Dive Review of Pelagian in
Indonesia/Wakatobi

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Pelagian, Oct, 2006, by Linda & Ron Welf, CA, USA ( Contributor 17 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 3570.
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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	Our 11-day trip off southeast Sulawesi was the ultimate in comfort and serenity. The boat is beautiful and our “super deluxe" cabin was very spacious. Meals are individually served to order, not a buffet. This October, seas were calm and the weather was sunny every day. We fully recommend this trip. The diving feature remote coral reefs that displayed the greatest profusion of color that we have ever seen. We dove on submerged coral atolls that were out of sight of any land or boats. Reefs were in truly pristine condition. Most of the fish were small to medium, and there were almost no sharks or rays. Off the island of Buton there is muck diving where we saw cockatoo waspfish, devil scorpionfish, robust & ornate ghost pipefish, mandarin fish, orangutan crab in bubble coral, frog fish, banded cardinal fish, large plerobranchus, mantis shrimp, snake eels, and my first view of a wonderpus. The dive guides, a young Italian couple Cici and Marco, were competent, energetic and exuded joie de vivre. They laughed easily and were fluent in English, German and Italian. While this couple is casual and relaxed, they kept the diving organized and on schedule. Eleven guests were divided into two groups, each with a guide. You can trust them with your life, because they are skilled. Cici was very conscientious and, while petite, did just as much as a man would do in this position. Affable Marco took advantage of the indoor/outdoor speaker system to pipe a constantly changing selection of music throughout the boat, ranging from light instrumentals morning and evening to more varied music in the afternoon. His tastes matched ours perfectly. As a couple traveling alone, not in a group, we were pleased to find the other divers were experienced divers and adventurous travelers. We had two Germans, two Swedes, one Italian and six Americans. Again, we completely recommend this trip.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, & Little Cayman; Hondoras ; Bonaire; Belize; Yap; Palau; Truk; Cozumel; Fiji; Sulewesi; Lembeh; Bunaken; Spidan; Somonon Islands
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	79-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	no restrictions, as long as you explained what you intended to do to the dive master.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
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	[None]

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Dive Review of Pelagian in Indonesia/Wakatobi

Pelagian, Oct, 2006,

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Dive Review of Pelagian in
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