Dive Review of Dewi Nusantara in
Indonesia/Komodo

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Dewi Nusantara: "Komodo on the Dewi", Jul, 2016, by Mike Cavanaugh, TX, US ( Contributor 12 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 9203.
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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	This was our first trip on the Dewi so we had great expectations because we had heard so much about the Dewi. The boat is beautiful and the cabins are spacious. The double room I was assigned had 2 singles pushed together and the cordage on the singles made the crack bad enough that it was uncomfortable. This alone could prevent me from booking on the Dewi again. The food was average and sub par in comparison to other Indonesia Liveaboards. The food was served buffet style at lunch and there was typically insufficient food for everyone. This was a bit puzzling given the boat only had 11 divers on this trip. The was not trip cruise director so the management of the boat and the diving was all run by Andira. It is my opinion that this is too much work for one person and some things will suffer from that. It was evident to us that we were knew to the boat and were treated as outsiders in comparison to the repeat customers. An example of this would be we would typically be the first to be seated for dinner and place the dinner order but be the last to be served. Andria let Hendrick the steward run the galley and he would seat us alone at a table away from the others. I prefer to be alone most times but I do not like to be snubbed. One of my party observed cans being thrown overboard from one of the galley windows. When I broached the subject with Andria she reported back that the galley denied throwing cans overboard and wanted to know if I saw the person. This is poorly managed and there is obviously a culture problem on the vessel because this happens and she took the wrong approach to preventing it from happening again. Reporting back to me and asking for more detail in front of the crews clearly reveals the person reporting the infraction and creates animosity. Well done Andria. The dive crews for the tenders were very attentive and helpful. Getting in and out of the water was traditional tender diving. Backwards roll from the tender to enter the water and climb out with gear off. The boat crews were good with the camera equipment but there really was no safe place to put the camera/video gear on the tender except in the bow covered by a towed and under the feet of the tender driver. The diving from Komodo to Bali was classic Komodo diving. Diving is like fishing, sometimes the critters are there and sometimes they aren't. The visibility was always great on the north and not as good on the south. The reefs are thriving and full of marine life. There were plenty of mantas and sharks and lots of macro stuff for those looking for that. Currents were sometimes a bit strong but much less severe than I was expecting for this area. The last dive was on Pandang Bai Jetty in Bali which I had not been to before. The poor visibility, surge, trash and fisherman hooks in the water would prevent me from making that dive again. I have made numerous liveaboard trips all over Indonesia and given the choice I would probably not return to the Dewi Nusantara. Indonesia diving is world class diving at world class prices and the service needs to be on par with the pricing.
Websites	Dewi Nusantara
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Fiji
Closest Airport	Bali	Getting There	Easy Garuda flight Bali - Bima Sail Bima - Denpasar.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	currents
Water Temp	82-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	1
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Request to limit dive to 60 mins but not enforced.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	As reported by many others before me, Dewi has a very nice set up in the bow of the boat with work stations and power strips for photographers and videographers. There was a dedicated rinse tank for photo/video equipment and the drill was to rinse/check your gear and then set it on the deck in front of the rinse tank if you wanted it loaded on the boat. The crew would not retrieve gear from the rinse tank to go on the dinghy nor would they take gear from the camera room. The boat crew would rinse you photo/video gear and lay on the deck. They would not leave your photo/video gear in the rinse tank unless you put it back in after they took it out. The was an air tank in the camera room for air drying gear.

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Dive Review of Dewi Nusantara in Indonesia/Komodo

Dewi Nusantara: "Komodo on the Dewi", Jul, 2016,

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Dive Review of Dewi Nusantara in
Indonesia/Komodo