S/Y Indonesia Siren - Komodo

The 40 metre SY Indo Siren will be the newest member of our fleet when completed in spring of 2011. She will have the same specifications as her sister, the SY Philippine Siren. The cabins offer flexibility and can be used as twins or double bedded rooms. The dining area is very spacious offering a great setting for all your meals. The dive deck will perhaps be the most spacious and comfortable you would have experienced. Designated areas for charging and preparation of your camera and video equipment, the S/Y Indo Siren truly sets out to be the pros choice for underwater photography and videography.

She is being built on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi, and like our other yachts, is a traditional “gaft rigged Phinisi” handcrafted from ironwood and teak. You will find no other dive liveaboard as beautiful in Indonesian waters, and being that she is being built by divers for divers you can rest assured every need has been thought of and is being implemented.

Aboard the S/Y Indo Siren they shall welcome up to 16 guests on each trip. This ensures abundant space for all guests.

Komodo Liveaboard Diving Itinerary

Departing from Bima Bay, on Sumbabwa Island, just a short flight from Bali, the SY Indo Siren's first stop on this 10 night diving adventure, is the muck dive spot of the "Unusual Suspects", before sailing on to Sangeang Island with its dark volcanic sand and bubbles. By the fourth day we are diving within the National Park in the areas of Gilli Lawa Laut and Batu Bolong where strong currents can be experienced, bringing with them grey reef and white tip sharks and schools of snappers and fusileers. The Indo Siren stops at Rinca to make a walk with the dragons before cruising southwards to Nusa Kode. Across the strait on the south of Komodo Island we dive with numerous manta rays before heading northwards to Gilli Banta. Our final day is spent in Bima bay, where the calm waters offer the perfect spot for some kayaking or water skiing.

Diving Highlights

Castle and Crystal Rocks two submerged pinnacles, laying just off Gilli Lawa Laut. The pinnacles teem with life and attract large pelagics including eagle rays, grey reef sharks, Napoleon wrasse and scools of snappers and fusileers. All are seen here whilst we hang in the current and watch the show.

Cannibal Rock and Yellow wall are just two dive sites of the area of Nusa Kode. Colder water, as low as 20C/ 68F, can be experienced here and the water often carries a greenish tinge. But the diving reward far outweighs the need to extra thermal protection! It is here we find the microscopic 'lady bugs', along with rhinopias, frogfish, pygmy seahorses, mantis shrimps and an array of nudibranchs.

Manta Alley As the name suggests this site attracts the manta rays which come regularly to the cleaning stations. It is common to see several mantas lined up at one time. We watch as 'the black bird' gracefully swoops down or hangs effortlessly in the current.

The Unusual Suspects. A favourite for macro photography, with so many weird and wonderful creatures we will often dive this site more than once! Tiny coleman's shrimp and zebra crabs cling to fire urchins, frogfish can be found grouped together, ghost pipefish, harlequin shrimp, sea horses and mimic octopus make this site a real delight.

Dive Package $3735

Good through April 30, 2012.
This is a 10 nights' itinerary package, essential dive equipment of 3mm shorty wetsuit, regulator, BCD, and fins. They have a large variety of sizes for all aboard the boat. All refreshments such as coffee, tea, herbal tea, cocoa, fresh water, fruit juice, fresh fruit and all delicious cuisine. Beverages of soft drinks and beer are free. Free Nitrox refills for all Nitrox divers! Prices per person based on double occupancy.

Call 1-800-298-9009