Dive Review of Komodo Dive Center/Mastro Aldo in
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Komodo Dive Center/Mastro Aldo: "What an incredible trip!", Mar, 2018, by Richard Blackburn, GA, US ( Contributor 13 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 10186 has 4 Helpful votes.
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Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We did some research in choosing a liveaboard in South East Asia while visiting our sister in Singapore. We chose Indonesia as it was close, has an excellent reputation for diving and is below the equator. After about a month of reading reviews, asking questions on Reddit and Facebook, we settled on a 7 day trip aboard the Mastro Aldo with Komodo Dive Center. One reason was they visit North, Central, and South Komodo Dive sites. And a catamaran is a better option for the seasick prone. Our welcome by the crew was pleasant and the other guests for the first half of the trip were nice (you can book 4 or 7 days trips). We got settled in and headed out for our first dive (checkout by the crew to assess our abilities), and all passed the checkout dives. After the dive, they split us into groups based on skill and air consumption. Our guide, Dom, who is also the “cruise director”, would be our guide the rest of the trip. About the trip: -- the food is amazing -- the diving was incredible -- the hospitality was unbelievable The cooks are chefs and whip up amazing foods for every meal. Breakfast is served family style, lunch and dinner are served beautifully plated (with extra bowls of everything for most meals). Can't say enough good things about the food, if anyone is disappointed I would be shocked. Other guests with dietary restrictions were also well fed. The diving is done from speed boats that take you out to the sites and return you to the mothership. The currents can be strong but the staff are used to dealing with it as well as customers of all skill levels, so really well done and safe. Dom was excellent at finding and showing us incredible things, from nudibranchs of every color imaginable to pygmy seahorses both tiny, small, and regular sized. We got spoiled with all the things to see. It was overwhelming the diversity of corals, fish, and sea life in general. It is so great to see such healthy and spectacular reefs! Sharks, turtles, travelli, grouper, tuna, and wahoo were some of the bigger things to see, not to mention the incredible manta dives. Our speedboat driver, Stephan, was an absolute gem! He helped Samma every dive get on the side of the boat for the backroll. We had a sunset trek to climb a hill which was awesome. Samma opted to beach comb for shells, which turned into a game for the crew. They kept beach combing and bringing her shells till she finally told them she had too many. We went to a beach to see the Komodo Dragons in the wild!!!! They are big and lumbering, but can sprint incredibly fast. Dom took my GoPro and set it up on the beach, then got the attention of a dragon. It charged Dom who lept out of the way so ran directly at the camera and knocked it over with its tail. Great video! I can't say enough good things about the boat and crew. Friendly, always helpful and accommodating. Highly recommend this trip and would love to return someday or maybe the new sister boat coming in 2019.
Websites	Komodo Dive Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	USVI, FL, GA, TN, AL, Japan, CA, Mexico (Yucatan), Bahamas, Bonaire, Roatan, Baja California
Closest Airport	Labuan Bajo	Getting There	Flights into Labuan Bajo were easy to find
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	75-82°F / 24-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-80 Ft/ 9-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth and time were set by the guides based on divers abilities
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
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Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		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 Komodo Dive Center/Mastro Aldo in Indonesia/Komodo

Komodo Dive Center/Mastro Aldo: "What an incredible trip!", Mar, 2018,

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