Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in
Indonesia/Sulawesi- Wakatobi Isl.

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Wakatobi Dive Resort: "Fantastic return visit to the resort and the Pelagian", May, 2023, by Jane Goble, FL, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 12436.
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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
Overall Rating
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Comments	[This was our second trip to Wakatobi. We spent one week diving from the resort and then another week diving from the Pelagian. We stayed in the same beautiful ocean front bungalow as before but now with added electrical outlets on both sides of the bed. Great front porch, hammock, and loungers. There is a great house reef to dive and snorkel but we didn't. The diving was fantastic. 83 - 85 degree water, spacious, covered dive boats with head. Exceptional dive masters who point out the most minute critters with magnifying glasses. Pristine corals and swarms of small and medium fish. Bait balls, sea snakes, turtles, crocodile and scorpion fish, large bump heads, schools of barracudas, and a lone white tip shark. Mostly wall and ridge dives with very good visibility. Easy currents. Diving from Pelagian was different and absolutely wonderful. The muck dives were outstanding for their unusual critters, mantis shrimps, spearing shrimps, multi-colored leaf fish, pipefish, and too many others to list. A lagoon dive found at least 7 large cuttlefish who willingly posed for videos and seemed interested in the divers. Huge blue puffers swam around the cuttlefish. We went back to the site a second time and the residents were still there. The divemasters were incredible. The dive operation was efficient. Nitrox a consistent 32. Cabins and food top notch. We will return. Most highly recommend and worth the effort to get there.
Websites	Wakatobi Dive Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]Egypt, Papua New Guinea, Sipidan, Raja Ampat, Bali, Philippines, Palau, Maldives, Thailand, Fr. Polynesia, Hawaii, Cozumel, Belize, Caribbean, Wakatobi,
Closest Airport	Tomia	Getting There	Fly to Bali via Istanbul on Turkish Airlines. Then private charter through Wakatobi resort to Tomia.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	83-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-70 Ft/ 15-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	70 minute dives
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	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	We only use a GoPro now but there were serious photographers diving with us both at the resort and on the Pelagian. We saw the set ups for photographers and they were spacious and well equipped. The boat crews respected everyone's equipment and kept them safe.

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in Indonesia/Sulawesi- Wakatobi Isl.

Wakatobi Dive Resort: "Fantastic return visit to the resort and the Pelagian", May, 2023,

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in
Indonesia/Sulawesi- Wakatobi Isl.