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Dive Op / Resort	Live Aboard?	Area	Title / Review	Rating Advanced / Beginner	Diving Date	Reporter/ # Dives	Photos/ Helpful Votes
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*Alam Batu*		Bali	"A spacious, comfortable resort" My buddy and I visited Alam Batu in January of 2024 with a group organized by Kerri and Hergen of Subculture Travel. While I have... Full report		1/2024	David E Reubush 1000+ Dives	2
*Dive Concepts/ Bali Yogi, Ocean Garden, Sari Bunga*		Bali	"It was what I Expected" This is my last day in Bali, where I have been for the last ten days for a short trip back to Indonesia for the first time in four... Full report		11/2023	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Dive Concepts/ Amed / Tulumben / Menjangan*		Bali	"Back to Bali for a dive" Normally I only use Bali as a transit stop on the way to some of the other diving destinations in Indonesia, but this time I decid... Full report		11/2023	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives	2
*Gangga Divers/ Papau Paradise Eco Resort*		Raja Ampat	"Good diving at lovely resort" The Good Over the water cabins are lovely and spacious. The bed was comfortable and has mosquito netting. We saw one or two mos... Full report		11/2023	Debora McAteer 1000+ Dives
*Gaia Love*		Banda Sea, Triton Bay	"Mixed Bag In Banda" First of all the Gaia Love is a great boat; the "value" would have been a higher rating if we had seen whale sharks, hammerheads a... Full report		10/2023	Tim Williams 1000+ Dives
*Hammer Head Divers/ Cruise ship*		Bali	"Enlightening " You must book at least two divers, I was a single diver and paid for two divers . Price per diver was $90. 00 each , US dollars. Pri... Full report		3/2023	Don Herbert 1000+ Dives
*Blue Manta liveaboard*		Raja Ampat	"Hellacious journey, nice diving––The Blue Manta liveaboard" The trip leader, Egoi Benitez, was outstanding: organized, enthusiastic, and maybe gave the best pre- dive briefings ever. In fact, ... Full report		1/2023	Paul E Gillespie 250+ Dives
*Blue Corner/ NusaBay Menjangan*		Menjangan, NusaBali	"No big stuff, just really easy diving" Nusabay Menjangan is located within the West Bali National Park and is a 30 minute boat ride from the entrance to the park. A boat... Full report		10/2022	Margaret H Jorgensen 1000+ Dives
*Arenui*		Indonesia	"The Dragon and More" The stars are difficult as we had problems with the cruise directors after the very first dive. Thankfully, I'd written the owner, ... Full report		9/2022	Rose Mueller 1000+ Dives
*Black Sand Dive Resort*		Lembeh Strait	"Best Muck Diving again!" BSD is the best driving. Bruce and Fung do a wonderful job of welcoming guests and keeping us happy. Saw the rhinopias this trip... Full report		9/2022	Fredda Lerner 1000+ Dives
*Lumba Lumba Resort*		Bunaken	"Bunaken at its best" Lumba Lumba was the 2nd part of our Indonesia trip. We had just finished almost a week at Black Sands. Bruce and Fung suggested a... Full report		9/2022	Fredda Lerner 1000+ Dives
*Aggressor Fleet*		Komodo Islands	"Disappointing visibility and lots of trash on the surface" Indo Aggressor: The ship has a pretty high staff- to- diver ratio; there were around 20 crew plus 4 dive guides and 1 in training, a... Full report		1/2019	Rene Cote 500+ Dives	5
*other/ Dive into Ambon*		Ambon[	"Ambon diving" There are two dive areas from the resort. One is "clear water" which has reef diving and wall diving where we saw the only large ... Full report		1/2019	Anne Warburton 500+ Dives
*Arenui*		Komodo	"Half acceptable, half disappointing " I heard for years about Arenui and what a wonderful boat it was. I spoke extensively with the owners and office prior to my trip, ... Full report		10/2018	Laura Wais 500+ Dives	3
*Wakatobi homestay diving & wobbegong dive*		Sulawesi and West Papua	"Budget diving at Wakatobi and Raja Ampat" Wakatobi and Raja Ampat are two of the best known and remote dive locations in Indonesia, where diving from resorts or live aboard... Full report		9/2018	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives	2
*Basianos/ Basianos Dive Resort - Lembeh*		Sulewesi/Lembeh Strait	"Bastianos Dive Resort - Lembeh Strait" This was our second trip to Sulawesi. We were quite happy with our stay at Kungkungan Bay Resort (KBR) last trip in 2010 but since... Full report		5/2018	Henry O Ziller 250+ Dives
