Tatawa

Safety Briefing, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation and ship orientation will take place before departing the Harbour. During the journey to our first dive site for a check dive, please take this opportunity to familiarize yourselves with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. The first 3 dives will be in Central Komodo. Please Note: This is a sample itinerary and nº of dives, dive sites, etc. may be subject to change due to weather conditions and other unforseeable factors

Second day will focus on diving more remote sites of Komodo with 4 dives

Two dives before visiting Rinca to see the Komodo Dragons. Unfortunately our trip has come to an end and we have to say goodbye, but we hope to see you again soon!

Safety briefing, crew introduction, necessary dive paperwork, cabin allocation and ship orientation will take place before departing the harbor. Journey to the first dive site for a check dive. Please take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. 3 dives in Central Komodo. Please Note: This is a sample itinerary and nº of dives, dive sites, etc. may be subject to change due to weather conditions and other unforeseeable factors.

4 dives in Komodo Possible dive sites: Sabolon islands offers great dives close to Labuan Bajo. The seamount offers clear water, schools of surgeon fish, large see fans, and stunning coral life in the shallows. it is a great place to start your diving adventures into Komodo, or for photographers who appreciate the critters than can be found here. Look out for devil scorpion fish, pygmy seahorse, orangutan crabs and frog fish. The north western corner of Sebayor Kecil is one of the better dive sites at close distance to Labuan Bajo. A small reef is extending towards the north west and around the edges where it drops of to greater depths, at a few hundred meters from the shore, there are some large boulders around which we can usually see groups of giants trevally, white tip reef shark, coral trout, snappers and emperors. Most of the wall is well protected from current and usually has warmer water and good visibility. Starting at the northern tip of Tatawa there is a magic drift dive called Tatawa Besar down both the eastern and western sides of the island during a falling tide. The reef is best between 8 to 20 meters depth. There is good reef fish life, including giant trevally, schools of fusiliers, angel fish and lots of sweet lips. Reef sharks and Hawksbill turtles resides here and we usually see several on a dive. There are endless fields of hard corals and orange soft corals, among which you can find crocodile fish and octopus. Mantas are sometimes seem in this area also. Normally it is an easy drift dive but can become quite fast on a strong falling tide, but don’t worry, enjoy the ride, as we will end the dive in an area protected by the main current. Here we will normally have a 5-10 minute stay in the shallows looking for mandarin fish and other critters. Batu Bolong is a tiny rock island in the strait between Tatawa and Komodo islands. This is the most famous dive site in Komodo National Park, and we dare to say it is one of the best in the world. The usual dive plan is to jump in on the side protected from the current, descend along the steep slope covered in hard corals and surrounded by a cloud of small fish. We then spend the dive zigzagging between the current lines whilst seeing more marine life than we can possibly point at; including white tip reef shark, large turtles, giant trevally, enormous sweetlips, napoleon wrasse and much more. Batu Bolong is not always suitable for inexperienced divers as even the “protected” area has some shifting currents coming if the current is very strong. Good buoyancy is vital on this dive site and we always remind divers to stay close to the reef and behind the dive guide. Manta point is famous for its aggregations of up to 100 manta rays! Makassar is a long gentle drift dive. Although the bottom composition is mainly coral rubble, it is dotted with beautiful coral gardens full of life. Mantas, and other large fish, can be found hanging out at these “cleaning stations” getting a cleaning service from the small fish living there. Certain times of the year manta mating trains are frequent and sometimes we see the mantas feeding on their prey of choice; zooplankton. Other common marine life includes bamboo sharks, marble rays, eagle rays, bumphead parrot fish and unicorn fish. A dive not to be missed! Castle Rock is a large sea mound with its highest point a few metres under the surface. It is prone to strong currents and usually has excellent visibility. The current flows east at falling tide and west during rising tide; offering 