Blue Rose Divers Ambon

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frank707

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I've been to Ambon last month and while researching i couldn't find much info on Blue Rose Divers but deceided to go with them anyway, mainly for the cost and they have a bigger boat then Blue Motion Divers.
I'm very happy with that decision , i did 23 dives with BRD.
Two morning dives and a nightdive each day , after the second dive there was a simple lunch provided , rice with chicken , fish etc. After that i changed batteries , downloaded images and had a nap prior to the nightdive.
I rented a extra room at BRD but stayed at Grecia guesthouse wich is a 5 minute ride on a motobike away .
Diveboats are big , suiting up on board is not a issue , they don't have nitrox or bigger tanks , and i didn't look at the rental equipment.
Reason for staying at Grecia is to get away from the diveshop for some time , Laha were the shop is is very quiet and BRD is not a resort.
Big advantage for me was that there are not many people diving with them so we had max. 3 divers on board.
Dived mostly on the side from BRD , Laha etc but since there were a couple of Rhinopia's on the other side of the bay so we crossed the bay also for two days diving , at a extra cost for the fuel.
They use a bigger boat for these dives and i liked that side better , seen some nice rinopias , boxer crabs with eggs , pipefish with eggs and a mantis schrimp with eggs , theres a pattern in there..
Since my buddy for these dives was videoing and i'm taking pics we hired a extra guide for these dives .
The guide from DRD got sick during one of these days and they managed to get a female guide to help us out ,
i was very impressed with the effort they put in to provide a good experience for us.
So i will go back to Ambon and i would be using Blue Rose Divers again its good value for money , good guides and very rich in critters , just realise its not a luxery resort.
I was surprised at the number of harlequin shrimps , boxer crabs and surprisingly at one dive we came across a big school of blue-spotted rays , min 100 or so.

Some pics : Coconut Octopus reminds me of a roman soldier
Coconut-Octopus-Ambon-2018-4044.jpg

Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Flamboyant Cuttlefish-Ambon-2018-4470.jpg

Ribbon Eel
Ribbon eel-Ambon-2018-4432.jpg

Pipefish w Eggs
Pipefish w eggs-Ambon-2018-4564.jpg

Emperor schrimp
Emporer schrimpl-Ambon-2018-4713.jpg

Soft Coral crab
Soft coral crab-Ambon-2018-5036.jpg

Algea Octopus
Algea-octopus-Ambon-2018-3670.jpg

Frank
 
Hi,

we plan to dive with bluerose in October. Sent several email but no reply. How did you get in touch with them & do you have any contact (email) of Grecia guesthouse. We would like to stay there but I can`t find any contact at web for advanced booking. May be you can help.

Best regards from Germany

Markus
 
Hallo Marcus ,
I've used facebook for my contact with Bluerose , they also made the reservation with Grecia for me , they do have e-mail but English is difficult @ Grecia.
Regards, Frank
 
The most flamboyant cuttlefish I have ever seen! Great pics! Maybe your camera gear details in signature is a good idea..

Cheers
 
Excellent photos , thanks for sharing . What camera did you use ?
 
Thanks for the nice comments , i'm using a Nikon D500 mostly with a 60 mm macro in a Nauticam housing.
Frank
 
Can somebody verify where exactly is Blue Rose on a map? A pin/link to gooble maps would be great.
I am thinking to arange a week there towards the end of January but I am looking for alternative accommodation. I was told that Patra hotel is good, but I don't know how far it is from Blue Rose (preferably I want something within walking distance).
Thanks in advance.
 
Paste the adres from Blue rose divers : Jl.Raya Air Manis, Desa Laha Ambon in google maps and u can see for yourself.
Patra is within walking distance.
Frank
 
Paste the adres from Blue rose divers : Jl.Raya Air Manis, Desa Laha Ambon in google maps and u can see for yourself.
Patra is within walking distance.
Frank
That's strange. I did try the address, and google maps brought me somewhere across the bay! That's why I asked.
Now the location makes sense.
Thanks a lot.
 

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