*Froggies Divers*		Bunaken	"Good wall diving but "resort" found lacking" As you arrive by boat to Froggies, you will first be struck by how run down the place looks. There is nothing at the entrance to g... Full report		5/2018	Angela Richards Dona 500+ Dives
*Eco Divers/ Mercure Manado Tetali*		Bunaken	"Don't bother with this side of the island...just go to Lembeh Strait!" Two years ago we dove Lembeh and loved it. While there we were told about Bunaken and diving on the other side of the island. So, ... Full report		2/2018	Eileen J Councill 500+ Dives
*Mimpi Resort*		Menjangan Island	"OK, Have had better and worse" Good- - Great staff, management very helpful. North side of island had good diving. Current limited those sites to two times in tw... Full report		11/2017	Les Bates 250+ Dives
*Aggressor Fleet*		Wakatobi and Alor	"Disappointing Trip" This was our 4th trip to Indonesia, and our least favorite (by a lot). The diving in Wakatobi was just ok. In general, the reefs s... Full report		11/2017	David Marchese 1000+ Dives
*Prince John Dive Resort*		Sulawesi	"BUDGET DIVING AT PALU, CENTRAL SULAWESI " Palu is a city located in Central Sulawesi, located on the western side of a narrow land mass. There are regular daily fligh... Full report		11/2017	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Eco Divers*		N Sulawesi	"Fine Critter Diving and a Good (and reasonable) Resort" The diving in the Lembeh Strait is unparalleled if you are an underwater photographer and enjoy small critters. There are good co... Full report		10/2017	David J Inman 500+ Dives
*Indo Sisren*		Raja Ampat	"Misool area of Raja Ampat has good diving" Overview of diving Raja Ampat. If you are taken to good sites, the diving can be good. It was mostly wide angle with lots of fish... Full report		10/2017	pat delaplane 500+ Dives
*Bira Dive Camp*		Sulawesi	"Budget diving at Bira, South Sulawesi, Indonseia" All the diving is by boat and is mostly centered around Kamping island, which is about 30 minutes away, and other closer sit... Full report		10/2017	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Alor Divers*		Alor	"Less than wonderful, would not recommend this resort" The resort looked nice on paper (website) but it was not as I expected. The dive sites were a 30 min boat ride, very rough when I... Full report		10/2017	Deborah Berglund 1000+ Dives
*Bali Dream Divers/ DREAM DIVERS BALI*		BALI - TULAMBEN/AMED	"DIVING BALI" The main reason we went there in [1st to 9th September] is for the MOLA MOLA [Sunfish] season. However, during the first week of ... Full report		9/2017	Andrew Colin Thompson 250+ Dives
*Wakatobi Dive Resort*		s e sulawesi	"another perfect time at Wakatobi dive resort" I had wanted to experience Wakatobi at a different time of year having been there twice in Dec, so this July- Aug trip was th... Full report		8/2017	paul moliken 100+ Dives
*Blue Manta*		Banda Sea	"Think twice before booking a transpositioning charter!!!" I would rate the Blue Manta as a solid 3/ 5 on my personal liveaboard scale. I consider myself a Harsh critic, having worked as cr... Full report		5/2017	Holly Bent 1000+ Dives	7
*WAOW Charters*		Banda Sea	"Terrific food on a beautiful boat" We traveled on the Waow for a 12- day “discovery” trip in the Banda Sea in the spring of 2017. The Waow is a beautiful boat that... Full report		5/2017	Dana Muir 500+ Dives	2
*D&D Divers*		Menjangen Island, Bali	"NW Bali" Menjangen Island, named for the deer species that lives there, lies about 10 miles off the NW coast of Bali. It is part of a natio... Full report		12/2016	eric williamson 100+ Dives
*Aggressor Fleet/ Indo Aggressor*		Wakitobi	"Aggressor Fleet Let Down" I booked this trip based on the itinerary - I liked the variety it offered diving both Wakitobi and Alor area. This is what the Ag... Full report		11/2016	Thomas Callen 250+ Dives	4
*Villa Markisa*		Bali	"Well run Boutique Dive Resort" This is a small, very high quality resort with just a few very nice bungalows on the shore near Tulamben, about a 5 minute boat ri... Full report		11/2016	Blake Hottle 250+ Dives
*Wakatobi homestay diving & wobbegong dive*		Sulawesi and West Papua	"Budget diving at Wakatobi and Raja Ampat" Wakatobi and Raja Ampat are two of the best known and remote dive locations in Indonesia, where diving from resorts or live aboard... Full report		11/2016	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Aggressor Fleet*		Alor	"Alor Aggressor" A dedicated crew of 18 helps make this trip go smoothly, but the wooden boat is slow (8 knots) which makes the trip from Maumere t... Full report		10/2016	Randall S Preissig 1000+ Dives
