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Wakatobi -- Pelagian, Jul, 2011, by David E Reubush, VA, US ( Top Contributor 68 reports with 35 Helpful votes). Report 6219.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This was our second trip to Wakatobi/Pelagian. We spent 2 weeks on the Pelagian in December, 2007. The Pelagian was all that the Wakatobi advertising leads you to expect. The operation is well organized. The people are very customer service oriented. The cabins (even the cheap ones) are comfortable. The food is very good. The tenders get you to the dive sites quickly. Most sites were within about 10 minutes of the boat, although we did go out to one site that was about 20 minutes away. The only downside at this point is that the reefs are not as healthy and the fish life not as prolific as our previous trip. There was lots of dead coral and sand where there used to be healthy reefs. The sites that used to have clouds of anthias at the top of the reef now had just a few or none at all. Also, there were some great muck sites we visited in 2007 that we were not allowed to visit on this trip. It seems that commercial activity has picked up in the bay where the muck sites are located (Which is great for the local economy.) so that there is too much boat traffic to allow diving there. That said, the rest of the folks on the boat really liked it as none of them had been there before and did not have the high level of expectations that we did.
Websites	Wakatobi -- Pelagian
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Belize, Bimini, Bonaire, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Curacao, Dominica, Dumaguete, Galapagos, Indonesia, Puerto Galera, Red Sea, Roatan, Turks & Caicos, Virgin Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	80-81°F / 27-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives limited to slightly over 70 minutes.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Good sized camera room with plenty of power outlets for recharging batteries. 2 dedicated camera rinse tanks (1 for each of the 2 tenders.) on the deck. Crew handled cameras very carefully.

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Dive Review of Wakatobi -- Pelagian in Indonesia/Wakatobi/Pelagian

Wakatobi -- Pelagian, Jul, 2011,

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Dive Review of Wakatobi -- Pelagian in
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