Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in
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Wakatobi Dive Resort, Sep, 2007, by Bob & Doris Schaffer, CA, USA ( Contributor 14 reports). Report 3631.
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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	After a week on the Pelagian, we did another week at Wakatobi Dive Resort offering 3 boat dives a day, one boat night dive during the week and unlimited shore diving (including night dives) on the house reef which runs the length of the resort. Pretty efficient dive operation; 12 divers to a comfortable long boat with one divemaster/guide for 6. Dive sites range from 5 minutes to 50 minutes away from the resort. Magnificent, healthy hard and soft corals, sea fans and small, unusual creatures on walls, reefs and slopes. We saw Blue Ribbon eels, turtles, banded sea snakes, ghost pipe fish, sea horses, frog fish, leaf fish, mandarin fish, cuttle fish and a variety of nudibranchs plus much more. Not much in the way of large pelagics but did see a few spotted eagle rays and some barricuda. Mostly drift diving with some mild and some very strong currents. A knowledgeable, helpful dive staff provides comfortable and safe diving in a very healthy marine environment. The accommodations are beautiful, comfortable and first-rate and a spa is available for massages and other relaxing treatments. Three buffet meals a day offer a large variety of both Western and Asian food and while it is not "gourmet," it is tasty and satisfying and the staff makes every effort to accommodate special requests. We prefer liveaboard diving, but for a land-based operation, this one is the best we have experienced.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	California; Galapagos; Cocos Island; Micronesia; Australia; PNG; Solomons; Fiji; Phoenix Islands; Mexico; Red Sea; Caribbean; Maldives; Hawaii
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	77-79°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Maximum 70 minute dives
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
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
UW Photo Comments	A dedicated room with reasonably good accessibility, plenty of drying towels and adequate electrical sockets for both 110 and 220

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in Indonesia/Wakatobi Archipelago

Wakatobi Dive Resort, Sep, 2007,

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Dive Review of Wakatobi Dive Resort in
Indonesia/Wakatobi Archipelago