2003,

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Dive Review of Diving4Images in
Indonesia/Bali, Komodo