Trip Report Scuba Junkie Komodo: sketchy diving practices
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Just for the record: this angry person with the reading comprehension of an eight-year-old is not representative for the guests at SJ Komodo. Most guests were very nice above water. Under water there was some outrageous behavior, but it was clearly the faults of the guides for not stopping that.
I guess thanks for bringing up this thread again, since it allows me to reflect on the matter with the necessary distance. And I stand by my opinion: SJ Komodo is not bad. Yet, out of the six operations I dove with in Indonesia, all of them more or less budget-friendly, it is clearly the least well organized and with the worst diving practices. For no reason: the dives were no better than those on the liveaboard. And what they call "muck diving" is just sad. It would be better to just skip that dive.
I don't think it's a price thing, but rather due to the size of the operation.
Let's hope they improve!
Fair. However I was on a budget-friendly liveaboard directly after SJ Komodo and the diving was significantly better, safer and more relaxed. Food was on a similar level, but for everything else, including diving, service and convenience, the liveaboard wins by a long shot.
Oxygen toxicity is probably the least of your worries in such a case. Especially in Komodo, where the ground is usually not far away. How long do you plan to stay at 50 m or so? If you think that that is the reason for not providing nitrox, you're hardly qualified to give opinions on this matter.
I guess thanks for bringing up this thread again, since it allows me to reflect on the matter with the necessary distance. And I stand by my opinion: SJ Komodo is not bad. Yet, out of the six operations I dove with in Indonesia, all of them more or less budget-friendly, it is clearly the least well organized and with the worst diving practices. For no reason: the dives were no better than those on the liveaboard. And what they call "muck diving" is just sad. It would be better to just skip that dive.
I don't think it's a price thing, but rather due to the size of the operation.
Let's hope they improve!
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I do so enjoy the indignation of pompous colonial boomers. Who said anything about my not enjoying the fastest south Maldivian currents and most opulent LOBs, let alone not using Nitrox - the use of which is hardly a boast. When you become anything but an appalling bore, perhaps you could let _us_ know.
You may or may not be aware that EAN32 delivers a MOD of 34m at 1.4 PPO2, easily achievable in a downcurrent on the larger wall sites in Komodo Maximum operating depth - Wikipedia. I suggest you brush-up on your theory, since at 50m you'd be ~1.9 PPO2, _substantially_ beyond the generally accepted upper-extreme limit of 1.6 PPO2, and likely in serious trouble. I also doubt you've ever been anywhere near those depths.
Possibly it was your lack of skill that lead to the so-called "less safe diving"?
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