*Tasik Divers*		North Sulawesi	"Tasik Ria, cheap but disappointing" The boat ride to the marine park was usually an hour and a half, which meant you were spending more time on the boat than under wa... Full report		10/2016	Annette D Keller 1000+ Dives
*Nomad Divers*		Bangka Island	"Remote location, Good diving" This resort is quite remote, in a bay on the southeast side of the island (west of Mimpi Indah resort. ) Very basic beachfront res... Full report		10/2016	Lisa C. Evans 500+ Dives
*SMY Ondina*		Komodo	"Excellent combination of diving and land trip." Divers aboard Ondina are mainly European, so Spanish and French briefings are welcomed. We Japanese group could join only north ro... Full report		7/2016	Toshihisa Tsunoda 500+ Dives
*Blue Motion diving*		Maluka province	"Budget diving in Ambon and the Banda islands" Ambon and the Banda Islands are in Maluku Province of Indonesia, which is in the east of the archipelago. The Moluccas as they wer... Full report		3/2016	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives	2
*Wakatobi Dive Resort*		Wakatobi and Raja Ampat	"Very luxurious resort with first class diving" Nothing bad except the place was empty the first week of December and I was not wild about my dive master (but that could have jus... Full report		2/2016	Catherine R. Mack 250+ Dives
*Wakatobi Dive Resort*			"SNORKEL ONLY, but at Wakatobi, so quite different" food, service, accommodations, and staff were the best!!! i used to dive, but can no longer equalize. despite that, each snorkel w... Full report		12/2015	paul moliken 100+ Dives
*Underwater Tribe*		Tulamben, Bali	"Photo workshop with Underwater Tribe" Not a dive trip but a photo workshop. Luca was my instructor. What makes this workshop unique in my experience is that it is one- o... Full report		11/2015	Andrew Bernat 500+ Dives
*Papua Diving/ [Sorido Bay Resort*		Raja Ampat	"Soared Bay Resort - don't waste your time" This is an expensive resort. The food was roughly similar each day - buffet of overdone fish, chewy chicken and beef of some sort... Full report		10/2015	George S. Irwin, M.D. 1000+ Dives
*Dive Damai*			"The Trip We Could Not Take" The Trip We Could Not Take We divers are quick to complain about service we perceive as substandard, but we are not a... Full report		9/2015	Rickie Sterne/Chris Button 1000+ Dives	2
*Sea Safaris/ Sea Safari 7*		North coast of Bali	"Great crew, filthy boat" If the crew on this boat were not so very hard working our dive group would have departed the boat. We were assured this boat had ... Full report		8/2015	Bonnie McKenna 1000+ Dives
*Komodo Liveaboard/ Mona Lisa*		Komodo	"Mona Lisa Liveaboard Has Seen Better Times" This must have been a good boat at one point, and I suppose the same goes for the diving company that runs it. But both the boat a... Full report		7/2015	Joaquin monserrate 250+ Dives
*Lutwala Dive/ Alam Gili*		Gili Trawangan	"Relaxed diving, coral needs time to recover" We were looking for an escape from China during Chinese New Year and wanted a place that my younger daughter (10 yrs old) could fi... Full report		2/2015	James Lyon 100+ Dives
*Lumba Lumba diving*		Sumatra	"Budget diving at Pulau Weh, Sumatra, indonesia" Pulau Weh, is a small island off the top of Sumatra, and is the first landmass of the Indonesian archipelago, celebrated by a "Kil... Full report		2/2015	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Wicked diving*		Komodo	"Budget live-aboard diving around Komodo island" Komodo, the islands and the waters around it are part of a national park, located in the strait between Sumbawa and Flores, east o... Full report		12/2014	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Wakatobi Dive Resort*			My review is colored by my extraordinarily high expectations for Wakatobi. Those expectations were met by the resort, but the divi... Full report		9/2014	Margaret Jorgensen 500+ Dives	3
*Kasawari Lembeh*		Lembeh Strait	We were grateful divers when we arrived at Kasawari Lembeh Resort and delighted divers when we left. Our gratitude is explai... Full report		3/2014	Rickie Sterne/Chrisanda Butto 1000+ Dives
*Pindito*			"This will make you cry. Where are all the fish?" This was our second trip to Raja Ampat, and our 9th liveaboard trip. This itinerary started from Sorong and went to Ambon, which ... Full report		3/2014	Daniel Benson 1000+ Dives	3
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