Dive Review of Solitude Adventurer in
Indonesia/Banda Sea

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Solitude Adventurer: "Hammerheads and beautiful coral in the Banda Sea", Oct, 2022, by Graham McGregor, Kilmacolm, GB ( Top Contributor 39 reports with 22 Helpful votes). Report 12110.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Overall We had not been previously to the Banda Sea and went largely because of the possibility of Hammerheads. Certainly, they were there and many on our group saw individuals and small schools on several dives. We did see a couple of Hammerheads and a Whale Shark. The hard corals are possibly the best I have seen anywhere- genuinely impressive. There was a good selection and variety of fauna, and we were not disappointed. However, be warned, even though you have to pay $250 in cash for “Marine Park and mooring fees” – at no point are you diving in a protected Marine Park! As a result, there aren’t a lot of larger fish and we saw no sharks (other then Hammerheads) whatsoever. Getting to/from Ambon. We flew from the UK on Emirates via Dubai to Jakarta. No masks on board Emirates flights required apart from the Dubai to Jakarta leg. Masks were “required” in the airports and planes in Indonesia, but many people ignored this! We had relatively long (10 hour) layovers in Jakarta before and after our domestic flights from Jakarta to Ambon, so we had day rooms at the FM7 Hotel (about 20/30 mins drive from the International Terminal) on the way there and the Jakarta Airport Hotel ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Galapagos; Socorro; Palau; Sipadan; Truk; Malapascua; Komodo; Ticao Island; Maldives; Red Sea; Caribbean; Cuba; Hawaii; Florida; Cozumel; Spain, Seychelles, Mauritius, Oman, GBR; Raja Ampat
Closest Airport	Ambon	Getting There	Via Jakarta
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	29-30°C / 84-86°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-40 M / 66-131 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minutes dive duration
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	1 or 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	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Good facilities for UWP ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Solitude Adventurer in Indonesia/Banda Sea

Solitude Adventurer: "Hammerheads and beautiful coral in the Banda Sea", Oct, 2022,

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Dive Review of Solitude Adventurer in
Indonesia/Banda Sea