Dive Review of Wakatobi -- Pelagian in
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Wakatobi -- Pelagian: "Good diving, exceptional service", Sep, 2019, by Larry Schnabel, CA, US ( Contributor 15 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 11089.
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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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Value for $$
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Comments	[None]Wakatobi is a long trip from anywhere in the U.S. and The Pelagian is an expensive live aboard. The boat is immaculate and the crew caters to your every need. While the maximum # of divers it can accommodate is 10, on my trip we had but 5 . So two of us cut deals to upgrade our cabins for less than the usual surcharge.The Pelagian offers 4 daily dives- three day dives and one night dive. All dives are off a Zodiac rather than the mother ship.The muck diving is superb insofar as number of critters located is concerned but with lower viz ( maybe 25 ft.). The open sea diving offered viz of 60-85 ft at 77-79F water temperature at depth that never exceeded 100 ft- all 5 diver were on 31%-33% Nitrox. I had a 100 cu ft tank but the other divers chose an 80CC tank. Tons of tropical fish, a few Banded Sea Kraits and Hawksbill turtles , some Napoleon Wrasses , rays of various types and much more .The open ocean was a bit rough at times, making it somewhat challenging for me to don my gear in the Zodiac. But the Zodiac dive guides ( one or two on each dive) gave unstinting help in getting this 77 year old divers geared up.
Websites	Wakatobi -- Pelagian
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]All over Mexico and Caribbean; PNG , Great barrier Reef, Thailand-Burma , Maldives , Greece and Italy, Yap and Palau, Viet-Nam, Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii ( Maui, Kona), Solomon Islands, Bermuda, Cocos Islands, Galapagos , West coast of California, Indonesia
Closest Airport	Sulawesi	Getting There	Singapore Airlines Los Angeles-Singapore-Bali-Sulawesi
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	77-79°F / 25-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-85 Ft/ 8-26 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]Surface with minimum 500 PSI
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	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 Wakatobi -- Pelagian in Indonesia

Wakatobi -- Pelagian: "Good diving, exceptional service", Sep, 2019,

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Dive Review of Wakatobi -- Pelagian in
Indonesia