Alor as a world-class diving trip, Alor Regency in East Nusa Tenggara has indeed become a dream for world liveaboard snorkeling and scuba diving lovers. However, there are things that must be considered when visiting Alor when visiting. Because if the wrong time to visit Alor, you might not dive and instead stay at the hotel or resort.
Alor popularity as a tourist destination of world-class submarine was not widely known by local travelers. Instead tourists from abroad who know little about the potential beauty of the underwater Alor its East Nusa Tenggara. For objects of beauty dives under the sea, the sea has recorded 26 Alor diving points are very popular for divers from various countries.
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For diving activities or scuba dive in around Alor Islands, you must pay attention to the best time to go to Alor in May, June and July because the waves are calmer. The rainy season, which causes cloudy weather and big waves in Alor, falls from December to March. However, due to erratic weather, sometimes in October, Alor has been hit by heavy rain.
Diving Sites in Alor Islands!
Coral reefs, coral, and various marine life are the main sights in the underwater world of Alor Island. The currents and sea waves are varied, so you will get a diving experience that is quite different from other spots, besides seeing the natural beauty of the underwater.
Banda Neira
It is the capital of the Banda islands and the one of the ten volcanic islands in the Banda Archipelago. You can muck dive with flying gurnards, sea moths, mandarin fish and nudibranches
Suanggi
The seascape is plenty of various kinds of unspoiled hard and soft corals reef. You can see snapper, bumphead, blunthead parrotfish, turtles and sharks
Batu Kepal
It is a pinnacle. The shallow at the peak on the west of the main rock is 8 meters depth. It is easily seen from surface. It is connected to the next deeper rock to the north. Between the shallow and deeper sites, there is a valley going down to 50 Meters depth. You can see the biggest red tooth trigger fish and large moray eels. A channel with some boulders is at the east of the Batu Kepal. At the wall of this channel is very colorful and rich in fish and invertebrate species. The visibility is 40-50 meters.
Lava Flow
It is located in the north of Gunung Api (one of ten volcanic islands in the Banda Archipelago) where volcano forms a small round island built by lava flows. rising 5 km from the sea floor until 282 meters above water. After the volcano erupted in 1988, the bottom of this dive site was covered by lava. Corals started to quickly grow on the cold lava. There is a flourishing , vast carpet of staghorn coral, plate corals and table corals now growing where the lava once flowed.
Htta Island
25 km from Banda Neira. Skaru Atoll, is the name of a coral, few hundred yards south of the island, there is some colony of unicorn fish, Fusiliers, jacks fish and rainbow runners, white-tip sharks measuring almost two meters, napoleon wrasse, dogtoothed tuna, and turtles.
Manuk island
The reefs are very healthy with cabbage corals, and sponges .
Pohon Miring
It is wall dive with gentle currents. There are larger fish such as tuna, bumphead parrotfish, and napoleon wrasse.
Ai
It is located on the west of Banda Neira. It is the top dive site for shark encounter, especially Hammerhead sharks, thresher and silvertip sharks
Run
It is a small island which is full of colorful wall and large amounts of fish. The main wall lays 70m to 150m off the islands’ northwestern coast known as “Depan Kampung” .
Alor Dive Resort
- Alor Divers – Eco Dive Resort – Alor Archipelago
- Alami Alor Dive Resort
- Alor Diving-La P’tite Kepa
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Other Boats Charter Phinisi Liveaboard Scuba Diving and Sailing Trip around Indonesian Archipelago
| Boat Name | Diving Area | Boat Categories | Max Capacity | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adishree Phinisi | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Phinisi Boat | 12 Guest | view more details |
| Aliikai Voyage | Alor, Banda Neira, Ambon, Saumlaki, Komodo, Raja Ampat | Luxury Phinisi Boat | 15 Guest | view more details |
| Aneecha Catamaran | Bali Island | Catamaran Boat | 35 Guest | view more details |
| Baronang Boat | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Wooden AC Cabin Boat | 12 Guest | view more details |
| Cajoma Dive Boat | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Wooden AC Cabin Boat | 20 Guest | view more details |
| Cajoma Eco Boat | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Wooden AC Cabin Boat | 12 Guest | view more details |
| Cajoma III Phinisi | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Phinisi Boat | 8 Guest | view more details |
| Cajoma IV Phinisi | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Phinisi Boat | 10 Guest | view more details |
| Cajoma V Phinisi | Alor, Banda Neira, Ambon, Saumlaki, Komodo, Raja Ampat | Phinisi Boat | 20 Guest | view more details |
| Elvano Boat | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Wooden AC Cabin Boat | 9 Guest | view more details |
| Jofiel Liveaboard | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Phinisi Boat | 8 Guest | view more details |
| Kanha Loka Boat | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Wooden AC Cabin Boat | 18 Guest | view more details |
| Kanha Nata Boat | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Wooden AC Cabin Boat | 12 Guest | view more details |
| Kurabesi Phinisi | Alor, Banda Neira, Ambon, Saumlaki, Komodo, Raja Ampat | Phinisi Boat | 12 Guest | view more details |
