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Wakatobi / Pelagian/Pelagian, Sep, 2008, by Gene Huff, CA, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports). Report 4430.
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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	N/A
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Comments	You go through Bali to get to Wakatobi and the Pelagian so a few Bali bonus days added greatly to our trip. Wakatobi arranged for our dive gear to be stored on our return so we could travel around without the extra luggage. The Pelagian is a great boat with a wonderful crew that took care of our every request. See their website that has accurate boat details. There were 8 guests and 12 crew on our trip. Meals cooked to order were excellent and there were at least two choices for lunch and dinner. The boat bought a fresh caught tuna one day from a local fisherman and we enjoyed fresh sushi for two days. The Pelagian has a standard itinerary that is more focused on muck/macro diving, but also does reef and wall dives. On our 10-day trip we spent two and a half days at Buton. The piers and muck diving at Buton were outstanding providing ornate and robust ghost pipefish, mating mandarin fish, cockatoo waspfish, juvenile batfish, frogfish, at least 7 types of eels, numerous nudibranchs, octopus, cuttlefish, various pipefish, dragonets, twinspot lionfish and the list goes on. Magic pier at night was sensory overload. The other days were spent in the Wakatobi chain and also provided great diving. We did only a few dives that were also done from the resort, so the boat really does offer a different experience. There are four dives offered each day (two the last day) with the last being a twilight/night dive. DMs Marco and Sissi, and the new DM Cornelis were very friendly and mingled with the guests. They let us dive our own profile(s) but also pointed out critters for those who stayed with them. Two inflatables are used for diving and the tender drivers and DMs made the diving easy. The inflatables have great ladders and the crew would lift up your weights and BC if you wanted. We saw only a few sharks and rays, but knew this was not a pelagic trip so were not expecting more. The coral and reefs are very healthy. Sodas, beer, and wine were an extra charge. Nitrox, banked at 32%, is available and was packaged at $220 for our 10 day trip, which was 34 dives. The Pelagian is not cheap but the diving, accomodations and service are outstanding.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	PNG, Fiji, Christmas Is, Hawaii, Bonaire, Belize, etc.
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-80 Ft/ 8-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	70 minute day dives and 60 minute night dives were the stated limits but a few extra minutes was never a problem.
Liveaboard?	yes	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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Nice room dedicated to photographers with a 110 and 220 power strip, plenty of clean towels and good lighting. Bring an extra power strip if you need multiple outlets. Crew handled cameras gently on inflatables.

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