Biodiversity cruise part two. The Banda islands. The Banda island diving has a variety of diving types. Walls with very shallow reef tops. Sloping reefs and inside the harbour of banda we dove an old lava flow now covered with a reef. The night dive was inside the harbour on a muck dive site. A land tour of the town and fort as well as a nutmeg plantation. Currents ranged from none to slight so photography was easy. Highlight of one dive was mating octopus. Fish life was good but there was a few fishing boats seen in the area. Visibilty ranged from 85 feet to muck dive visibilty. Divesites have to be carefully selected as the current will rain sand particles over yourself if you do the wrong side of the reef. A very good liveaboard crew does take all the weather and sea conditions when picking the site. Crossing from Guung Api volcano to Banda Island very smooth. Depending on the speed of the liveaboard this crossing is between 16-24 hours. My website has a Banda Islands section.
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