| Lamborajo I Boat | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Wooden AC Cabin Boat | 20 Guest | view more details |
| Lamborajo II Phinisi | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Phinisi Boat | 17 Guest | view more details |
| Maipa Deapati Phinisi | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Phinisi Boat | 16 Guest | view more details |
| Neomi Phinisi | Alor, Banda Neira, Ambon, Saumlaki, Komodo, Raja Ampat | Phinisi Boat | 22 Guest | view more details |
| Ocean Pro II Liveaboard | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Phinisi Boat | 20 Guest | view more details |
| Putri Papua Phinisi | Raja Ampat | Phinisi Boat | 8 Guest | view more details |
| Riley Phinisi | Labuan Bajo – Komodo Island | Wooden AC Cabin Boat | 13 Guest | view more details |
| Salila Expedition | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Luxury Phinisi Boat | 20 Guest | view more details |
| Santorini Boat | Komodo; Labuan Bajo | Wooden AC Cabin Boat | 14 Guest | view more details |
| Temukira Liveaboard | Raja Ampat | Phinisi Boat | 12 Guest | view more details |
| Adelaar Liveaboard | Bali, Komodo, Alor, Banda, Ambon | Phinisi | 08 Guest | view more details |
| Alexa Liveaboard | Komodo, Sumba, Moyo, Bali | Phinisi | 02 Guest | view more details |
| Alila Purnama Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Komodo, Banda, Ambon | Phinisi | 10 Guest | view more details |
| Amandira Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Komodo, Banda, Ambon | Phinisi | 10 Guest | view more details |
| Amaya Explorer Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Komodo, Alor, Banda | Phinisi | 16 Guest | view more details |
| Ambai Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Komodo, Banda, Ambon | Phinisi | 16 Guest | view more details |
| Amira Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Maumere, Kalimantan | Phinisi | 19 Guest | view more details |
| Arenui The Boutique | Maluku, Banda, Raja Ampat, Alor, Komodo | Phinisi | 16 Guest | view more details |
| Aurora Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Komodo, Alor, Ambon | Phinisi | 18 Guest | view more details |
| Benetta Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Komodo, Bali | Phinisi | 08 Guest | view more details |
| Blue Dragon Liveaboard | Labuan Bajo, Komodo | Phinisi | 14 Guest | view more details |
| Blue Manta Liveaboard | Komodo, Raja Ampat, Banda Sea, Molucca Sea (Maluku), Kalimantan | Steel Ship | 22 Guest | view more details |
| Calico Jack Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Ambon, Triton Bay, Cendrawasih Bay | Phinisi | 10 Guest | view more details |
| Carpe Diem Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Triton Bay, Cendrawasih Bay | Phinisi | 10 Guest | view more details |
| Cheng Ho Liveaboard | Labuan Bajo, Komodo Island | Phinisi | 24 Guest | view more details |
| Coralia Liveaboard | Komodo National Park, Alor, the Forgotten Islands, Maumere and the Banda Islands | Phinisi | 16 Guest | view more details |
| Damai I Liveaboard | Alor, Bali, Banda Sea, Cendrawasih Bay, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Komodo, Raja Ampat | Phinisi | 14 Guest | view more details |
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| Dewi Nusantara Dive | Raja Ampat, Ambon, Banda Sea, Forgotten Islands, Halmahera, Ternate, Triton Bay, North Sulawesi | Phinisi | view more details | |
| Dunia Baru Liveaboard | Raja Ampat | Phinisi | 14 Guest | view more details |
| El Aleph Luxury Cruise | Bali, Labuan Bajo, Komodo, Sorong, Raja Ampat, Alor, Forgotten Islands | Phinisi | 12 Guest | view more details |
| Emperor Harmoni Liveaboard | Komodo, Raja Ampat, Banda Sea | Phinisi | 20 Guest | view more details |
| Emperor Raja Laut Liveaboard | Komodo, Raja Ampat, Banda, Flores, Alor | Phinisi | 12 Guest | view more details |
| Euphoria Liveaboard | Cendrawasih Bay, Raja Ampat | Phinisi | 14 Guest | view more details |
| Fenides Liveaboard | Komodo, Raja Ampat, Banda, Alor | Phinisi | 11 Guest | view more details |
| Gaia Love | Komodo, Alor, Banda, Raja Ampat | Steel Ship | 22 Guest | view more details |
| I Like Liveaboard | Komodo, Alor, Maluku, Banda Sea, Triton Bay, Raja Ampat, Cenderawasih Bay | Phinisi | 16 Guest | view more details |
| Indo Siren Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Komdo National Park | Phinisi | 16 Guest | view more details |
| Katharina Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Sorong, Misool, Ternate, Kendari, Bali, Komodo Archipelago, Alor, Sumba, Sunda Islands, Banda, Ternate | Phinisi | 16 Guest | view more details |
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| La Galigo | Explore Komodo National Park and Raja Ampat | Phinisi | 14 Guest | view more details |
| Lady Denok Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Komodo, Maluku, Banda Island, Forgotten Islands | Phinisi | 14 Guest | view more details |
| Lamima Liveaboard | Raja Ampat, Komodo, Flores, Spice Islands, Cenderawasih Bay, Triton Bay, Maumere, Alor | Phinisi | 14 Guest | view more details |
| Maluku Explorer Liveaboard | North Moluccas (South-Halmahera) | Steel Ship | 18 Guest | view more details |
| Mantra Dive and Sail | Raja Ampat, Komodo Island, Banda Sea and North Maluku | Phinisi | 06 Guest | view more details |
| Mermaid I Liveaboard | Komodo, Raja Ampat, the Banda Sea, Alor and Ambon | Steel Ship | 15 Guest | view more details |
| Nyaman Catamaran | Komodo Island, Raja Ampat | Catamaran | 04 Guest | view more details |
| Raja Naga Laut Liveaboard | Bali, Labuan Bajo, Komodo | Phinisi | 10 Guest | view more details |
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