Behind Timor

[Sergey Pecherin]

Can anybody tell me something about diving at east from Timor? Islands: Wetar, Moa, Romang, Damar, Jamdena, Aru…? Is it worth to reach those places for diving? Can anybody to recommend something?

 

[Wingy]

Perhaps contact these people http://www.daveharasti.com/articles/East_Timor.htm

There were some divers from Aus who went up for a photography expedition and it looked like a really interesting trip.

 

[mbode]

Will go there in October on board of MV Amira. We will start in Maumere and end up in Tanimbar. According to reports from the Seven Seas http://www.thesevenseas.net/newsletters/2010-12.html the region has some potential. There are very few ships going there. Best time should be May or October/November.

 

[ocdiver1]

I've not been to the islands you speak of, but have been to East Timor 3 times. If you'd like any info about diving there, feel free to pm

 

[Sergey Pecherin]

Thanks for replies. We are going to visit those islands next year and I'll be grateful for any info

 

[Luko]

Thanks for replies. We are going to visit those islands next year and I'll be grateful for any info

Not sure you'd find dive equipment and somewhere to fill a tank.
Maluku can get quickly remote, esp. eastern. I went to Kei 4 months ago, which is still touristic (there were at least 20 western people on the island, but was the only diver) I couldn't even find a compressor, of the two people who were expected to hire a boat and a tank, accroding to the bungalow owner, one was recently deceased, the other one gone back to Bali.

Hope you can speak bahasa too, otherwise I wouldn't be very optimistic.

 

[Sergey Pecherin]

I know that we scarcely find tanks, compressor… on the islands. We are going to take charter for two weeks with start from Alor for example or from Kupang.