2 different experiences. During the descent into the blue we are surrounded by schools of fusiliers and curious bat fish, and as we approach the reef look out for large reef sharks, giant trevally and Napoleon wrasse. We hang out in the current split for most of the dive as this is where all the action happen! Look out for large grey reef sharks in the deep (25-35m), schooling barracuda, jacks and mackerels. In approximately 20 meters of water there is excellent soft corals growth and numerous fans that are host to pigmy seahorses. Toward the end of the dive we drift along the site and into the protected area. The top of Crystal Rock just reaches the surface. This site also experiences very clear water, hence the name “Crystal Rock” and is prone to strong currents. A very colorful dive with excellent hard and soft coral coverage. The west side has a seamount with shallowest part at 14m, it is full of soft corals and good chance of reef sharks and eagle ray. Thousands of anthias and schools of yellow-ribbon sweetlips are always encountered whilst tuna and mackerel frequently buzz this site. This is an excellent dive and usually worth doing twice. The Cauldrone is an excellent drift dive with changing topography. This dive is usually only made on a falling tide when current flows from west to east. The entry point is on the reef slope west of Gili Lawa Laut island about 100 meters north of the channel, here the current is mild to non-existent. The reef slopes down to a sandy bottom at 22 meters depth which has patches of swaying garden eels and often has lazy white tip reef sharks and rays resting in the sand. Keep an eye out for turtles and large red snappers and yellow tail snappers. As we head into the 16m deep channel the current picks up; stay level with your guide and look out for passing sharks and the occasional manta rays. The channel will suddenly drop away to a bowl-shaped hollow, 30 meter deep and 40m wide. Don’t forget too look into the blue of the cauldron though as we often see large reef sharks here, trevally and sometimes mantas. The exit from the cauldron is through a small gap in the eastern side of the wall and as you get close to this the current will suck you in to what we call “the shotgun” – enjoy the ride and control your buoyancy! After a good drift we will swim toward the north to arrive a a beautiful hard coral garden with milder currents. Good snorkeling can be found on the northern part of the passage and here we can also take beginner groups if the current is too strong in the passage. Pilaarsteen is a pinnacle rock on the shore of a small island east of Padar Besar. Its best to enter just off the point below the rock where there is a nice wall then swim to the west where you will find an interesting dive through lots of caves and swimthroughs at different depths.It is particularly good at around 30-40 metersThis Dive is still quite good when other places have too much current.It can be affected by surge when a swell is running from the southwest. Large schools of fusiliers can be found here along a slope which is covered by an interesting variety of soft and leather corals. The landscape is really interesting and its not unusual to encounter sharks and the odd turtle. Three Sisters is a site north of pillarstien . There are 3,quite large submerged rocks within easy swimming distance of each other, each rock is only about 10 meters apart. They are sitting on the sand in about 20 meters of water and rise 3 to 5meters from the surface.It is a very pristine site covered in coral growth and rich in fish life .They can be hard to find as its not marked on any charts and the rocks lay just below the surface. The rocks run in a line towards the east about 100 meters from a small reef that juts out on the eastern side of the island.It is often current affected but ususlly always diveable if you are one of few divers in this world that still don’t mind having to swim.If you are adventurous there is actually a fourth sister located further to the west that starts in about 20meters of water and drops down to 40 with some impressive fans and good life on it. Cannibal Rock is a small seamount in Loh Dasami bay, between Rinca and Nusa Kode island, is famous for it’s invertebrate life and it is a very easy dive with very little current. You can find many different species of invertebrates here as well as pigmy seahorses and frogfish. The fish life can also be quite good at times, with schools of bohar snappers, surgeon fishes and quite a few species scorpion fishes .Softcoral life is excellent and very colourful .Sea apples and many other species of holothurians are abundant. Unusual nubibranchs, fire urchins hosting to colemanshrimp and much more.

