Sumbawa to Flores - U/W Photo Cruise
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Following in the tradition of our Komodo Live-Aboard Underwater Photography Cruises. Our Sumbawa to Flores U/W Photo Cruise is a fantastic mix of both macro and wide angle photography opportunities. This cruise suits divers with a lust for exploration and finding rare creatures, those with a sense of adventure! It also suits u/w photographers who don't enjoy cold water diving. All the dives we conduct on this cruise are in water temperatures between 27-29C. So no need for 5mm wetsuits (like are needed in southern Komodo), a full length 3mm suit will keep you warm. Our cruise begins with a flight from Denpasar, Bali into eastern Sumbawa, where we board our live-aboard vessel at Bima Port. We will travel east, diving along the way among islands that will lead us finally into the northern islands of the Komodo National Park. This cruise is a fantastic mix of macro and wide angle. We have explored dive sites in Bima harbor (fantastic rubble-muck diving) and along the coast of Northern Sumbawa Island (nice shallow reefs with lots of macro life), plus the island of Sangeang, an active volcanic island offshore from Sumbawa. This island has some of the best black sand diving, mixed with coral reefs that we have seen, as well as spectacular above water scenery. Sangeang Island has clear water and intact reefs where critters and nudibranchs in particular are found in surprising numbers. It is more than likely that we will not see any other divers around this island, as it is remote and only occupied by a few fishermen and farmers. We will spend two days around Sangeang Island and then move east to Banta Island, just outside the Komodo National Park. Here we we can dive in the sheltered reefs inside a huge bay on the north coast, as well as an action packed reef or two on the exposed capes. We then move further east to the pelagic action packed reefs around the northern islands of Komodo National Park. We know these reefs very well and can almost guarantee fantastic dives surrounded by fish and with close encounters with sharks and manta rays. This trip is organised around the best time of year for dive, weather and tidal conditions in the Flores Sea and Komodo National Park. Use our Contact Us - Live Aboard page if you would like to check availability or have any questions. Details of the vessel are on our Sumbawa to Flores Live Aboard Boat Details page. 
Manta Ray - Komodo Island
Sangeang Island (from Wikepedia)
Sangeang Api (Gunung Api or Gunung Sangeang) is an active complex volcano on the island of Sangeang in Indonesia. It consists of two volcanic cones, 1,949 metres (6,394 ft) Doro Api and 1,795 m (5,889 ft) Doro Mantoi. Sangeang Api is one of the most active volcanoes in the Lesser Sunda Islands. It erupted in 1988 and 2014 both times the island's inhabitants were evacuated. Between its first recorded eruption in 1512 and 1989, it has erupted 18 times.
The island of Sangeang is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands. It is located northeast of Sumbawa in the Flores Sea, and is 13 kilometers wide with an area of 153 km2. The earliest document mentioning about the Sang Hyang Api volcano was found in 14th century Majapahit script of Nagarakretagama. Update: Since mid-June 2013, authorities had put the volcano on 'high alert' for a possible eruption. On 30 May 2014, a major eruption occurred at around 3:55 p.m. local time. Farmers working on the island were evacuated. Ash and smoke quickly rose to an altitude 15–20 kilometers into the sky.By the next morning, the ash cloud had crossed the north-west coast of Australia in the Kimberley region, and airlines had cancelled flights into and from Darwin, Northern Territory. It later went as far as Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. On 31 May some flights from Melbourne and Adelaide to Bali were also cancelled. |
Live Aboard Dive Vessel
Frogfish - Bima Bay
Flabellina Nudibranch - Sangeang Island
Orangutan Crab - Sangeang Island
Halimeda Ghost Pipefish - Sangeang Island
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Aircraft we use to travel from Bali to Sumbawa
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Surgeonfish - Komodo Island
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Views of Sangeang Island, a massive volcanic Island with some of the best black sand diving we have seen in Indonesia.
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