Dive Review of Maluku Divers in
Indonesia/Ambon

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Maluku Divers: "Best Muck diving in the world", Nov, 2017, by Dan Benson, WA, US ( Sr. Contributor 24 reports with 14 Helpful votes). Report 9976 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
Overall Rating
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Comments	Much has been written about the muck diving at the Lembeh straits. However, in my opinion the muck diving at Ambon is even better! The dive guides at Maluku diving are outstanding at finding the small stuff, and will impress you with their ability to find the crazy stuff with ease. It's hard to list the large number of very rare things we saw in such a short time. Three different colors of rhinopias: yellow, purple and orange. A psychedelic frog fish. More leaf scorpion fish than you can imagine, flamboyant cuttlefish and so much more. While Indonesians have decimated their marine heritage by over fishing, they haven't gotten to this gem yet. The ocean front bungalows are nice. The garden rooms are lacking. Spring for the ocean front ones. Food is good. The dive shop is very good, and the camera room is outstanding. The landscaping doesn't live up to its potential. The grounds are basic. You have to walk over a stretch of dirt to get from the dive jetty to the dive shop. And there is bare dirt in some area of the dive equipment area. A load of gravel would help immensely. Oh, and the mosquitoes. Yes. There are mosquitoes. But the resort works hard to keep them under control. You get bug juice with every room. Be smart and use it. Diving is from small boats. The ride to the dive sites are short and easy. I heartily recommend this operation.
Websites	Maluku Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia (6 times), Philippines, Red Sea, Hawaii, West Coast U.S., Bahamas, Cuba, Caymans, Bonaire, Curacao, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Maldives, Yap, Palau
Closest Airport	Ambon	Getting There	Some flights go through Jakarta, the worst big airport in the world.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	no currents
Water Temp	86-86°F / 30-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Be adult.
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		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	Great camera room. No rinse tank on boat but cameras are placed in a neat bag for transportation to/from the dive site.

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Dive Review of Maluku Divers in Indonesia/Ambon

Maluku Divers: "Best Muck diving in the world", Nov, 2017,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Maluku Divers in
Indonesia/Ambon