Dive Review of Blue Marlin in
Indonesia/Komodo

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Blue Marlin: "Good day boat for Komodo", Oct, 2019, by Joel Hirsh, CT, US ( Reviewer 4 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 11252.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	After a live-aboard trip across the Banda Sea, I wanted to see the Komodo Dragons and do some diving but didn’t have time to do a live-aboard in Komodo. So in the few days available I did a typical day trip of hiking, dragon watching and snorkeling followed by two days of shore-based diving with Blue Marlin. BTW, some of the snorkel beaches had amazing sea life in less than 10' of water. Blue Marlin has a few boats, but I chose the “Toby” which is a fast boat. This allowed 3 dives with 1 hr surface intervals and still get back by mid-afternoon. The boat only holds 12 divers (including guides and instructors). There is a maximum of 4 divers per guide. The tanks are spaced widely and there is plenty of room to gear-up without bouncing off your neighbor. Nitrox is free! Briefings were very thorough which was especially important due to the currents at some sites. Entry was a back roll off the sides. On returning, most of us took off and handed up our gear since the ladder is narrow and vertical. The only down-side is that there is no rinse tank for cameras. The day boats tend to attract less experienced divers who don’t have big rigs. My 6 dives were all on the north side of Komodo Island. Crystal Rock had ripping currents (horizontal and vertical) with a reef hook a must. Then just hang on and watch the parade of big schools of jacks, white and grey tip reef sharks and other fish. Makassar Reef (Manta Point) had a procession of large reef mantas using the cleaning stations. This location is also popular for snorkel boats due to good vis and relatively shallow depth. Mawan also had a few big mantas plus 2 frog fish sitting in a sea fan. Other sites had good coral gardens, many nudis, turtles and schools of fish. If you only have a few days in Komodo and want to do some shore-based diving, Blue Marlin is a good bet.
Websites	Blue Marlin
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Australia, PNG, Philippines
Closest Airport	Labuan Bajo	Getting There	Connections from Jakarta, Bali and some other islands
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	79-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	No rinse buckets on the boat. Not really set up for UWP

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Dive Review of Blue Marlin in Indonesia/Komodo

Blue Marlin: "Good day boat for Komodo", Oct, 2019,

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Dive Review of Blue Marlin in
Indonesia/Komodo