4 dives in Komodo

4 dives in Komodo

4 dives in Komodo

Two dives before visiting Rinca to see the Komodo Dragons, depending on guest flight schedules and the 24 hour requirement before flying. Unfortunately our trip has come to an end and we have to say goodbye, but we hope to see you again soon!

Safety briefing, crew introduction, necessary dive paperwork, cabin allocation and ship orientation will take place before departing the harbor. Journey to the first dive site for a check dive. Please take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. 3 dives in Central Komodo. Please Note: This is a sample itinerary and nº of dives, dive sites, etc. may be subject to change due to weather conditions and other unforeseeable factors.

4 dives in Komodo Possible dive sites: Sabolon islands offers great dives close to Labuan Bajo. The seamount offers clear water, schools of surgeon fish, large see fans, and stunning coral life in the shallows. it is a great place to start your diving adventures into Komodo, or for photographers who appreciate the critters than can be found here. Look out for devil scorpion fish, pygmy seahorse, orangutan crabs and frog fish. The north western corner of Sebayor Kecil is one of the better dive sites at close distance to Labuan Bajo. A small reef is extending towards the north west and around the edges where it drops of to greater depths, at a few hundred meters from the shore, there are some large boulders around which we can usually see groups of giants trevally, white tip reef shark, coral trout, snappers and emperors. Most of the wall is well protected from current and usually has warmer water and good visibility. Starting at the northern tip of Tatawa there is a magic drift dive called Tatawa Besar down both the eastern and western sides of the island during a falling tide. The reef is best between 8 to 20 meters depth. There is good reef fish life, including giant trevally, schools of fusiliers, angel fish and lots of sweet lips. Reef sharks and Hawksbill turtles resides here and we usually see several on a dive. There are endless fields of hard corals and orange soft corals, among which you can find crocodile fish and octopus. Mantas are sometimes seem in this area also. Normally it is an easy drift dive but can become quite fast on a strong falling tide, but don’t worry, enjoy the ride, as we will end the dive in an area protected by the main current. Here we will normally have a 5-10 minute stay in the shallows looking for mandarin fish and other critters. Batu Bolong is a tiny rock island in the strait between Tatawa and Komodo islands. This is the most famous dive site in Komodo National Park, and we dare to say it is one of the best in the world. The usual dive plan is to jump in on the side protected from the current, descend along the steep slope covered in hard corals and surrounded by a cloud of small fish. We then spend the dive zigzagging between the current lines whilst seeing more marine life than we can possibly point at; including white tip reef shark, large turtles, giant trevally, enormous sweetlips, napoleon wrasse and much more. Batu Bolong is not always suitable for inexperienced divers as even the “protected” area has some shifting currents coming if the current is very strong. Good buoyancy is vital on this dive site and we always remind divers to stay close to the reef and behind the dive guide. Manta point is famous for its aggregations of up to 100 manta rays! Makassar is a long gentle drift dive. Although the bottom composition is mainly coral rubble, it is dotted with beautiful coral gardens full of life. Mantas, and other large fish, can be found hanging out at these “cleaning stations” getting a cleaning service from the small fish living there. Certain times of the year manta mating trains are frequent and sometimes we see the mantas feeding on their prey of choice; zooplankton. Other common marine life includes bamboo sharks, marble rays, eagle rays, bumphead parrot fish and unicorn fish. A dive not to be missed! Castle Rock is a large sea mound with its highest point a few metres under the surface. It is prone to strong currents and usually has excellent visibility. The current flows east at falling tide and west during rising tide; offering 2 different experiences. During the descent into the blue we are surrounded by schools of fusiliers and curious bat fish, and as we approach the reef look out for large reef sharks, giant trevally and Napoleon wrasse. We hang out