Diving

Diving

DIVE CONDITIONS

WATER TEMPERATURE

Komodo and Alor temperatures can vary between 20 C and 28 Ç, sometimes even cooler on the southern sites. A full wetsuit is recommended, also good for preventing coral scrapes with a 3mm or 5mm.

VISIBILITY

Typically between 10 对 50 metres, depending on season. Better visibility is generally encountered on the northern coastal sites although the southern sites can turn clear blue during December and January.

CURRENTS

Famous for it’s strong tidal currents, Komodo offers some stunning drift dives. Not all areas are affected however, and particular attention is placed on picking suitable sites and times to dive to guarantee optimum conditions.

Dive Equipment

Guests are encouraged to carry an SMB (surface marker buoy), Mini Strobe and a Dive Alert on EVERY DIVE. We have all of this equipment for rental and purchase, however we recommend you have your own before the start of your cruise. Guests will be shown how to fit and use this equipment correctly during the dive procedures briefing at the beginning of your cruise.

 

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

在科莫多潜水是足以让任何人都忙,但有些人喜欢在现实生活中的潜水环境,利用Ombak酒店比如水肺潜水课程及持续进修课程.

Due to the nature of our liveaboard operation most of the courses taught are specialities, particularly nitrox, but we can teach a whole range from PADI entry level programmes right the way up to professional level divemaster courses. Pre booking for any courses taught on board is appreciated.

Specialities include:

Nitrox – Advanced Nitrox – Deep – Night – Wreck – Drift – 摄影 – 录像 – 设备专家 – 海洋生物的认识和鉴定.

Dive Operations

EQUIPMENT

如果你不觉得喜欢背着自己的世界各地的潜水设备,或实际上并不拥有任何在所有, 不用担心, the Ombak Biru is equipped with top quality rental equipment.

The Ombak Biru is a preferred user of Aqualung dive equipment and we have a range of regulators, BCD的, wetsuits, computers, fins and masks for our guests use, for rental or in an emergency.

如果你需要一些特殊的旅行,已经没有, just drop us an e-mail and we will find it for you.

 

The Indo Aggressor recommended diver safety equipment is available too is you don’t own your own: SMB (安全香肠), 表面气喇叭 (潜水警报) 和频闪灯.

NITROX

Ombak酒店,比如是第一艘在该地区提供氮氧和​​运行一个高氧技术的膜系统产生的潜水气体. 这是最新的, 最安全和最准确的生产方法. 我们有几个单独的O2分析仪在船上,使我们的潜水员来分析和记录自己的每一个新的填充气缸的混合.

 

NT系统不同于其他的生产方法,在减氮,而不是增加氧气的混合, 因此,减去在船上需要重O2气瓶. 限产 40% SCUBA或循环式利用.

 

 

TENDERS

我们的两张标书在巴厘巴厘玻璃纤维, 我们的母港贝诺瓦我们自己设计的. 他们是 6 米长, 2.5 米,宽分别由两个 40 马力雅马哈船外机. 从正面带动,大部分的内部潜水员和摄像设备, 每道工艺都配有一个甚高频(VHF)无线电, shot系列, 严厉线, 干区和易于使用的登机梯. 他们各自载人由至少一个潜水长,以及一个驱动器和一个助手.

 

个人的水肺单位在座椅固定在特殊的插槽. 这使我们能够REA填写您的气缸位置,所以无需携带沉重的设备和招标项目的楼梯.

BRIEFING AND DIVE CREW

在第一天的邮轮在一段时间内,我们的潜水人员会自我介绍,并给所涉及的船舶定位和安全简报以及潜水和照片的程序概述了解您的Ombak酒店比如,我们的工作方式.

每次潜水前作出了详细的介绍要访问特定的网站,让你知道会发生什么事情的方式,电流, 深度, 能见度, 水的温度和水下地理/建筑.

简报会一直支持区域或站点地图和领导的海洋生物中,我们会遇到的潜水照片/视频建议. 有很多的鉴定书上的确认特别目击