Dive Review of Peter Hughes - Komodo Dancer in
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Peter Hughes - Komodo Dancer, Sep, 2004, by Curt Andrus, TX, USA . Report 1953.
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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
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Komodo Dancer crew was very good. Attentive to diver's needs. Food was variable and plentiful. Briefings were held for every dive, even repeat dives on the same sites. DMs were in the water for every dive. Diving was from tenders which were easy to board & exit. We didn't spend enough time in southern Komodo in my opinion. Stronger currents and cooler water promoted greater diversity. Northern Komodo biodiversity was very good as well - plenty of small reef fish, hard & soft corals, nudis, ghost pipefish, pigmy seahorses, octopus & cuttlefish, as well as some larger fish - Napoleon wrasses, bumphead parrots, and a number of sharks. Some dynamite fishing in the area was audible (underwater) and some reef damage was evident, but it was not devastating. Ran aground on the last day coming in to port. Had to be towed off the sandbar/reef by a tugboat from Bali. No injuries or loss of equipment and the crew handled the situation very professionally. Got us off the boat & into hotel rooms for the last evening rather than staying onboard in port as per the itinerary. Probably a good decision in light of potential repairs the boat may have needed. One person in the group had trouble in Guam. Continental gate agent wouldn't let him board, said he didn't have enough blank pages in his passport to enter Indo. He eventually made it and P. Hughes staff helped w/ arrangements so we could pick him up along the way (in Komodo.)
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Wakatobi, Fiji, Palau, Baja, Seychelles, Belize, Cayman, Domonica, Bonnaire, St. Martin, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Cozumel, Akumel
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents, noCurrents
Water Temp	74-80°F / 23-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-80 Ft/ 6-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Time limits of 1 hr were specified. Diving within your certification limits was the expectation.
Liveaboard?	yes	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	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 Peter Hughes - Komodo Dancer in Indonesia/Bali/Komodo

Peter Hughes - Komodo Dancer, Sep, 2004,

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Dive Review of Peter Hughes - Komodo Dancer in
Indonesia/Bali/Komodo