Dive Review of Grand Komodo/MV TemuKira in
Indonesia/IRIAN, far eastern Indonesia

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Grand Komodo/MV TemuKira, Apr, 2003, by Terry Anderson, Texas, USA ( Sr. Contributor 28 reports with 15 Helpful votes). Report 694.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	[None] This is our second trip with Grand Komodo since the service and diving are exceptional, first one in 2001. The TemuKira only holds 12 divers and we only had five for the 9 day trip in an area where we never saw another dive boat, hardly any other people, Irian Jaya north to the equator, diving reefs, seamounts, and coastal areas. The food is Indonesian, plentyful and great. The crew is outstanding, helpful and friendly. We had three divemasters for five divers for nine days. The other divers were from Sweden, two DMs and one instructor, and they took professional digital photography which we watch after dinner with cold beers. By the first day the crew knew everyone's equipment and you never touched your gear until you packed to leave. Three long dives during the day, and we would anchor behind an island in the evening and take a long night dive. We even took a 5 am dive to watch the sea come alive with sunrise. Just ask the crew; no problem. And the Criters! We saw more than a dozen species we never had seen in over 300 each dives in Carribean, Pacific, or Indian Ocean. Pigmay seahorse, harlequin ghost pipefish, spanish dancer, ocellated frogfish, slipper lobster, electric clams, Randall's goby, mandiran fish, numerous wobbegong sharks, and epaulette and bamboo sharks. That besides the usual crocodile fish, scorpion and lion fish, manta rays, reef sharks and hawkbill turtles. One day we saw a school of a thousand dolphins. This is for the adverturous, the curious, and advanced divers. My fifth livaboard, and never been treated better: Grand Komodo even picked us up at Bali airport since there had been a tragic bombing six months earlier. Then we flew to Irian Jaya; they set up all arrangments. Look up Grand Komodo Tours on the web; about $1800 for 9 days on the liveaboard, plus your flights. We definately will return. Terry Anderson, Bryan, Texas
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified] Maldives, Sipadan, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Philipines, Thailand, Malaysia, Bonaire, Belize, Cozumel
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	currents
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified] Use own Computer; virtually no restrictions, took one 90 minute dive.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Grand Komodo/MV TemuKira in Indonesia/IRIAN, far eastern Indonesia

Grand Komodo/MV TemuKira, Apr, 2003,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Dive Review of Grand Komodo/MV TemuKira in
Indonesia/IRIAN, far eastern Indonesia