Hi everyone,
This is a question for people who know Indonesia diving very well and have dived in many places there.
I'm heading back to Indonesia soon and am trying to find some of the best dive sites that I haven't been to. I've been to many of the big ticket items. My favourites include Alor, Raja, Maratua, Koon, and Belongas. I enjoy healthy, fishy reefs, with interesting topography. While I like macro, I enjoy diving with pelagics more. I've also done lots of diving in many other areas: Komodo, Kakaban, Sangalaki, Derawan, Candi Dasa, Banda, Lembeh, Bunaken, Penida, Menjangan, Pemuteran, Ambon, Weh, Rote, East Lombok, and probably some other places I'm forgetting.
There are some renowned spots I haven't visited, such as Wakatobi, Triton Bay, etc. The tricky thing with some of those is from what I've seen, some of them work out to be mega expensive, which rules them out for me at the moment. There are others like Halmahera and Togean that I've heard mixed reviews about (nice reefs, overfished).
I've heard good things about Bangka, although I don't think it's very sharky. At the moment, that's probably top of my list though.
Apparently the diving off west Sumbawa is quite nice, but I don't know it's special. And supposedly the southern gills are good too, but they're more about macro.
So, does anyone have any recommendations for underappreciated sites in Indonesia with dense reefs and pelagics that don't cost too much to reach?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Greg
This is a question for people who know Indonesia diving very well and have dived in many places there.
I'm heading back to Indonesia soon and am trying to find some of the best dive sites that I haven't been to. I've been to many of the big ticket items. My favourites include Alor, Raja, Maratua, Koon, and Belongas. I enjoy healthy, fishy reefs, with interesting topography. While I like macro, I enjoy diving with pelagics more. I've also done lots of diving in many other areas: Komodo, Kakaban, Sangalaki, Derawan, Candi Dasa, Banda, Lembeh, Bunaken, Penida, Menjangan, Pemuteran, Ambon, Weh, Rote, East Lombok, and probably some other places I'm forgetting.
There are some renowned spots I haven't visited, such as Wakatobi, Triton Bay, etc. The tricky thing with some of those is from what I've seen, some of them work out to be mega expensive, which rules them out for me at the moment. There are others like Halmahera and Togean that I've heard mixed reviews about (nice reefs, overfished).
I've heard good things about Bangka, although I don't think it's very sharky. At the moment, that's probably top of my list though.
Apparently the diving off west Sumbawa is quite nice, but I don't know it's special. And supposedly the southern gills are good too, but they're more about macro.
So, does anyone have any recommendations for underappreciated sites in Indonesia with dense reefs and pelagics that don't cost too much to reach?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Greg
