Well, here is a picture that tells you otherwise. My camera sucks, but you see the date stamp in the picture, below, and the visibility then. You can even see those tiny divers on the other end of the Alley and their bubbles.
In France there is one saying " one swallow does not make a summer." Exceptions doesn't make it a rule.
I'm happy you enjoyed your trip in the south and your photos in august, in the meantime I just read what the Komodo operators coming up first in Google have to say after a South komodo request.
So what do they know... :
Extract from Seven Seas liveaboard :
"we are now going to show you the south side as you have never seen it before, and during the time that you should be there, during the Northwest Monsoon!
From October to May, this is the time of the year when it’s all different and this is when the South is the Best! During the Northwest season, everything gets turned around and upside down in Komodo. The waters in the South are clear and warm, and a new underwater world opens up with many of our favorite sites now accessible, in the right conditions and with new sites waiting to be explored!"
Scuba Junkies :
"The South of the Komodo National Park is famous for its unique topography. This area has epic walls, stunning swim-through's and fascinating structures.
The dive sites here boast some of the longest and most impressive whip corals, huge gorgonian seafans and is the best area in the Komodo National Park to spot stunning schools of Devil Rays. The marine life in this area differs to that in the centre and north, with sea apples, varieties of nudibranchs and coral species unique to the South. Due to the seasons,
this area is best dived from November through to February."
Blue Marlin Labuan Bajo :
"Wet season generally runs from December until March. However, while it does rain in wet season, we are still able to go diving most of the time. In fact, it is during this season that Manta rays are most prevalent. The northern sites usually experience poor visibility and large waves, but
sites in the southern part of the park (Cannibal Rock, 3 Sisters, Pillarsteen and more) open up with incredible visibility (25-40m) and calm conditions."
If you go to Divine diving liveaboard schedule you nitice it stops going to the south from may and resumes in September. Guess why.
In my little personal case, it's been 3 years in a row I have tryed to decide operators to take a south trip in august. I talked to Dragon Dive when I was on their liveaboard in august last year to check whether at least we could even go to Padar. No way, waves were much too high with **** viz. They stopped going to the south from may on and resumed in October. What's the reason according to you?