Diving Trip in Banda Sea
Diving Trip in Banda Sea:
An Epic Dive Cruise from Raja Ampat to Moluccas
Dive Dampier, Misool, Fiabacet Island Group, Karang Hatta, Pulau Koon, Ai and Run
"Diving trip from Dampier Strait's richest marine life and Misool's biodiversity to Pacific Ocean’s deep blue, home of Archipelago’s pelagic animals, and the ultimate eye-opener: the hammer-sharks of Banda Sea."
This is a rare opportunity to take a dive cruise to a region where the waters have remained effectively unspoilt: Banda Sea. The area offers some of the most spectacular Indonesia's dive sites and is ideal for scuba diving from liveaboard. The choseen travel period is timely, Banda Sea is only "diveable" in between the moonson's changing seasons, and October brings flat seas with optimal diving conditions.
Banda Sea Diving Cruise 13-Oct-19 - 24-Oct-19 Ondina Liveaboard
11 night diving trip with SMY Ondina Liveaboard, suitable for divers interesting in wide angle, macro and pelagic; price per person on shared cabin double or twin EUR 3630 . Just few spaces left. Join the group now! www.cruisingindonesia.com info@cruisingindonesia.com
Itinerary Sorong-Ambon with SMY Ondina
Day 1: Pick up at Sorong airport, transfer to the boat, welcome drink and accommodation. Check dive in the afternoon at one of the reefs surrounding Sorong. Overnight sailing to Misool.
Day 2: Welcome to the extraordinary Misool! Two dives in Sagof, afternoon in Baby Rock and night dive in Nudi City (Gamfi).
Day 3: Two dives in Jamur Boo (Boo Rocks) and night dive in Yilliet.
Day 4: Dive the fabulous reefs of the Fiabacet group, such as Nudi Rock, Tank Rock, Whale Rock and Shadow Reef (aka Manta Mountain). Optional visit to Misool Eco Resort and overnight sail to Pulau Koon.
Day 5: Three day dives around the very strategic eastern point of Pulau Koon, where the walls on both sides of the island converge into a sandy plateau facing a deep trench, congregating large masses of fish and the added excitement of some pelagic sightings.
Day 6: Dive around Karang Hatta and other sites in the Banda group. Night in Bandaneira, the most beautiful natural anchorage of Indonesia. Dusk dive at the mandarinfish site.
Day 7 & 8: Dive the famous sites in Ai and Run Islands, with sheer walls offering excellent drift dives along massive barrel sponges, giant fans and schools of fish, and the eventual presence of larger fish.
Afternoon dive in the Lava Flows, a stunning hard coral garden that grew at a astounding speed after Gunung Api’s last eruption in 1988.
Day 9: Cultural visit around Bandaneira, the heart of the Spice Islands: Fort Rotterdam, the Governors House and the nutmeg plantation.
Dive Batu Kapal around noon and Pulau Soanggi in the afternoon. Overnight to Nusa Laut.
Day 10: Two dives at the famous site Ameth’s Knoll, a reef parallel to the coast that the local villagers have protected since the old times, to allow fish to spawn and spill over to adjacent areas. Afternoon and night dives at the next village to the south.
Day 11: Two muck dives around the jetties at the Twilight Zone, with a vast array of critters and oddities to be found. Preparation for departure the morning after.
Bandeneira & Spice Islands with Cruising Indonesia
For sure you have hear about The Moluccas -or Maluku, as it is known in diving books- the group of islands and states once ruled by various kingdoms and empires, sometimes lived in peaceful coexistence while at other times being at state of war with each other, sultanates and western european powers disputed these territories long before Indonesia existence. A fascinating land excursion in Bandeneira, once center of Spice Islands, give you a special feeling about this place full sultans history and colonial influence.
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