Halmahera / Gorontalo
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Damai 1
12 Days 11 Nights
Start Date:
Apr 25, 2025
From:
Ternate
Availability:
Sold Out
End Date:
May 6, 2025
To:
Gorontalo
Remarks:
Chartered by Ocean Society
Cabin Availability
Start the journey sailing through the rarely visit islands and reefs of Halmahera, in the North Maluku which is famous for its second to number schooling of Barracuda and Jacks. Continue through to Gorontalo, famous for their unique Petrosia lignose, AKA Salvadore Dali sponges while passing through the Togeans island for a chance to visit the Red Jellyfish Lake. Below will be the draft itinerary when you are onboard of Damai:
Day 1: Arrive into Ternate
The flight usually arrives in Ternate in the morning and you will go directly to Damai and make yourselves comfortable. You can complete a check out dive today depending on how you feel. We'll let you decide.
No. of Dives:
0 or 1
Day 2: Goraici and Seamount of Halmahera Sea
Series of small islands, surprisingly good healthy reefs. This current rich location has a huge amount of schooling fish; surgeonfish, ocean triggerfish, snappers, fusiliers, rainbow runners, sharks and much more, we have seen in several occasions' mantas coming to feed in the shallow waters of a lagoon.
No. of Dives:
4
Day 3: Tifore
A small island between Halmahera and Sulawesi, Tifore's seamount has exuberant gardens of hard coral and plenty of life, including large schools of jacks and barracudas, as well as reef sharks.
No. of Dives:
4
Day 4: Tanjung Flesko
Currents flow in the channel between Bacan and Halmahera, the wares are the richest in the area and fans and soft corals dominate the reefs. Great combination of soft and hard corals and some of the fishiest dive in the whole Maluku. Good chances to see white and black tip reef sharks.
No. of Dives:
4
Day 5: Tanjung Talabu
A series of underwater pinnacles and reefs. School of barracudas garter around the area that it is regularly visited by large pelagic such as mackerels, trevallies or tunas.
The pinnacles are covered with gorgonians and soft corals and are surprisingly full of small critters, pygmy sea horse, soft coral crabs, frog fish are usually seen here.
No. of Dives:
4
Day 6: Togean Islands Baliklapata
Diving the beautiful reefs of cape Balikapata and the impressive seamount of Gung Laut, that comes from 200 meters to 17th at the top and it is a good place for pelagic. In the afternoon we can dive the WWII B24 Bomber in near the impressive mangroves, where a combination of macro, juveniles and small fish aggregations gather.
No. of Dives:
4
Day 7: Togean Islands / Taupan
Spectacular walls, overhangs, sponges black coral and fans. Good chances to see black tips in the shallows.
No. of Dives:
4
Day 8: Pasir Laut
Without a doubt one of the best kept secrets in Indonesia. A Seamount coming form 1,000 meters up to 5 meters below the surface. Life concentrates like nowhere else. Grey reefs patrolling, schooling fusiliers by the thousands, oceanic trigger fish, black snappers. Truly unbelievable.
No. of Dives:
4
Day 9: Una-Una
A small underwater reef, starting at 17 meters will surprises us all. An extreme dense concentration of life, with a number of schooling fish, sponges and large fans, an absolute delight for our eyes.
No. of Dives:
4
Day 10 and 11: Gorontalo
Very heathy hard coral gardens in the shallows and dramatic drops offs where the unique a famous Salvador Dali sponge grows. The only place where these sponges are to be found. Whale shark encounters are common, specially bellow fisherman platforms and the local fisherman keep the sharks around feeding them small bait fish.
No. of Dives:
4 and 2
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Day 12: Departure
Guests will be escorted to the airport in Gorontalo and assisted with check in procedures, no doubt full of talk about the wonders of the most popular dive destination in the world.
DISCLAIMERS
The trip will be weather dependent and there might be long crossing required throughout. We will, try to adjust the best we can to the conditions and fulfil all itinerary briefed when you’re on the boat.
Due to the need to report to the local village, divers will need to be flexible with the start time of the first dive at some of the dive sites. We will ensure that you’re given timely update on this during the trip, however your understanding on last minute changes would be appreciate. This is because divers are only allowed in the water once permission is granted by the local villages and officers.
Damai are flexible to change itinerary suggested based on customer’s preference in the event that weather and time allow us to do so and if changes is agreeable by all participants on board
Cabin 7
This cabin of 15 sq meters / 161 sq feet size, can be configured with a king double (220cm x 200cm / 7.2 feet x 6.56 feet) or twin beds (110cm x 200cm / 3.6 feet x 6.56 feet each). In the cabin, there is a desk, in-room sink unit and en-suite combined toilet and shower facilities. Its fully air conditioned and is located on the upper deck with direct access to the sun decks.
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