Dive Review of Thalassa Dive Center/Hotel Santila in
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Thalassa Dive Center/Hotel Santila, Aug, 2006, by Diane Lake, CA, United States ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 3668.
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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
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Hotel Santika was pleasent, being clean and well maintained. It is not a dedicated "Dive Hotel" so there is a variety of guests and going's-on. Two restaurants, both quite slow, foodwise the Bigtree Cafe was the better of the two. Thalassa Dive Center is a walk down from the hotel, and you continue beond to the dock, which is quite a walk down a very long plank pier spanning mangroves. Dive briefings were good as were our dive guides, Maxi, Marco, and German. Very attentive and good at finding critters. They have come across a new pygmy seahorse which is even smaller than the regular Pygmy. Very hard to see this 1/4 inch seahorse, not only due to it's size, but it 's color matched the coral exactly. More types and numbers of Lionfish than I've ever seen. Flying Gunards,flambouant cuttlefish, dragon seahorses, ghost pipefish, a plethora of beautiful colorful corals and reef fish. More than any where else I've been. Great dives, I would come again.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	S. Africa, Galapagos, Sulawesi, Komodo, Bali, Tahiti, Belize, Fiji, Bahamas, Baja California ( pacific side and the Sea of Cotez), Bonaire, St Lucia, St Eustatia, Yucatan Peninsula, Costa Rica, California, Mexico
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather		Seas	calm
Water Temp	84-84°F / 29-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	53
Water Visibility	40-90 Ft/ 12-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Thalassa Dive Center/Hotel Santila in Indonesia/Sulawesi

Thalassa Dive Center/Hotel Santila, Aug, 2006,

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Dive Review of Thalassa Dive Center/Hotel Santila in
Indonesia/Sulawesi