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Siladen Resort Full report

Bunaken

Siladen Resort and Spa is in Bunaken Marine Park making it very convenient for diving the Park. The reefs are the healthiest I've... Full report

9/2005

Joe Puglia
250+ Dives

Lembeh Resort Full report

Lembeh Strait

Well run dive resort with an excellent dive staff. DIvemasters know where and how to find the rare critters. Frogfish and ghost pi... Full report

10/2004

Jerry Tuttle
1000+ Dives

Wakatobi Dive Resort Full report

Southeast Sulawesi

For anyone wanting to "get away from it all", Wakatobi is a great place to go. It is (to us), a diver's paradise with wonderful ac... Full report

7/2005

Marc & Maureen Duggan
<100 Dives

Murex Divers/ Lembeh Resort Full report

Lembeh Straits

This is a top- notch operation both above and below the water. The cottages are beautiful with a fabulous view of the Straits. All... Full report

5/2005

Janet Czapski
500+ Dives

Dive Asia Pacific M/Y Pelagian Full report

Raja Ampat

This area is touted as being the bed of marine biodiversity. We enjoyed our diving in the Raja area but found it not living up to... Full report

4/2005

Janet Czapski
500+ Dives

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Karuru Full report

Lomboc, Komodo, Flores

The Sea Safari III is an older, wooden boat 115' long and 30' wide. It is very stable and cruises at a leisurely 7 knots. This ma... Full report

9/2004

Daniel O. Benson
500+ Dives

Kungkungan Bay Resort Full report

Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi

Kungkungan Bay Resort This excellent resort and dive operation will fulfill the critter dreams of most divers. The rooms are sp... Full report

5/2005

Fred Turoff
500+ Dives

Komogo Dancer Full report

Bali

The crew was excellent! The food was very good. . . . some of it not really my thing but it was all good. I was introduced to several ... Full report

3/2005

Joe Mihm
250+ Dives

Diving 4 Images/ Assorted on North Coast Full report

North Bali

Put your hands in the hands of the experts and get 12 days of diving and spa treats for under the cost of a live aboard. I tell ... Full report

8/2005

Lorne
100+ Dives

Peter Hughes - Komodo Dancer Full report

Bali/Komodo

Komodo Dancer crew was very good. Attentive to diver's needs. Food was variable and plentiful. Briefings were held for every dive, ... Full report

9/2004

Curt Andrus
250+ Dives

Eco-Divers/ Kungkungan Bay Resort Full report

North Sulawese

This is a wonderful resort and dive operation. Jim and Cary Yanny run a superb dive operation at Eco- Divers and go out of their w... Full report

7/2005

Bill and Alice MIller
250+ Dives

Wakatobi Dive Resort Full report

SE Sulawesi

We had read good reports about Wakatobi in Undercurrent, but we were not impressed with the diving. The resort and dive operation... Full report

6/2005

Tom and Cindy Casey
500+ Dives

Kararu Tours on Sea Safari III Full report

Komodo Islands

Described as perhaps the best diving in the world in Undercurrent a couple of years ago, and it may have been then, this was a maj... Full report

8/2005

Bill Lord Butcher
1000+ Dives

Extra Divers Nabucco/ Nabucco Island Resort Full report

Kalimantan

Nabucco Resort provides a fantastic experience of Indonesia's top- notch diving. The dive sites are widely varied, and dives are p... Full report

7/2005

Kim Fox
250+ Dives

AquaOne Full report

Lembeh Straights

Schedule was four dives a day. 8 am, 11 am, 2: 30 and 6 pm. We tried to fit in 5 dives a day, but with shallow, long dives (sometim... Full report

7/2005

linda rutherford
100+ Dives

Wakatobi Full report

Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi

We traveled with a group from Annapolis SCUBA Center in Annapolis, Maryland. We had an opportunity to spend some time in Bali whi... Full report

6/2005

Wayne & Cathy Harmon
500+ Dives

Kararu Full report

Komodo

We were on a 7 night trip from Bima to Komodo to Bali. My wife and I shared the Bridge deck state room. The room is much larger ... Full report

