Dive Review of Pindito in
Indonesia/Misool, Fakfak, & Triton Bay

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Pindito: "Widespread Bleaching - But good fish life", Mar, 2025, by David Marchese, PA, US ( Sr. Contributor 22 reports with 32 Helpful votes). Report 13341 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
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Comments	We started this trip in Misool, traveled south to Fakfak, and ended in Triton Bay. We have been to Misool twice before. What was once pristine and colorful was dull and highly stressed. I shoot mainly WA, and on prior trips (including one just 13 months ago), I shot 100s of frames of beautiful reefs. I honestly came home from this trip without out a single great reef shot from the Misool area. The coral wasn't dead, nor was there widespread bleaching (as there was in Fakfak), but it was just highly stressed and brown. Fortunately, the fish density was still pretty good. After 3 - 4 days diving the M ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Pindito
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caymans, Turks & Caicos, Bay Islands, Bahamas, Fiji, Saba, Dominica, Bonaire, Maldives, California, Revillagigedo, Cozumel, Midway, Kona, Galapagos, Panama, Palau, Tahiti, Cocos, Malpelo, Tonga, PNG, Komodo, Sulawesi, Holbox, Solomon Islands, Belize, Komodo, Raja Ampat, Wakitobi, Alor, Marquesas, GBR
Closest Airport	Sorong & Kaimana	Getting There	Via Jakarta
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	85-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	15-75 Ft/ 5-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minutes per dive and no deco
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	> 2
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
UW Photo Comments	This voyage was quite challenging for photography because of the poor coral health at Misool and Fakfak, and the low visi ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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By Donald Brown in WA, US at Mar 31, 2025 17:49 EST

Wow, sounds a lot like my trip in Halmahera and Misool at the same time.

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Dive Review of Pindito in Indonesia/Misool, Fakfak, & Triton Bay

Pindito: "Widespread Bleaching - But good fish life", Mar, 2025,

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Dive Review of Pindito in
Indonesia/Misool, Fakfak, & Triton Bay