flylow47
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Every place I dive seems to have its own variants of dive boats. This particular site from the pics above was called Menjangan in NW Bali, Indonesia. Outstanding diving. All of the boats looked just like it (that would be the guide resting), and they moved rather slow (notice the outboard). But that's part of the deal, and it slows down the pace of life. It was only half hour to the site blazing along at 10 knots or so. . I think they cost about USD 50 for a day for the boat, plus guide and tanks and driver, etc. Overall pretty cheap diving and a truly special place to dive. That is, if you like 40 meter vis and warm water.
Diving in Thailand can be done from a nice 40 foot speedboat with twin or triple 300 hp outboards for about usd100 per person for a 2 tank dive. Below is an example. I wasn't on this boat but the liveaboard I was on stopped at an island and this boat was parked there.
Or half that for local distances from a wooden longtail boat.
Diving in the Philippines is really interesting - most places I've been dive from small wooden boats with pontoons. My wife learned to get into boat always by removing gear first and letting the crew pull it up. Costs usually around usd 30 a dive, including the guide and tank.
Philippines dive boat
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