Dive Review of Kararu Tours on Sea Safari III in
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Kararu Tours on Sea Safari III, Aug, 2005, by Bill Lord Butcher, ca, US . Report 1936.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	Described as perhaps the best diving in the world in Undercurrent a couple of years ago, and it may have been then, this was a major disappointment. The dive planning was dreadful, with fixed times for an area with heavy currents--meaning that instead of planning the dives to the times when dive sites should be visited they were 7:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 2:30 PM and 6 PM REGARDLESS OF WHEN the sites were at their best or, in some cases, even diveable. One dive was near live threatening in current, my buddy and I aborted that one and three others as just being miserable. The sites themselves, on the days and times when the conditions happened to meet the fixed dive times, ranged from poor to good, but never great. The boat itself was in poor condition, with heads and water pipes breaking in staterooms and elsewhere regularly, including the engine which needed parts and tools flown in and caused an day long wait. The dive master said the company has ten boats and saves money my having one set of tools to share among them--an interesting plan when the boat is as much as three days travel time from the parts! Perhaps the worst was anchoring in a raging current with three large rocks close and directly behind the boat in the middle of a wide channel. Had the anchor failed the boat would still be on those rocks without doubt...and the anchor did fail the very next day, luckily in a place where it was safe to lose the anchor. The food was near tasteless. My wife went to the galley to try and cook something tasty and had some success for two meals (and the galley staff welcomed her and helped her,) but she said it was dirty and she was uncomfortable cooking in it. At least one passenger reported being ill from what she was certain was spoiled food. It is the only live aboard I have been on that had no fruit, snacks, or anything else other than coffee and tea available 24/7. Lindsay the dive master and his wife were nice but seemed very inexperieced and either locked into a company policy on dive times and sites or in over their heads or both. Three day dives was the limit, which is enough for me but several passengers commented and I agree that four could have easily been planned. At no time were we anywhere near decompression limits on our computers. The one good thing was the very experieced and lovely people who shared the trip, the best group with whom I have ever shared a trip. Not one of whom spoke of anything but disappointment in the trip, boat and dive planning. The good part of the complaints is that this well educated and experieced group articulated their gripes in creative and colorful words and stories!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Been everywhere, over 1500 dives worldwide, certified 1976 been active diver ever since.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	23-32°C / 73-90°F	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	10-100 Ft/ 3-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Only no diving afer drinking
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Kararu Tours on Sea Safari III in Indonesia/Komodo Islands

Kararu Tours on Sea Safari III, Aug, 2005,

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Dive Review of Kararu Tours on Sea Safari III in
Indonesia/Komodo Islands