Dive Review of Grand Komodo -- TemuKira in
Indonesia/Maluku Sea

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Grand Komodo -- TemuKira, Oct, 2009, by Michael J Millet, CA, USA ( Top Contributor 96 reports with 59 Helpful votes). Report 5272.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The Temukira is not a luxury live-aboard, but it is very comfortable with excellent diving, a helpful, friendly crew and very good food. All the diving is done from a hard inflatable. This was fine since we only had 5 divers. The boat can take 12 divers so with one skiff, 2 trips to the dive sites would be necessary and the dive deck would be a bit congested. The dive guides, Weku and Noak, were extremely knowledgeable concerning the dive sites and the marine life. They were also very accommodating in attempting to find certain critters that some divers (like me) wanted to photograph. I photographed about 40 different species of nudibranchs; several species of pipefish, crabs, shrimp. We did a 10 day trip from Ternate down to Bacan Island and back. We dived a variety of sites -- walls, coral gardens, sandy bottom and muck. There are 3 day dives and a night dive. So you better like night dives in order to get all the dives in. Actually, the night dives were excellent experiencing a lot of marine life not observed during the day. The boat does not offer nitrox. Nitrox would be a good idea since on several dives we were hanging around 75'-90' for several minutes. The only real repetition of sites was the muck dives at Bacan Island. There is great wall at the south end of the island that offers a better experience. The crew was great--helpful, friendly, smiling. Just great to be with. My dive bag got torn pretty badly on the journey from Manado, but the crew both sewed and hot glued it. It's better than new. They also repaired another diver's strobe arm. No hassle; no worries. The food was mostly "mild" Indonesian and was delicious. Lots of fruit and great desserts. The only alcohol on board was the local Bitang beer, which gets old fast. Buy a bottle of your favorite libation at the duty free while in Singapore to bring on the trip. I really thoroughly enjoyed my dive experience on the Temukira and would definitely recommend it.
Websites	Grand Komodo -- TemuKira
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Palau, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, GBR, Galapagos, Vanuatu, Hawaii, All over the Caribbean.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with the dive guide.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	Lots of photo ops for both macro and wide-angle. The boat had dedicated camera rinse tanks, a large camera table with compressed air and charging stations. The dive guides were superb at finding unusual critters to photograph. They also knew the taxonomy of most of the creatures.

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Dive Review of Grand Komodo -- TemuKira in Indonesia/Maluku Sea

Grand Komodo -- TemuKira, Oct, 2009,

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Dive Review of Grand Komodo -- TemuKira in
Indonesia/Maluku Sea