8/2005

Ron Jordan
100+ Dives

Murex Diving/ Lembeh Resort Full report

We arrived at the Lembeh Resort in the early afternoon after driving one hour from the Manado airport and taking the 10 minute bo... Full report

7/2005

Sean Bruner
250+ Dives

Wakatobi Full report

Southeast Sulawesi

This was our second trip to Wakatobi (the first was Oct. 2001) and the resort has made welcome improvements, as we knew the brilli... Full report

6/2005

Mel McCombie/Harris Friedberg
1000+ Dives

Aquamarine/ Amankila Full report

Bali

This is our second trip with Aquamarine Diving, headed by expat Brit Annabel Thomas, and we have nothing but raves for her and for... Full report

7/2005

Mel McCombie/Harris Friedberg
1000+ Dives

Papua Diving/ Sorido Bay Resort Full report

Raja Amput

We flew from LAX to Singapore and then on to Manado in northern Sulawesi. We had to overnight in Manado. Next morning, we flew ... Full report

7/2005

Sean Bruner
250+ Dives

Kungkungan Bay Resort Full report

Lembeh Strait, N Sulawesi

This excellent resort and dive operation will fulfill the critter dreams of most divers. The rooms are spacious and well- kept. The... Full report

5/2005

Fred Turoff
500+ Dives

Wakatobi Dive Resort Full report

We were met at the airport in Bali, whisked thru customs and off to our hotel. A very pleasant experience after 19 hours in the a... Full report

6/2005

Ernie Hounshell
1000+ Dives

Uli Aritonang/ Rama Candidasa Full report

Bali

First of all, Rama Candidasa is a first rate seaside resort in a small town on the Northeast side of Bali. The bay where it is lo... Full report

5/2005

Carl Scott
250+ Dives

Diving 4 Images/ KM Ciska Full report

Halmahera, Moluccas

This was a "one- off" exploratory trip to a place where virtually no one else dives (Halmahera is the big island between Sulawesi a... Full report

5/2005

Dave Van Rooy
1000+ Dives

Kararu Full report

Komodo

"Only on the Kararu!" crowed Tony Rhodes whenever the exceptional happened, was sighted, or experienced. And there was plenty of ... Full report

6/2005

David Shem-Tov
100+ Dives

Grand Komodo Tours/ SMY Temukira Full report

Raja Ampat, Papua

Diving in Raja Ampat was absolutely fantastic. Although it was my first liveaboard I was quite satisfied with the quality of serv... Full report

3/2005

Arief Irwan Latif
<100 Dives

Abyss Adventures Full report

Bali

This was our 1st trip to Bali so we did a lot of research to find a good, reputable, PADI shop. Abyss Adventures was the best val... Full report

4/2005

Beth & Matt Dodd
250+ Dives

Kararu Dive Voyages/Sea Safari III Full report

Raja Ampat (Papua Indonesia)

This was my second trip on the Sea Safari III (first trip being May 2003 Bali to Komodo). The ship has been well maintained and m... Full report

4/2005

William Deertz
250+ Dives

Aqua Marine Diving/ several choices & price ranges Full report

Bali Tulumben

Again an excellent arrangement with Aqua Marine Diving for my own driver, dive guide (who was great), van w/ diving reading materia... Full report

3/2005

Sally Schroeder
1000+ Dives

Aqua Marine Diving/ several options Full report

Bali specifically Secret Bay

Great muck diving area, simple walk in with flat black sand, no surges, no rocks to climb over ( I do not do shore dives! but this... Full report

3/2005

Sally Schroeder
1000+ Dives

Tulamben Wreck Divers Full report

Tulamben

Did a shore dive on the Liberty Wreck at Tulamben on Bali's East Coast. This is Bali's most popular dive. The history of this vess... Full report

8/2004

Charles Menbeck
100+ Dives

Grand Komodo Full report

Komodo

Booked directly on their website at GrandKomodoTours. com. Paid $1100 per person for 7 day Komodo liveaboard on the smaller mv Nusa... Full report

3/2005

Charles Menbeck
100+ Dives

Sulawesi Dive Quest Full report

Lembeh Straits

First class diving location. This operator is very small, friendly, helpful, really caters to individual desires on what you would... Full report

2/2005

Sally Schroeder
1000+ Dives

Adventure Kommodo Full report

Raja Ampats

The Raja Ampats are outstanding. The diversity of fish and corals is amazing. Larry Smith runs all of the dive operations and is... Full report

1/2005

Sherry Wren
500+ Dives

Kararu/Sea Safari Full report

[N/A]Komodo

It was the first live- a- board trip for my son and I. I can't imagine it being much nicer. The boat was much more comfortable tha... Full report

9/2004

Rolla Cleaver
100+ Dives

Mimpi Dive Center/ Mimpi Resort Full report

Tulamben, Bali

The dive to do in Tulamben is the U. S. A. Liberty wreck dive. The story is that Liberty was hit by a Japanese torpedo while it was... Full report

12/2004

Lori Brown, Chris Green
250+ Dives

Wakatobi Dive Resort Full report

Sulawesi

This trip was wonderful. Both of us (diver and snorkeler) were impressed with service, quality of reefs, interesting people, wond... Full report

11/2004

Michael N. Hofman
1000+ Dives

Murex/ Serenade Full report

North Sulawesi

We were met at the airport by reps. of Murex and loaded up into 2 minivans. I jumped up front and away we went. I am a fairly agg... Full report

12/2004

David Haupt
500+ Dives

Pelagian - Dive Asia Pacific Full report

N/A

I was on this boat for four (4) trips for a total of two (2) months. I started with their first trip of the year in late February... Full report

9/2003

Steven Levin
1000+ Dives

Wakatobi Full report

Wakatobi was a great experience, but not without challenges. The transfers were seamless, Crispin (the Bali contact) could not ha... Full report

4/2004

Matt Adams
100+ Dives

Wakatobi Full report

Sulawesi

All the fabulous things you've read about Wakatobi are true and then some - just go! Seriously their very thorough web site will ... Full report

10/2004

Laura
250+ Dives

Kungkungan Bay Resort Full report

Lembeh Strait - North Sulawesi

I planned a trip for 4 of us from the San Francisco bay area to go diving in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. After much research we dec... Full report

7/2004

Gary Krippendorf
100+ Dives

Thalassa Dive Center/ Santika Hotel Full report

Bunaken - North Sulawesi

I planned a trip for 4 of us from the San Francisco bay area to go diving in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. After much research we dec... Full report

7/2004

Gary Krippendorf
100+ Dives

Wakatobi Full report

Southern Sulawesi Island

Wakatobi has some of the best diving we have experienced. Because of it's location in the Indo- Pacific Ocean and the fact that Wa... Full report

7/2004

Suzette and Mark Baker
100+ Dives

Komodo Dancer Full report

Bali and Komodo

This was an outstanding trip. The boat is quite stable and comfortable and the food was good. An excellent (and sizeable) crew of ... Full report

6/2004

Jack Gibson
500+ Dives

Murex Divers/ Lembeh Resort Full report

Lembeh Straits

The resort is absolutely gorgeous. Resort/ dive staff are all friendly and more than willing to do anything to make your stay more ... Full report

3/2004

Michael Culby
100+ Dives

Thalassa Dive Center/ Hotel Santika Full report

North Sulawesi

The Santika is a great location to dive 3 areas of North Sulawesi. Poopo (a great muck site) is one hour to the south, Bangka Isla... Full report

2/2004

Michael Culby
100+ Dives

Grand Komodo Tours and Dives/ N/A Full report

Alor Is.; Komodo, Rinca Is.

Grand Komodo Tours and Dives is a first class company in service and experience. The small vessels are classic Indonesian woo... Full report

8/2004

Stephen Green
100+ Dives

Murex Divers/ Lembeh Resort Full report

Lembeh Straits

The adventure continued as we left Manado's Tasik Ria Resort (see that review this issue of Undercurrent) and made our way across ... Full report

9/2004

William & Frances Ungerman
500+ Dives

Diving 4 Images/ Scuba Seraya & Alila Candidasa Full report

Bali

Bali has outstanding muck and critter diving. The best way to see a variety of different things above and below, is to hook up wit... Full report

6/2004

Tracey Bennett
250+ Dives

Eco-Divers/ Tasik Ria Full report

North Sulewesi

We flew on Singapore Airlines sixteen hourse from LAX to Singapore non- stop. The trip was made bareable by the superb accomodatio... Full report

8/2004

William & Frances
500+ Dives

Sea Safari III Full report

Bali

Very spacious boat. Relatively large cabins with queen size beds or twins available. No bunks. All cabins had ensuite toilets a... Full report

7/2004

Bob Ewald
1000+ Dives

Archipelago Divers/ Taman Sari Bali Cottages Full report

Bali

I cannot recommend this dive operator. They limited us to 60 minutes of dive time. They cater mainly to snorkelers and newly cer... Full report

6/2004

Douglas Hansen
250+ Dives

Scuba Seraya Full report

Bali

Unfortunately, neither of the dive boats were working during the week we were there, so almost all of our dives were shore dives. ... Full report

6/2004

Douglas Hansen
250+ Dives

Scuba Seraya Full report

Bali

Unfortunately, neither of the dive boats were working during the week we were there, so almost all of our dives were shore dives. ... Full report

6/2003

Douglas Hansen
250+ Dives

Kararu/Sea Safari III Full report

Komodo

We did the 7 night Bima to Bali trip. After a short flight from Bali to the island of Sumbawa, we boarded the Sea Safari III in B... Full report

7/2004

Brian & Karen Woods
250+ Dives

ADVENTURE KOMODO Full report

THIS IS THE MOST COMFORTABLE BOAT THAT I HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO DIVE FROM. FOOD WAS GOURMET, WITH THE PRESENTATION OF A FIV... Full report

1/2003

JERRY TUTTLE
<100 Dives

Deep Blue Dive Resort Full report

Utila

We had a great time in Utila. Deep Blue Resort is a great place to dive your brains out. See [. . . ] ... Full report

7/2004

Darren Dawson
250+ Dives

Ocean Rover Full report

Islands of North Sulawesi

Ocean Rover has got to be the best dive operation on the planet. Service is amazing. On our 9 diving days we were in Lembeh's wor... Full report

7/2004

Jim Chubb
250+ Dives

Komodo Dancer Full report

Bali

This was my first Peter Hughes liveaboard experience. We arrived in Bali which of itself is a wonderful and fascinating place fill... Full report

6/2004

Mario Mizrahi
500+ Dives

Peter Hughes - Komodo Dancer Full report

Bali/Komodo

Great dive trip! Crew was outstanding! Special thanks to Jan, Susana, and Dewa. Great weather except for rain the last two d... Full report

5/2004

Frank Arroyo
250+ Dives

Kararu Full report

Komodo

Left Benoa Harbor on Bali for 11 day cruise, 10 1/ 2 days diving in mid June. Beautiful weather. The boat was large, as was the c... Full report

6/2004

Sean Bruner
250+ Dives

Grand Komodo Tours Full report

Komodo

At $1225 for 8 days, 7 nights, this is a terrific deal. The diving was often in pristine areas with no other boats in the area. Ou... Full report

5/2004

Fred Turoff
500+ Dives

Celebes Divers/ Mapia Resort Full report

North Sulawesi

As a dive operation, I cannot say enough good things about the service! The large traditional wooden boats may look strange at fi... Full report

6/2003

Carl Scott
100+ Dives

Adventure Komodo Full report

Raja Ampat, Irian Jaya

The boat is a 75 foot catamaran that is probably the best live- aboard cruising the waters of Indonesia. It is sleek, clean, and o... Full report

2/2004

Tari Suprapto
100+ Dives

Kararu Dive Voyages Full report

Komodo

Our first trip on the Sea Safari/ Kararu ( [. . . ] ) had been in November 2001. It was such a great experience that we were al... Full report

11/2003

Kathleen Hedde
500+ Dives

Kararu Sea Safari Full report

Komodo

Very comfortable boat with ensuite facilities. If possible splurge and get the upper deck cabins. Nice to have the back deck are... Full report

4/2003

William Deertz
250+ Dives

Wakatobi Full report

Fantastic resort in very remote area with outstanding diving. Their claim for the "world's best house reef" is absolutely true. ... Full report

