Tauchen

DIVE CONDITIONS

Dive Equipment

Guests are encouraged to carry an SMB (Bojen), Mini Strobe und ein Dive Alert on jedem Tauchgang. Wir haben all diese Geräte für Miete und Kauf, aber wir empfehlen Ihnen, Ihre eigenen vor Beginn Ihrer Kreuzfahrt. Die Gäste werden gezeigt, wie man fit und nutzen diese Geräte korrekt während des Tauchgangs Verfahren Briefing zu Beginn Ihrer Kreuzfahrt werden.

 

Oxygen Units & First Aid

Qualified guests will be shown the location of the Ombak Biru’s First Aid Kit and the O2 units. If there are guests on board who have training in either First Aid and/or O2 administration they are encouraged to identify themselves and to act accordingly in the event of an emergency and there are no dive crew immediately available.

Emergency Evacuation

Please be aware you will sometimes be diving in some very remote locations. The nearest working recompression chambers to the Ombak Biru’s normal operating areas are in Denpasar, Bali and at the public hospital and in Mataram, Lombok. To reach either will require the use of emergency air evacuation, which is not always available. With this in mind, please plan and execute your dives safely and carefully.

Things To Bring

Diving in Komodo is sometimes subject to wild temperature fluctuations. While most of the time a 3mm wetsuit is fine for the 30 degrees Celsius water temperature this can drop by 10 degrees over a short period of time. We think that a 5mm suit is a better all round choice.

A good pair of walking shoes is also a good idea, particularly for the Komodo cruises. We try to get on land as much as possible but some of our hikes are strenuous and cover rocky terrain.

Dive Courses

Diving in Komodo is enough to keep anyone busy but some people like to take advantage of the Ombak Biru’s scuba courses and continuing education programmes in a real life diving environment.

Aufgrund der Natur unserer Tauchsafari Betrieb die meisten Lehrveranstaltungen sind Spezialitäten, Besonders Nitrox, aber wir lehren kann eine ganze Reihe von PADI Einstiegsmodell Programme direkt bis hin zu professionellem Niveau Divemaster Kurse. Pre Buchung für alle Kurse an Bord unterrichtet wird geschätzt.

Spezialitäten zählen:

Nitrox – Advanced Nitrox – Tief – Nacht – Wrack – Treiben – Fotografie – Videography – Equipment Specialist – Marine Life Awareness and Identification.

Dive Operations

EQUIPMENT

If you don’t feel like carrying all of your own diving equipment around the world or don’t actually own any at all, don’t worry, Die Ombak Biru ist mit hochwertigen Leihausrüstung ausgestattet.

Die Ombak Biru ist eine bevorzugte Benutzer Aqualung Tauchausrüstung und wir haben eine Reihe von Reglern, BCD’s, Neoprenanzüge, Computern, Flossen und Masken für unsere Gäste, zur Miete oder in einem Notfall.

If you need something special for a trip and don’t already have it, schreiben Sie uns einfach eine E-Mail und wir werden es für Sie zu finden.

 

The Indo Aggressor recommended diver safety equipment is available too is you don’t own your own: SMB (safety sausage), surface air horn (dive alert) and strobes.

NITROX

The Ombak Biru was the first vessel in the region to offer nitrox and runs a Nitrox Technologies membrane system to produce our diving gas. This is the latest, safest and most accurate method of production. We have several separate O2 analysers on board to enable our divers to analyse and log their own cylinder mix with every new fill.

 

The NT system differs from other production methods in that we subtract nitrogen from the mix rather than adding oxygen, hence minus the need for heavy O2 cylinders on board. Production limit is 40% for SCUBA or rebreather use.

 

 

TENDERS

Our two twin tenders were made in Bali by Bali Fibreglass, close to our home port of Benoa to our own design. They are 6 metres long and 2.5 metres wide and are each powered by two 40 hp Yamaha outboards. Driven from the front to leave most of the interior free for divers and camera equipment, each craft is equipped with a VHF radio, shot line, stern line, dry area and easy to use boarding ladder. They are each crewed by at least one Divemaster as well as a driver and an assistant.

 

Personal scuba units are secured in special slots in the seats. This enables us to refill your cylinders in position so there is no need to carry heavy equipment up and down the tender entry staircase.

BRIEFING AND DIVE CREW

At some time during the first day of your cruise our dive staff will introduce themselves and give an involved vessel orientation and safety briefing as well as a diving and photo procedures outline to acquaint you with the Ombak Biru and how we work.

Before every dive a detailed briefing is given regarding the specific site to be visited to give you an idea of what to expect in the way of currents, depth, visibility, water temperature and underwater geography/architecture.

Briefings are always backed up with maps of the area or site and heads up of what marine life we expect to encounter on the dive with photo/video recommendations. There are plenty of identification books on board too to confirm special sightings