Dive day #3 Mantas & Haie

Am Morge hend mir üs wieder i de Tauchschuel troffe. Ufem hüttige Plan isch s Zentrum vo Komodo gsi. Üse ersti Tauchgang (Siaba Besar) isch sehr gmüetlich gsi mit wenig Strömig und viel Korallene und Fisch. Au vieli Schildkrote, wo teilwies sehr nöch gsi sind.

Für de zweiti Tauchgang sind mir as Makassar Reef gfahre. Wenn mer en Manta a dem Ort gseh het, denn heisst de Tauchplatz au Manta Point. Am Afang vo dem Tauchgang hend mir üs direkt i de Strömig triebe loh. En chline Iblick zu dem gits im Video 😊. Ahschlüssend hemmer üs i de Strömig immer wieder en neue Stei müese sueche zum üs fest hebe, wa gar nöd immer so eifach gsi isch. I so situatione hilfts immer wenn me sich ganz flach und möglichst nöch as Riff leit, well döt d Strömig weniger starch isch. Während dem Tauchgang hemer 2 Mantas, en Stachelroche und en Adlerroche gseh. Leider hets recht viel Lüt gha unter Wasser, darum sind d Mantas nur i de Ferni sichtbar gsi und nöd über üs dure gschwumme. Nebet dem hemmer au immer wieder Schwarzspitze Riffhai gseh. Noch 40 Minute hemmer den d Stei losloh und sind denn i de Strömig für de Sicheheitsstopp uf 5m uftaucht.

De letschti Tauchgang (Tatawa Besar) isch wieder amne farbige Riff mit viele farbige Softkoralle und Anemone gsi. Döte hemmer unter Anderem en Bambushai, mehreri Riffhai und wieder es paar Schildkrote gseh.

Noch em Znacht im Dive Center hemmer i de Tauchgruppe no es Bier trunke und aschlüssend simmer no an Markt vo Labuan Bajo und hend döte frischi Frücht probiert.
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As on the days before we started the day early in the morning at the dive center. Today we had central Komodo on our plan again.
Our first dive (Siaba Besar) was a very relaxing one with a colorful reef and various fish. There were many turtles as well which somerimes came really close to us.

Our second dive took us to Makassar Reef a place, which in case there are mantas spotted, is also known as Mantapoint. This dive was a drift dive from the beginning on. The video underneath gives you a sense of what that looked like 😊.

After that we were moving from rock to rock looking for another spot that was stabile enough to grap onto in the current, which wasnt always easy. In such situations it helps to stay flat and stay close to the reef since the current there is usually weaker. During this dive we have seen 2 mantas and an eagle ray. Sadly there were many people which made us only see the mantas from afar and not swimming above us. Aside from rays we have also seen black tip reef sharks. After 40 minutes we let go of the rocks and dove up in the current to 5 meters to do our safety stop.

Our last dive of the day (Tatawa Besar) was again at a nice reef with plenty of colorful soft corals and anemones. We have met a bamboo shark multiple reef sharks and a good ammount of turtles. Later we had dinner at the dive shop and enjoyed a beer with our diving group. Our group finnished the day with a visit to the night market of labuan bajo and we enjoyed some fresh fruits.Read more