Dive Review of Pindito in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Pindito: "Return to Indonesia to Dive the Pindito in Raja Ampat", Jan, 2023, by Jeanette Hartshorn, MO, US ( Contributor 19 reports with 17 Helpful votes). Report 12770.
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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 dived on the Pindito thru the Banda Sea about 8yrs prior to this trip and had some of the best diving of our lives, by far. The crew was helpful and engaging, dive sites spectacular- some of them were even exploratory - and the weather couldn’t have been more perfect. Of course we had hoped for another fantastic trip. We planned on diving Raja Ampat on the Pindito in April of 2021 but we all knew what happened in the world at that time. So once countries opened up and flights across Indonesia resumed we finally made it to Raja Ampat in January 2023. We made it there just fine, albeit jet lagged as expected. Stayed a couple of nights in Jakarta before catching the red-eye flight to Sorong (no choice there) but still jet lagged. We were picked up promptly by the Pindito crew at the airport early in the morning in Sorong and taken to the ship to get checked into our cabins so we could rest and relax. They also offered a light breakfast for us, while other guests were arriving from other locations. They gave safety briefings, including fire, to us when they took us to our cabins and insisted that we do all battery charging in the salon so that it could be monitored. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Pindito
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Bimini, Grand Turk, Florida, Atlantic, Mexico, Cayman Islands, Belize, Roatan, Utila, Dominica, Saba, St Maarten, St Kitts, Indonesia, Maldives, Hawaii, Palmyra Atoll, Cocos Island, Galapagos
Closest Airport	Sorong, West Papua	Getting There	From either Jakarta or Bali to Sorong
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-40 Ft/ 8-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No deco
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	dedicated space for UW camera systems and charging ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Pindito in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Pindito: "Return to Indonesia to Dive the Pindito in Raja Ampat", Jan, 2023,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Pindito in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat