Dive Review of
Ankermi/Happy Dive in
Indonesia/Maumere

Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, PNG, Solomon
Islands, Indonesia  

Dive Conditions

No-deco diving.  

Ankermi/Happy Dive have just moved to their new location about 29 km east
of Maumere. The new resort has a new and clean dive dive shop with space
for cleaning uw-equipement. Bungalows are small without a/c. The only place
to clean and arrange your equipement is on the small veranda of your
bungalow or in the dive shop.  

Overall Rating

Ankermi/Happy Dive is a small resort 29 km east of Maumere. I have been in
the area a couple of times before staying on live aboards or in the Sea
World Club further west. The great advantage of staying at Ankermi is that
Maumere´s top critter dive site Wodong Beach is just in front. Here
you find frog fish, flying gurnards, pegassus, different kinds of lionfish
(including the blue fin one), Mimic Octopus, Ghost Pipefish, Mandarinfish,
etc. There is also a Japanese wreck just in front with more critters but
not good viz.
Coral and big fish is further out. You go there on local boats which is
nothing for spoiled divers. However there are beautiful walls and reefs
around the islands in front with occasional shark encounters including
hammerheads as I was told. Currents can be strong here.

The new resort consists of five simple two storey bungalows with a double
bed downstairs and another bed upstairs. There are open air mandi style
bathrooms. Staying here is very cheap: Half pension is only 15 US$, Shore
diving is 20 Euro per dive (if you bring your own equipement).
Charging batteries was a problem. There is only electricity from 6 pm until
6 am. Night dives had to take place very late after having recharged the
empty batteries from the day dives. 

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