Dive Review of Pindito in
Indonesia/Misool & Triton Bay

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Pindito: "Wonders of eastern Indonesia", Apr, 2024, by Frederick R. Turoff, PA, US ( Top Contributor 36 reports with 17 Helpful votes). Report 13064.
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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	When travelling this far, it's advisable to take a few days to acclimate to the time change before diving, so we stayed in Jakarta at the FM7 hotel near the Jakarta airport for two nights before continuing to Sorong. At the Water's Edge in MA is the dive shop that provided the trip. While in Jakarta, we toured to see the city and area. Many in our group had been on the Pindito before, so we were used to the operation and they knew us as well. The boat has been improved, with the upper lounge now extended over the dive deck, giving shade and much more relaxing space. We started our journey out of Sorong to Misool and then along the southern coast of Western Papua. We dove for 6 days, getting in 24 dives. The variety of fish life and critters in this part of the world is overwhelming. And the soft corals are a delight to see, so many colors. Visibility was generally quite good, although we did have a few dives where it was limited due to a plankton bloom. The last three dive days we were in Triton Bay for 9 dives. I had expected clear water and all sorts of colorful soft coral, but there was a plankton bloom that limited visibility most dives. Still, the soft corals were exquisite and colorful. The 6 nights dives we did, including 2 blackwater, produced fish and critters that hid during the day. Our trip ended with a dream dive - we had a message from a fishing boat that it had three whale sharks around it, so we headed there and wound up doing a 2-hour shallow dive with those three whale sharks staying with the boat and us, allowing for plenty of interaction and photos. During that dive we also were visited by several dolphins. It's an awesome experience being so close to a fish that big (the biggest was about 8m long) that wasn't interested in us but was aware of our presence. They are beautiful animals. We started our journey back from Kaimana, and overnighted at the FM7 in Jakarta again before heading back to the US. Most of us used Qatar Airlines for air travel, which meant long layovers in Doha. However, QA offers several grades of lounges where one can reserve space to pass the time. This allows opportunity for food, sleep and a shower at a reasonable cost.
Websites	Pindito
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	USVI, BVI, lesser Antilles, Bonaire, all three Caymans , Coco Island, Revillagigedos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Bahamas, Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia, Red Sea
Closest Airport	Sorong & Kaimana	Getting There	Qatar Airlines from East coast US to Jakarta, then to Sorong
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-86°F / 27-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	15-100 Ft/ 5-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	> 2
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	The Pindito has a room dedicated to photographers. Plenty of outlets, compressed air to blow-dry gear, towels and storage space.

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Dive Review of Pindito in Indonesia/Misool & Triton Bay

Pindito: "Wonders of eastern Indonesia", Apr, 2024,

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Dive Review of Pindito in
Indonesia/Misool & Triton Bay