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    Early Sept. Komodo LOB - flight or any other advice?

    So excited to tentatively book today for a Sept. trip on Coralia - 9 days/8 nts - Labuan Bajo-Labuan Bajo We'll be in Bali for a day before flying to LBJ on an early morning Garuda flight. For those of you that have made this Garuda flight recently - do you think we're safe in planning to fly...
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    Has anyone personally seen hammerhead schools in the Banda Sea?

    oh wow - that sounds like a disaster I saw one day in the Maldives with boats chasing whalesharks. (well, actually it couldn't be anywhere near as bad as that was.) Love the discussion on the Banda Sea search for hammerheads. Those who have seen them are so incredibly fortunate! That's a...
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    Has anyone personally seen hammerhead schools in the Banda Sea?

    Great info all, and good point on the brand new boat nudisusie. Has anyone heard any reviews on this board for SY Adelaar? I can't find any. It looks like a stunning LOB (with a stunning price tag of course). Not sure if their itinerary in Sept. would be what I'm looking for - "Komodo...
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    Has anyone personally seen hammerhead schools in the Banda Sea?

    Thinking of doing the 7 Nt Ambon/Banda trip on the Solitude Adventurer from 9-24-19 to 10-1-19. I see lots of Dive Op. videos showing schooling hammerheads during that time frame - but is there really a high likelihood, or is it more likely a rarity? Also, has anyone been on or heard about this...
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    9 day trip - diving similan islands in April + super short trip to Cambodia

    Yes, the day of, or day before we were ready to make our trip on Giamani, their generator broke down. They still had a back-up generator, but were being responsible by not taking their boat out for our trip. The dive group of unassociated passengers including us, were locked into our departure...
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    9 day trip - diving similan islands in April + super short trip to Cambodia

    Nope they had no idea - was not disclosed to them. You probably wouldn’t have any idea that this boat would be leaking either, given it’s great reputation. I see it highly recommended all the time by everyone here. I have no doubt it will be fixed and back to it’s former glorious condition soon
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    9 day trip - diving similan islands in April + super short trip to Cambodia

    Did 3 days on a LOB with the trip co-run by Giamani crew (Giamani wasn’t available so they arranged for us to be on another boat). The best was our 4 dives at Richelieu. Unbelievably spectacular and prolific sealife. Our heads just swiveled around in all directions trying to take it all in...
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    9 day trip - diving similan islands in April + super short trip to Cambodia

    trying to conserve space packing and only want to bring one wetsuit. any recommendations for late April? is the green monster a given at Koh Bon, Koh Tachai, Surin and Richelieu this time of year? not like we can change our plans now, so it is what it is, and I'm sure we'll have fun in any...
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    9 day trip - diving similan islands in April + super short trip to Cambodia

    Well, I like the idea of the smaller groups, and it seems to have very positive reviews. I didn’t see many (any?) LOB’s doing 4 Nt. trips in the Similan Islands that could be described as luxurious (comparatively). Of course my only LOB experience set the bar pretty high on luxury. Looking...
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    9 day trip - diving similan islands in April + super short trip to Cambodia

    Hi there. Oh - no, actually we'll be getting picked up for the boat a full day later than our arrival day. Just like you mentioned, I would be way too nervous about flight delays and missing the boat (as well as way too exhausted), if it was the day of arrival. I know it's going to be a...
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    9 day trip - diving similan islands in April + super short trip to Cambodia

    Leaving April 19 for a trip from the east coast U.S. to Phuket. Here's our itinerary. We would like to do so much more, but there's no way with our time constraints. Any advice whatsoever? plus what do you think about the dive sites & conditions in late April (diving conditions that is ...
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    State of emergency??

    Hi - we just came back yesterday from a week long stay aboard the Carpe Vita. The boat and its crew are absolutely phenomenal, the diving was great - and the state of emergency meant nothing to us at all during our trip. In fact, although we could have avoided the city of Male altogether, we...
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    Month of November

    Hello: We'll be on the Carpe Vita on their Nov 1-8 trip (can't wait) (North Male - Ari - Vaavu - South Male) Would anyone care to share their experience with diving in November in the Maldives? weather? currents? mantas? the Carpe Vita? Thanks in advance!
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    dive itinerary for Nov. 2015

    Thanks everyone for all of your helpful and considerate responses to my questions. We finally let it sink in that our vaca. weeks might not be the most reliably good time for weather in the areas of diving we considered. Changed it up a bit - as we're now booking a liveaboard in the...
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    dive itinerary for Nov. 2015

    Thanks Rob and Maverick (now I really want to see an orangutan crab in addition to large schools of fish). So, since I don't mind picking up and traveling a bit on vaca (let's see if I say that after having bad jetlag), I'm glad you think our plan is doable based on the geography Maverick...
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    dive itinerary for Nov. 2015

    Peeweedier - it sounds like you need to get yourself back to MIR :) Your pictures are great - and the one of the crab is amazing! What kind of crab? what is he sitting on - soft coral or eggs? it looks like silk. So, you said the typhoon you experienced was in Feb. 2014? I just...
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    dive itinerary for Nov. 2015

    Thanks Luko for confirming what I thought I might be picking up from endlessly viewing youtube videos of diving in those three areas. (viewing mostly the videos that aren't posted by dive shops though - since they're great but they put the best clips of all time in one video :)) A typhoon -...
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    dive itinerary for Nov. 2015

    That's great to hear about the folks at MIR - I am looking forward to it. And I agree, being under the water is one of the only times I am able to 100% relax (depending on the dive of course). My poor husband always wants to just tuck in somewhere nice, and get into the rhythm of relaxing...
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    dive itinerary for Nov. 2015

    Taking everyone's suggestions to heart, what about this revised plan? Yes I'm bringing this up again - lol! Does the extra day built in and the more relaxed schedule make it more feasible? (I just can't help noticing what I see as slightly different diving in the videos I'm watching of...
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