Dive Review of Grand Comodo in
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Grand Comodo: "A not so pristine Raja Ampat", Mar, 2025, by Bela Asztalos, MA, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 13377.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	It was my 9th trip to Indonesia and the 5th journey to Raja Ampat, but only the first that disappointed me. For me and probably for hundreds of other divers, Raja Ampat was the last frontier of pristine dive destinations. Unfortunately, two things have changed recently. One is the global ocean warming that caused coral bleaching that reached Raja Ampat too. The other is that nowadays not hundreds but thousands of divers visit Raja Ampat every year. I have read that about 170 liveaboards operate in that region besides many land-based operations. We had an unfortunate start to our journey. A friend of mine and I booked an 11 night 33 dives trip on Putri Papua starting February 27/2025 via liveaboard.com. On February 5, we received an email from the booking agent that the ship sunk near Sorong the previous night. Later we learned (from some of the crew of the boat) that the boat got water into the engine room during a short, but vicious storm. It was not clear how the window of the engine room broke. There was no casualty, but everybody lost everything. Sadly, the boat was not insured. The owner of the boat (Grand Komodo) offered a land-based substitute at the Raja Ampat Dive Lodge (RADL) on Mansuar Island, which is the main island in the Dampier Strait. To save our air tickets, we accepted the offer. Based on our previous experience, we planned plenty time for the travel. It played out well, because my dive buddy’s flight from Budapest to Istanbul was delayed four times due to bad weather, therefore he missed the connection ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Caribbean, Indonesia, Raja Ampat, Palau, Sipadan, Socorro
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	Boston-Istambul-Jakarta-Sorong
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	80-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-30 Ft/ 6-9 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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	[None] ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Grand Comodo in Indonesia

Grand Comodo: "A not so pristine Raja Ampat", Mar, 2025,

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Dive Review of Grand Comodo in
Indonesia