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Dive Review of Oceanic in
Indonesia/East Flores

Oceanic: "World class diving at rarely dived sites!.", Sep, 2022,

by Toshihisa Tsunoda , Tokyo, Japan (Contributor Contributor 19 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 12267.

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 5 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 5 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 5 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments Our fourth Oceanic cruise was Oceanic's first post-Covid-19 cruise. Oceanic offers four cruises between Maumere and Kupang only in May and September, when the waters are stable.
The cruise was originally scheduled from Maumere to Kupang via Alor, but due to some circumstances it was changed to a departure from Labuan Bajo. This meant a long-distance voyage of 900 km in nine days. Diving starts from the wall off Maumere. After northern area of Maumere, we sailed to many isolated islands in the southwestern part of Flores Island. Shore excursions are very specially offered such as Lamalera, where traditional whale fishing is allowed. Many isolated islands dot the waters off the islands in between. We then entered the Strait of Alor from the north and enjoyed wall diving on the western wall of Alor and muck diving on Pulau Pura. From there it was a long cruise via Pulau Batek in Kupang. in Timor Island.

The layout of the ship is unique, with no passageways on either side of the ship, which allows for a spacious living area.
There were guests from Austria, New Zealand, USA,
The diving was world class. We were the only divers on the reefs. No other dive boats.
Diving ranged from steep walls with swift currents, sometimes washing machine to muck dives with a variety of macro critters. We saw white tip sharks, Wobbegong shark, whitetip, bamboo shark and rare coral cat shark.
Schooling spices are surgeon fish, rainbow runner, bigeye and fusilier.
Fortunately, we could encounter a small school of threadfin trevally on a night dive. Rhinopias encounter is guaranteed on the reefs of Pula Island in Alor. The hard and soft corals are pristine and vibrant.
During a solo dive, I found a huge swim through on the north side of Batek island that even the local guide did not know about. This is the last dive of this cruise and will be confirmed on the next cruise.
We can’t wait to go back on the Oceanic to the somewhere rare destination!
Websites Oceanic   

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Cayman, Bahama, Red Sea, Maldives, Thailand, Micronesia, Okinawa, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, GBR, Malaysia, Tanzania, Brunei, most places in Indonesia, Philippines and PNG
Closest Airport Rabuan Bajo Getting There Bali to komodo

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny Seas calm
Water Temp 27-28°C / 81-82°F Wetsuit Thickness 1
Water Visibility 20-25 Ft/ 6-8 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions none
Liveaboard? yes Nitrox Available? yes

What I Saw

Sharks Lots Mantas None
Dolphins Schools Whale Sharks None
Turtles > 2 Whales None
Corals 5 stars Tropical Fish 5 stars
Small Critters 5 stars Large Fish 5 stars
Large Pelagics 4 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 5 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 5 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Camera room next to lounge and restaurant. Easy to check gears.
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