Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in
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Wakatobi Dive Resort, Aug, 2006, by Curt Harpold, Maryland, USA . Report 2840.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	It's hard to find anything to gripe about at Wakatobi. The service and food were top-rate. Meals are in a new restaurant, with chefs brought in from Bali. The restaurant has a dedicated pastry room. Meals are buffet style, and the food is plentiful and varied. Accomodations are in roomy and well-appointed bungalows. The beach bungalows can get a bit hot in the afternoons. The garden bungalows are in some shade, but still have a view of the water. Bungalows on the south end get an almost constant breeze. Shore dives available any time of the day or night. Daily scheduled boat dives: two-tank after breakfast and on-tank in the afternoon (unless your boat is scheduled for a night dive). If you want to go somewhere else on the 5-mile stretch of house reef, just ask one of the staff to take you there in a "taxi" boat and drop you. The staff watches while you're in the water, and assists with cameras and other gear. Don't even think about carrying your own camera to the water or boat. Choice of cylinders: 80cu ft or 100 cu ft (11 or 13 litres), with either DIN or youke valve. Nitrox is available, but only EAN32. They have an O2 booster, and will cater to Rebreather divers, but only if those divers bring their own cylinders. Dive briefings are good and thorough, and the dive guides exhibit excellent knowledge of the marine life and its conservation. During my 10 days there, we saw all three species of Pygmy Sea Horse, Mandarin fish, many many Hawksbill Turtles. Also unusual animals like Cuttlefish, Leaf Scorpionfish, and Ghost Pipefish. I've already booked my next trip there!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	PNG, Australia, Red Sea, Mexico, Florida, California, Mid-Atlantic
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	74-78°F / 23-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Boat dives - 70 minutes. Shore dives, no limits. No solo diving except for Instructors with specific permission from the dive coordinator.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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
UW Photo Comments	Dedicated air-conditioned camera room with plentiful power strips. Boats had both a camera table and a fresh water camera tank.

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in Indonesia/Sulawesi

Wakatobi Dive Resort, Aug, 2006,

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in
Indonesia/Sulawesi