aggarwal_r
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Hello Fellow-Divers,
I just returned from a 3 day dive trip to the Gilis. Here's a dive report:
Weather
The temperature was about 33 degrees Centigrade in the day. Its near the end of the rainy season so it was cloudy on most days with short spells of rain. But each day the sun shone through for at least 2 to 8 hours.
Water
The water temperature was around 28 degrees C. Visibility was about 18m though it went down in some parts. Currents were medium so most of the diving was of the drift variety. Hot and cold waters were mixing at most dive sites.
Sea Life
We saw turtles galore, white tip sharks, black tip sharks and even one 3m thresher shark, bump head parrot fish, and cuttle fish. The coral quality varied by site. At some sites the coral was quite bleached with small islands of remaining life.
Operators
We used two operators - Blue Marlin and Dream Divers. Both seemed fine. Although after our dives we realised that prices are quite negotiable and large discounts can be obtained. On average we were charged about USD 38 for each dive. We estimate that we could've gotten atleast a 25% discount on those rates. Sometimes it may be easier to negotiate the rates once you get there rather than over the internet.
Hope this helps.
Cheers!!
I just returned from a 3 day dive trip to the Gilis. Here's a dive report:
Weather
The temperature was about 33 degrees Centigrade in the day. Its near the end of the rainy season so it was cloudy on most days with short spells of rain. But each day the sun shone through for at least 2 to 8 hours.
Water
The water temperature was around 28 degrees C. Visibility was about 18m though it went down in some parts. Currents were medium so most of the diving was of the drift variety. Hot and cold waters were mixing at most dive sites.
Sea Life
We saw turtles galore, white tip sharks, black tip sharks and even one 3m thresher shark, bump head parrot fish, and cuttle fish. The coral quality varied by site. At some sites the coral was quite bleached with small islands of remaining life.
Operators
We used two operators - Blue Marlin and Dream Divers. Both seemed fine. Although after our dives we realised that prices are quite negotiable and large discounts can be obtained. On average we were charged about USD 38 for each dive. We estimate that we could've gotten atleast a 25% discount on those rates. Sometimes it may be easier to negotiate the rates once you get there rather than over the internet.
Hope this helps.
Cheers!!
I am trying to prepare a trip there. Did you book there before coming or checking there? My trip will be almost 3 weeks with a mix between Bali, Lombok and maybe a liveabroad. Don't know exactly yet.... So any comments or idea are welcome.
