Dive Review of Blue Manta Liveaboard in
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Blue Manta Liveaboard: "Great trip on Blue Manta Liveaboard to Komodo", May, 2024, by Jim Tompkins, NC, US ( Sr. Reviewer 11 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 12975.
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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	While in Jakarta we stayed at the FM7 resort. It is near the airport, offers a free airport shuttle, breakfast was included, ans a deluxe twin room cost $45/night. Blue Manta was booked through Explorer Ventures in the USA. We were in cabin 7 on the Blue Manta, The accommodation offered twin beds, plenty of storage, and large bathroom. There were 23 crew for 21 divers. service was excellent. They put your gear on the dive tender, brought you your wet suit to your dive station. When you returned they helped you get out of your wet suit. They rinsed your wet suit and boots. Returned your boots to you and hung your wet suit up to dry. The dive guides were excellent. Four divers to a guide who led the dive. All the divers back rolled off of a tender at the same time. When you surface with your dive guide, the tender approaches. You can hand up your camera, BC, fins, and weight belt and climb into the tender via a ladder on the stern. They did use a inflatable as a tender that did have a steep ladder. Food was good and was a mixture of Indonesian and Western food. The corals were relatively abundant and in good shape. There were white tip and black tip sharks and Hawks bill turtles on most dives. At Manta Alley we observed at least 15 manta rays swimming in circles. Eagle rays were fairly frequent. There were nudibranchs, Manta shrimp, pygmy sea horses and octopus and squid on some dives. A lot of the diving was drift diving. The dive guides made every effort to keep you out of strong currents. A land tour to see the Komodo Dragons was offered as part of the itinerary.
Websites	Blue Manta Liveaboard
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Palau, Yap, Tahiti, Fiji, Chuck, Maldives, Raja Ampat, Thailand, Philippines
Closest Airport	Laubuan Bajo	Getting There	Emirates from Washington DC to Jakarta. Batik Air (Lion Air Group) from Jakarta to Komodo (Laubuan Bajo)
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	78-86°F / 26-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-50 Ft/ 9-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Each four divers were assigned to a divemaster for the week. They led the dive.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Blue Manta Liveaboard in Indonesia

Blue Manta Liveaboard: "Great trip on Blue Manta Liveaboard to Komodo", May, 2024,

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Dive Review of Blue Manta Liveaboard in
Indonesia