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  1. Topper1972

    Fuvahmulah

    I just booked a place on the Emperor Leo liveaboard (Male - Gan) January 8-22 2022 (2 week liveaboard). I have 4½ weeks holiday, so I I am thinking about either booking a extra week with Emperor Leo (Gan - Koodoo) or maybe popping over to Fuvahmullah for 8-10 days of shore based diving. Price...
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    1 week Ambon Oct 2020 with whom to go? Critter Junkies, Blue Rose or Dive Into Ambon?

    Thanks, Benjamin - it is super to hear your feedback both on Blue Motion, Critter Junkies and the Crecia Guest House :-D I am a big fan of walking - how far walking distance do you estimate the Crecia Guest House is from Critter Junkies?
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    1 week Ambon Oct 2020 with whom to go? Critter Junkies, Blue Rose or Dive Into Ambon?

    I have done 2 Banda Sea crossings (Maumere - Ambon): October 3-16 2019 with the very small wooden phinisi Tidak Apa'Pa. September 27 - October 8 2019 with the big wooden schooner Mutiara Laut. The weather was bad this year, but the Mutiara Laut had no problem handling it - there was just 2-3...
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    1 week Ambon Oct 2020 with whom to go? Critter Junkies, Blue Rose or Dive Into Ambon?

    Thank you all - it is all very valuable information! I really appreciate your info and recommendations! :-D
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    1 week Ambon Oct 2020 with whom to go? Critter Junkies, Blue Rose or Dive Into Ambon?

    So far Dive Into Ambon seems the recommended choice - thanks! :-D But diving Ambon Bay (the Laha dive sites) how does that work with a dive resort situated so far away? On a full-day boat tour you do a reef dive half-way, then dive Ambon Bay and then another reef dive on the way back to Dive...
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    1 week Ambon Oct 2020 with whom to go? Critter Junkies, Blue Rose or Dive Into Ambon?

    Hi all! Me and 2 friends have just booked a Banda Sea liveaboard with the MY Emperor Raja Laut (Ambon-Ambon) October 17-24 2020 (2 more friends should join us shortly). Our plan Oct - Nov 2020 is: October 10-17: dive Ambon with a local dive center October 17-24: Banda Sea liveaboard...
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    Real Time Blue Manta Review: Banda Sea 9 – 19 Sept 2019

    Weather this year was rough in the Banda Sea in late-September to early-October. This year I did the crossing (Maumere - Ambon) on the huge Mutiara Laut Sept 27 - Oct 8....last year I did the crossing (Maumere - Ambon) on the tiny Tidak Apapa October 2-16....so pretty much same time of year for...
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    Need cabin buddy Mutiara Laut 12d/11n Banda Sea crossing Sept 27 - Oct 8 (50% discount!)

    UPDATE AUGUST 6: One male share in a Double Twin-Cabin has become available! I am myself now sorted as to cabin buddy....but I just learned that at least one spot is still open. As for a nice place to stay in Maumere prior to the liveaboard I can recommend the Sea World Club. Official Website...
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    Need cabin buddy Mutiara Laut 12d/11n Banda Sea crossing Sept 27 - Oct 8 (50% discount!)

    Hi all! I have booked a cabin for 2 with twin beds on the MSY Mutiara Laut 'Spices&Snakes' 12 day/11 night Banda Sea crossing Sept 27 - Oct 8 (Maumere to Ambon)...but my cabin buddy has had to cancel :-/ The spaces were available at exceptional 50% discount, so one shared space is only 2750€ /...
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    Manatees March 2019 - where, when and with whom should I go?

    Tridacna....ah, that is not technicaly a selfie? Then I do not have a selfie photo.
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    Manatees March 2019 - where, when and with whom should I go?

    Dear Guy Harrison, Thank you for your valuable advice and information - it is very much appreciated!! :-D Just to clarify: Though I have one single selfie of myself with a dugong, selfies have never been of special interest to me. I do not even own a selfie-stick or a camera approriate for a...
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    Manatees March 2019 - where, when and with whom should I go?

    Thanks everyone for your advice!!! :-D I just e-mailed Bird's Underwater Dive Center to make me an offer for 6-day combined diving + snorkling with manatees package February 28 - March 5. Do you think that a 6-day package would be enough days to make it relatively assured that I get to see...
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    Manatees March 2019 - where, when and with whom should I go?

    Thanks for the great advice, Caveeagle and Marie13! So, it is worth spending a few days in or near Crystal River...there is both snorkling with the manatees and some decent diving to be had? I already have a scuba selfie with a dugong...it could be nice having one with a manatee, too ;-)
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    Tiger Beach end of March 2019 - with whom to dive and where to stay?

    I am considering spending a week diving based in or near Freeport, Grand Bahama either prior or after a 2x10 day liveaboard March 8-29 with the Bahamas Master. Does anybody have recommendations as to whom to dive with? And perhaps also for somewhere convenient to stay?
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    Manatees March 2019 - where, when and with whom should I go?

    End of February/beginning of March 2019 I have 8-10 days in Florida before I am going on a 2x10 day liveaboard in the Bahamas and Bimini with the Bahamas Master. I like dugongs, so I am very much considering paying their American cousins the manatees a visit. Would end of February/beginning of...
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    Trip Report Sharm el Sheikh trip report May 27 - June 8

    There was no current at all when we dove the tanks. In fact I think it highly unlikely that there is ever current at that dive site as it is quite protected. Depth of the tanks and trucks ranged from 15-40 meters - on our dive at the tanks dive site our maximum depth was 29 meters.
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    Trip Report Sharm el Sheikh trip report May 27 - June 8

    June 1 2018: Diving the Tank Graveyard near the Travco Harbour in Sharm el Sheikh. I believe Ocean College is the only dive center that regurlarly dives this site. Below some info on this dive site... 'The mystery of the Tank Reef - Ras Peter Very little is known about the tank graveyard, an...
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    recommendations for back to back trips in nov/dec

    And from the same trip in October 2015 here is some hammerhead shark action at Daedalus Reef. The Red Sea hammerhead sharks seem more friendly and inqusitive than the hammerhead sharks that I have encountered when diving in other parts of the world.
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    recommendations for back to back trips in nov/dec

    Here is some Rocky Island shark action that I filmed in October 2015 - you can see that the oceanic whitetip sharks are quite 'bossy' even when compared to a tiger shark:
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