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Dive Review of Scuba Seraya Resort in
Indonesia/Tulamben

Scuba Seraya Resort: "Muck Diving Tulamben", Aug, 2015,

by Mark Rosenstein, MA, US (Sr. Contributor Sr. Contributor 22 reports with 16 Helpful votes). Report 8681.

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

Accommodations 5 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity 4 stars
Dive Operation 4 stars Shore Diving 5 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 5 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments This was my second time in Tulamben, my first time at Scuba Seraya. The resort was very nice. My room was well appointed and featured an outdoor private bathroom. The restaurant was good and had enough variety to keep us happy having all of our meals there for six days. Camera facilities were good, with a dedicated room for this next to the dive shop.

Dive operations were a little screwy. We did lots of boat diving, but there are no docks or wharfs on this coast. The boats were moored a short distance offshore, and we had to wade/swim to them. The crew took care of getting our scuba rigs and cameras to the boat. The guests wore wetsuit, mask & fins then entered through the surf to the boat about 30 feet out, then climbed the ladder aboard. Rough weather had breakers on the beach making this challenging the first couple of days. However, all of this was worth it since it provided the flexibility to visit a variety of sites along this coast, rather than having to keep close to the resort if it was all shore diving like my last visit to the area. The house reef was excellent, and we did shore dives on it most days after a couple of boat dives.
Websites Scuba Seraya Resort   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 501-1000 dives
Where else diving Fiji, Komodo, Palau, Lembeh, GBR, Wakatobi, Maldives, Solomons, many Caribbean
Closest Airport Denpassar, Bali Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy, cloudy Seas calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp -°F / -°C Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 20-50 Ft/ 6-15 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles None Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 4 stars
Small Critters 5 stars Large Fish 2 stars
Large Pelagics N/A

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities N/A
Overall rating for UWP's 4 stars Shore Facilities 4 stars
UW Photo Comments No rinse tank on the boat, but it wasn't missed as we only did one dive at a time, and crew transferred camera to shore-based rinse tank after dive.
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