8/2003

William Deertz
250+ Dives

Komodo Dancer Full report

Komodo Islands

My twelve day tour from Bali to Komodo Island and points in between showed off some of the most spectacular diving available ... Full report

1/2003

Pat Wikstrom
500+ Dives

Kararu Sea Safari III Full report

Bali/Komodo

This was our first liveaboard and our first trip to Indonesia and I can't imagine anything topping it. We did the 7 day itinerary ... Full report

9/2003

Jennifer Meriwether
100+ Dives

Grand Komodo Tour and Dives/ Tarata & Nusa Tara Full report

Komodo and Rinca Islands

We have recently returned from our 5th liveaboard trip, in the last three years, to Komodo & Rinca Islands (Indonesia) with Grand ... Full report

7/2003

Peggy & Jose Miguel Duran, MD
1000+ Dives

WAKATOBI DIVE RESORT Full report

SULAWESI

Wakatobi is reputed to have some of the best diving on the planet, with the house reef being the premier site at the resort. For ... Full report

7/2003

JAY & KAREN REINER
100+ Dives

Kungkungan Bay Resort Full report

Lembe Strait, No. Sulawesi

The diving in the Lembe Strait is as terrific as ever. New discoveries (since our last visit in '99) include a new type of pygmy s... Full report

9/2003

Leslie Chow
500+ Dives

Grand Komodo/ MV TemuKira Full report

IRIAN, far eastern Indonesia

This is our second trip with Grand Komodo since the service and diving are exceptional, first one in 2001. The TemuKira o... Full report

4/2003

Terry Anderson
250+ Dives

Komodo Dancer Full report

Number of dives: 319. It’s tough to say anything negative about a Peter Hughes operation because the people you encounter are so ... Full report

11/2003

Bradley Bowen
250+ Dives

Diving4Images Full report

Bali, Komodo

We did a few day dives in Bali and then a ten day cruise on the Pelagian with Graham from Diving4Images. Excellent guide with a ta... Full report

6/2003

Jon Bertsch/Rosemary Chengson
500+ Dives

Celebes Divers/ Mapia Resort Full report

North Sulawesi

Let me say this again - subject matter for photography was endless. The marine life here is amazingly abundant, far exceeding num... Full report

5/2003

Carl Scott
100+ Dives

Eco-Divers/ Tasik Ria Resort Full report

Bunaken

Generally a very healthy reef system with good vis and LOTS of fish life. A couple locations, Sahaong off Bangka Island and Pangi... Full report

5/2003

David Van Rooy
1000+ Dives

Komodo Dancer Full report

Bali - Komodo National Bank

Boat is very roomy & comfortable - salon & 2 separate sun/ shade areas. Dining either salon or alfresco. Food wonderful with Asia... Full report

5/2003

Dale Treadway
250+ Dives

komodo Dancer Full report

[komodo

Komodo has some of the best reefs I have seen for color and divesity. Some overfishing is evident in the scarsity of large fish on... Full report

12/2002

Richard Lehach
500+ Dives

wakatobi Full report

sulawesi

The most amazing thing about wakatobi is the reef. It is the most pristine and diverse reef that I have ever experienced. From one... Full report

11/2002

David Blatt
250+ Dives

Sangalaki Dive Lodge Full report

Sangalaki

Good: Mantas, mantas, and more mantas. Dived and snorkeled with 10's of mantas every day. They constantly feed in large numbers ar... Full report

10/2002

Rick Tuss
500+ Dives

Wakatobi Resort Full report

The diving around Wakatobi is fantastic. I have never encountered such healthy coral in both soft and hard verities. There is a pr... Full report

11/2002

Greg Barrett
1000+ Dives

Wakatobi Resort Full report

South Sulawasi

Wakatobi is truly an underwater garden. I have never seen such pristine reefs and underwater life. It is also quite a treat to h... Full report

11/2002

Jennifer Clayton
<100 Dives

Wakatobi Dive Resort Full report

Sulawesi

DIVING - - This was my sixth trip to Wakatobi, so you must know that I greatly appreciate this place, and the people who make it wo... Full report

11/2002

Kenneth Knezick
1000+ Dives

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