Dive Review of White Manta in
Indonesia/Sangalaki

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White Manta: "A week off Borneo", Jul, 2022, by Richard Blackburn, GA, US ( Contributor 13 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 11983 has 1 Helpful vote.
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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
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Comments	The boat was a floating hotel. Rooms were spacious. Beds were comfortable. They made the beds while you were diving. En suite bathrooms were large and included sink, toilet, & large shower. Food was plentiful, delicious and satisfying. The Crew was amazing and helped you whatever you were doing. Diving -- There were a total of 15 dives available to do this trip based on conditions. I did 14 (skipped the night dive). We hit 10 different sites. We did multiple dive at "The Channel/Big Fish Country" as it is a ripping current dive where you see big things (sharks, eagle rays, and schools of barracudas to name a few). The dive masters were excited to show us all the small things too. Tons of Nudis, turtles almost every dive, tiny shrimp and crabs I'm not sure how they ever saw them to point out! We even got to snorkel an inland lake with TONS of jellyfish. That was incredible. We did a dive on a fishing platform where whale sharks gather to eat the cast off from the fishing nets. Other teams saw the whale sharks, we didn't get to see them though :(
Websites	White Manta
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	USVI, FL, GA, TN, AL, MO, Japan, CA, Mexico (Yucatan), Bahamas, Bonaire, Roatan, Baja California, Bali, Komodo
Closest Airport	Kalimarau Airport	Getting There	It took 3 flights and an overnight layover to get there from Singapore. Boat supplies round trip transfers from airport
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	There was a dive master in the water with each group of 4 divers. "Stay above/behind your DM"
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	An entire room dedicated to cameras. Individual "cubes" with multiple plugs and USB ports.

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Dive Review of White Manta in Indonesia/Sangalaki

White Manta: "A week off Borneo", Jul, 2022,

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Dive Review of White Manta in
Indonesia/Sangalaki