Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort/Walatobi in
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Wakatobi Dive Resort/Walatobi: "Good Macro disappointing on anything else", Nov, 2022, by Peter Neubauer, CA, US ( Contributor 15 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 12197 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
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	This was a bucket list trip and overall I was a bit disappointed. If you are a macro aficionado you will probably enjoy but other than a few turtles that were pretty skittish I did not see any fish life bigger than a foot or a meter long. We heard evidence of dynamite fishing, on one afternoon dive as soon as we submerged we heard a very loud bang, I honestly thought the boat had exploded. As soon as we surfaced our dive guide confirmed the dynamite fishing. The resort does a good job of protecting certain areas but outside of those areas?? Which is why I believe the overall fish life was so limited. Very sad it hurts my soul as a diver to see this! One dive site had lots of dead coral which when I mentioned to our guide she acted surprised until I showed her the video. Perhaps no surprise as great as she was at pointing out the real small stuff with her head so close into the reef was she missing the big picture? I would like to support this resort because without the visiting divers I would hate to see what the health of the reefs would look like. Overall I was disappointed with the marine life unless you are totally into macro. I spoke with several guests that had been here before and they confirmed the health of the marine life is in decline.
Websites	Wakatobi Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, Galapagos, Palau, Red Sea, Fiji, Maldives, BVI, Cayman Islands - (Grand, Brac and Little), Cozumel, Tulum, Honduras, Florida Keys, Mexico - Sea of Cortez and Pacific, All the California Channel Islands, Hawaii, Bahamas, Okinawa Japan and lots of San Diego - So Cal diving !!!
Closest Airport	Denpasar	Getting There	Korea to Bali then a 2 hour flight to Wakatobi
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Flow your guide which was fine 70 minute max on dive time.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Again if you are a macro photographer you will enjoy but anything else was super limited that's why my 2 star rating.

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort/Walatobi in Indonesia/South East Sulawesi

Wakatobi Dive Resort/Walatobi: "Good Macro disappointing on anything else", Nov, 2022,

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

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort/Walatobi in
Indonesia/South East Sulawesi