Dive Crew on board:
Cruise Director: Fin Dive Master: Seno Dive Master: Komang Guests on board:
Day 1: 8th Sept
Bidadari (Angel Island) , Check Dive.
Seen: Giant grouper, mantis shrimp, dragon shrimp, flatworm, glosodoris nudibranch.
Day 2: 9th Sept – Linta Strait & North Rinca
Tatawa Besar, turbulent drift dive.
Batu Bolong, pinnacle dive.
Honeymoon Rock, pinnacle dive.
Wainilu, rubble night dive.
Temp: 27-28C Viz: 10-20mts
Seen: Bamboo shark, blacktip reef sharks, hawksbill turtles, napoleon wrasse, emperor snapper, bluefin trevally, barramundi, groupers, giant pufferfish, schooling fish (batfish, sergeant majors, fusiliers, spadefish, harlequin & diagonal-lined sweetlip snapper), starry-night octopus, cuttlefish, fire gobies, scorpion leaf fish, raggy scorpion fish, orangutan crab, zebra crab, soft coral imitator crab, nudibranchs (neon dragon, nembrotha, Spanish dancer), spine-cheek anemone fish, pleurobranchs.
Day 3: 10th Sept – Langkoi & Horseshoe Bay
Manta Alley, drift dive.
Manta Alley, drift dive.
Cannibal Rock, seamount dive.
Torpedo Alley, dark sand slope night dive.
Temp: 23C Viz: 8-15mts
Seen: Manta rays, bumphead parrotfish, hawksbill turtles, napoleon wrasse, whitetip shark, zanzibarica whip coral shrimp, giant frogfish, sea apples, mini yellow sea cucumbers, fire urchins, zebra crabs, commensal shrimps, skeleton shrimp, tiger mantis, torpedo ray, box crab, schooling fish (blue-lined snapper, red-tooth triggers, bannerfish, black-lip butterfly fish), nudibranchs (neon dragon, yamasui, flabellina, apricot, janolus, armina).
Day 4: 11th Sept – Horseshoe Bay & Padar
Cannibal Rock, seamount dive.
Yellow Wall of Texas, drift dive.
Pillarsteen, wall dive.
White Beach, coral slope night dive.
Temp: 23C Viz: 10-20mts
Seen: Giant frogfish, warty frogfish, juvenile whitetip sharks, juvenile ornate ghostpipe fish, fire urchins, colman shrimp, zebra crabs, sea apples, emperor shrimp, bobtail squid, mantis shrimp, painted and red reef lobsters, nudibranchs (miamira, longtail, neon dragon, nembrotha, mating chromodoris, Spanish Dancer).
Day 5: 12th Sept – Gililawa Laut & Darat
Shotgun, channel drift dive.
Crystal Rock, pinnacle dive.
Castle Rock, seamount dive.
GLL north bay, coral slope night dive.
Temp: 27C Viz: 20mts
Seen: Dugong!!, manta ray, whitetip reef sharks, dogtooth tuna, GTs, bluefin trevally, napoleon wrasse, barramundi, marbled groupers, hawksbill & green turtles, hairy sponge crab, schooling fish (horse-eye jacks, harlequin, ribbon & diagonal-lined sweetlip snapper, humphead snapper, yellow-spined surgeons, redtooth triggers, banners, fusiliers), xeno crabs, emperor shrimps, mantis shrimps, ribbon eel, Spanish Dancer, slipper & red reef lobster, slender crinoids shrimp, broken-back shrimp, giant morays.
Day 6: 13th Sept – Gililawa Laut/Darat & Linta Strait
The Golden Passage, channel drift dive.
Castle Rock, pinnacle dive.
Makaser Reef, coral rubble drift dive.
Wainilu, rubble slope night dive.
Temp: 27C Viz: 20mts
Seen: Manta rays, whitetip & blacktip reef sharks, bumphead parrot fish, napoleon wrasse, hawksbill turtles, blue-lined & marbled grouper, giant sweetlip snapper, schooling fish (blacktail barracuda, horse-eye jacks, blue-lined snapper, spadefish), scorpion leaf fish, pleurobranchs, flatworms, Pegasus seamoths, painted frogfish, flying gurnards, starry-night octopus, decorator spider crabs.
Day 7: 14th Sept – Linta Strait
Tatawa Kecil, pinnacle drift dive.
Makaser Reef, drift dive.
Temp: 27C Viz: 20mts
Seen: Manta rays, whitetip & blacktip sharks, hawksbill turtles, schooling fish (horse-eye jacks, midnight snapper, twinspot snapper, redtooth triggers), peacock mantis shrimp.
Lots of fun on this trip. Great guests playing football on the beach and walking with the Komodo Dragons.
Thanks to Margret, Fung and Sam for the photos.