in the current split for most of the dive as this is where all the action happen! Look out for large grey reef sharks in the deep (25-35m), schooling barracuda, jacks and mackerels. In approximately 20 meters of water there is excellent soft corals growth and numerous fans that are host to pigmy seahorses. Toward the end of the dive we drift along the site and into the protected area. The top of Crystal Rock just reaches the surface. This site also experiences very clear water, hence the name “Crystal Rock” and is prone to strong currents. A very colorful dive with excellent hard and soft coral coverage. The west side has a seamount with shallowest part at 14m, it is full of soft corals and good chance of reef sharks and eagle ray. Thousands of anthias and schools of yellow-ribbon sweetlips are always encountered whilst tuna and mackerel frequently buzz this site. This is an excellent dive and usually worth doing twice. The Cauldrone is an excellent drift dive with changing topography. This dive is usually only made on a falling tide when current flows from west to east. The entry point is on the reef slope west of Gili Lawa Laut island about 100 meters north of the channel, here the current is mild to non-existent. The reef slopes down to a sandy bottom at 22 meters depth which has patches of swaying garden eels and often has lazy white tip reef sharks and rays resting in the sand. Keep an eye out for turtles and large red snappers and yellow tail snappers. As we head into the 16m deep channel the current picks up; stay level with your guide and look out for passing sharks and the occasional manta rays. The channel will suddenly drop away to a bowl-shaped hollow, 30 meter deep and 40m wide. Don’t forget too look into the blue of the cauldron though as we often see large reef sharks here, trevally and sometimes mantas. The exit from the cauldron is through a small gap in the eastern side of the wall and as you get close to this the current will suck you in to what we call “the shotgun” – enjoy the ride and control your buoyancy! After a good drift we will swim toward the north to arrive a a beautiful hard coral garden with milder currents. Good snorkeling can be found on the northern part of the passage and here we can also take beginner groups if the current is too strong in the passage. Pilaarsteen is a pinnacle rock on the shore of a small island east of Padar Besar. Its best to enter just off the point below the rock where there is a nice wall then swim to the west where you will find an interesting dive through lots of caves and swimthroughs at different depths.It is particularly good at around 30-40 metersThis Dive is still quite good when other places have too much current.It can be affected by surge when a swell is running from the southwest. Large schools of fusiliers can be found here along a slope which is covered by an interesting variety of soft and leather corals. The landscape is really interesting and its not unusual to encounter sharks and the odd turtle. Three Sisters is a site north of pillarstien . There are 3,quite large submerged rocks within easy swimming distance of each other, each rock is only about 10 meters apart. They are sitting on the sand in about 20 meters of water and rise 3 to 5meters from the surface.It is a very pristine site covered in coral growth and rich in fish life .They can be hard to find as its not marked on any charts and the rocks lay just below the surface. The rocks run in a line towards the east about 100 meters from a small reef that juts out on the eastern side of the island.It is often current affected but ususlly always diveable if you are one of few divers in this world that still don’t mind having to swim.If you are adventurous there is actually a fourth sister located further to the west that starts in about 20meters of water and drops down to 40 with some impressive fans and good life on it. Cannibal Rock is a small seamount in Loh Dasami bay, between Rinca and Nusa Kode island, is famous for it’s invertebrate life and it is a very easy dive with very little current. You can find many different species of invertebrates here as well as pigmy seahorses and frogfish. The fish life can also be quite good at times, with schools of bohar snappers, surgeon fishes and quite a few species scorpion fishes .Softcoral life is excellent and very colourful .Sea apples and many other species of holothurians are abundant. Unusual nubibranchs, fire urchins hosting to colemanshrimp and much more.

4 dives in Komodo

4 dives in Komodo

4 dives in Komodo

Safety briefing, crew introduction, necessary dive paperwork, cabin allocation and ship orientation will take place before departing the harbor. Journey to the first dive site for a check dive. Please take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. 3 dives in Central Komodo. Please Note: This is a sample itinerary and nº of dives, dive sites, etc. may be subject to change due to weather conditions and other unforeseeable factors.

4 dives in Komodo Possible dive sites: Sabolon islands offers great dives close to Labuan Bajo. The seamount offers clear water, schools of surgeon fish, large see fans, and stunning coral life in the shallows. it is a great place to start your diving adventures into Komodo, or for photographers who appreciate the critters than can be found here. Look out for devil scorpion fish, pygmy seahorse, orangutan crabs and frog fish. The north western corner of Sebayor Kecil is one of the better dive sites at close distance to Labuan Bajo. A small reef is extending towards the north west and around the edges where it drops of to greater depths, at a few hundred meters from the shore, there are some large boulders around which we can usually see groups of giants trevally, white tip reef shark, coral trout, snappers and emperors. Most of the wall is well protected from current and usually has warmer water and good visibility. Starting at the northern tip of Tatawa there is a magic drift dive called Tatawa Besar down both the eastern and western sides of the island during a falling tide. The reef is best between 8 to 20 meters depth. There is good reef fish life, including giant trevally, schools of fusiliers, angel fish and lots of sweet lips. Reef sharks and Hawksbill turtles resides here and we usually see several on a dive. There are endless fields of hard corals and orange soft corals, among which you can find crocodile fish and octopus. Mantas are sometimes seem in this area also. Normally it is an easy drift dive but can become quite fast on a strong falling tide, but don’t worry, enjoy the ride, as we will end the dive in an area protected by the main current. Here we will normally have a 5-10 minute stay in the shallows looking for mandarin fish and other critters. Batu Bolong is a tiny rock island in the strait between Tatawa and Komodo islands. This is the most famous dive site in Komodo National Park, and we dare to say it is one of the best in the world. The usual dive plan is to jump in on the side protected from the current, descend along the steep slope covered in hard corals and surrounded by a cloud of small fish. We then spend the dive zigzagging between the current lines whilst seeing more marine life than we can possibly point at; including white tip reef shark, large turtles, giant trevally, enormous sweetlips, napoleon wrasse and much more. Batu Bolong is not always suitable for inexperienced divers as even the “protected” area has some shifting currents coming if the current is very strong. Good buoyancy is vital on this dive site and we always remind divers to stay close to the reef and behind the dive guide. Manta point is famous for its aggregations of up to 100 manta rays! Makassar is a long gentle drift dive. Although the bottom composition is mainly coral rubble, it is dotted with beautiful coral gardens full of life. Mantas, and other large fish, can be found hanging out at these “cleaning stations” getting a cleaning service from the small fish living there. Certain times of the year manta mating trains are frequent and sometimes we see the mantas feeding on their prey of choice; zooplankton. Other common marine life includes bamboo sharks, marble rays, eagle rays, bumphead parrot fish and unicorn fish. A dive not to be missed! Castle Rock is a large sea mound with its highest point a few metres under the surface. It is prone to strong currents and usually has excellent visibility. The current flows east at falling tide and west during rising tide; offering 2 different experiences. During the descent into the blue we are surrounded by schools of fusiliers and curious bat fish, and as we approach the reef look out for large reef sharks, giant trevally and Napoleon wrasse. We hang out in the current split for most of the dive as this is where all the action happen! Look out for large grey reef sharks in the deep (25-35m), schooling barracuda, jacks and mackerels. In approximately 20 meters of water there is excellent soft corals growth and numerous fans that are host to pigmy seahorses. Toward the end of the dive we drift along the site and into the protected area. The top of Crystal Rock just reaches the surface. This site also experiences very clear water, hence the name “Crystal Rock” and is prone to strong currents. A very colorful dive with excellent hard and soft coral coverage. The west side has a seamount with shallowest part at 14m, it is full of soft corals and good chance of reef sharks and eagle ray. Thousands of anthias and schools of yellow-ribbon sweetlips are always encountered whilst tuna and mackerel frequently buzz this site. This is an excellent dive and usually worth doing twice. The Cauldrone is an excellent drift dive with changing topography. This dive is usually only made on a falling tide when current flows from west to east. The entry point is on the reef slope west of Gili Lawa Laut island about 100 meters north of the channel, here the current is mild to non-existent. The reef slopes down to a sandy bottom at 22 meters depth which has patches of swaying garden eels and often has lazy white tip reef sharks and rays resting in the sand. Keep an eye out for turtles and large red snappers and yellow tail snappers. As we head into the 16m deep channel the current picks up; stay level with your guide and look out for passing sharks and the occasional manta rays. The channel will suddenly drop away to a bowl-shaped hollow, 30 meter deep and 40m wide. Don’t forget too look into the blue of the cauldron though as we often see large reef sharks here, trevally and sometimes mantas. The exit from the cauldron is through a small gap in the eastern side of the wall and as you get close to this the current will suck you in to what we call “the shotgun” – enjoy the ride and control your buoyancy! After a good drift we will swim toward the north to arrive a a beautiful hard coral garden with milder currents. Good snorkeling can be found on the northern part of the passage and here we can also take beginner groups if the current is too strong in the passage. Pilaarsteen is a pinnacle rock on the shore of a small island east of Padar Besar. Its best to enter just off the point below the rock where there is a nice wall then swim to the west where you will find an interesting dive through lots of caves and swimthroughs at different depths.It is particularly good at around 30-40 metersThis Dive is still quite good when other places have too much current.It can be affected by surge when a swell is running from the southwest. Large schools of fusiliers can be found here along a slope which is covered by an interesting variety of soft and leather corals. The landscape is really interesting and its not unusual to encounter sharks and the odd turtle. Three Sisters is a site north of pillarstien . There are 3,quite large submerged rocks within easy swimming distance of each other, each rock is only about 10 meters apart. They are sitting on the sand in about 20 meters of water and rise 3 to 5meters from the surface.It is a very pristine site covered in coral growth and rich in fish life .They can be hard to find as its not marked on any charts and the rocks lay just below the surface. The rocks run in a line towards the east about 100 meters from a small reef that juts out on the eastern side of the island.It is often current affected but ususlly always diveable if you are one of few divers in this world that still don’t mind having to swim.If you are adventurous there is actually a fourth sister located further to the west that starts in about 20meters of water and drops down to 40 with some impressive fans and good life on it. Cannibal Rock is a small seamount in Loh Dasami bay, between Rinca and Nusa Kode island, is famous for it’s invertebrate life and it is a very easy dive with very little current. You can find many different species of invertebrates here as well as pigmy seahorses and frogfish. The fish life can also be quite good at times, with schools of bohar snappers, surgeon fishes and quite a few species scorpion fishes .Softcoral life is excellent and very colourful .Sea apples and many other species of holothurians are abundant. Unusual nubibranchs, fire urchins hosting to colemanshrimp and much more.

4 dives in Komodo

Two dives before visiting Rinca to see the Komodo Dragons. Unfortunately our trip has come to an end and we have to say goodbye, but we hope to see you again soon!