Grey reef and whitetip reef sharks are the reliable Komodo species, concentrated at Castle Rock, Crystal Rock and Shotgun. A site-by-site probability table and an honest answer on safety.

Southern Komodo runs 21 to 25 degrees in upwelling season with 10 to 20 metres of visibility and world-class macro. Here is what the south trades against the north, and what charter length it takes to get there.

Castle Rock is the harder dive and the bigger shark show; Crystal Rock is clearer, shallower on top and slightly more forgiving. A side-by-side on depth, current, certification and what you actually see.

Batu Bolong is Komodo’s densest wall of fish and its least forgiving current. Here is how the pinnacle splits the flow, where the lee sits, and what the briefing is really telling you.

Manta rays are in Komodo year-round at Karang Makassar, with density peaking December to March when plankton-rich water fills the channels. Here is the month-by-month picture and the trade-off nobody mentions.

Yes, Open Water takes three days on board with an 18 m limit, and Advanced adds two days and five adventure dives. Here is what a Komodo course charter costs in 2027 and where the catch is.

Komodo liveaboards sit hours from definitive hyperbaric care. Here is what dive insurance must cover, what standard travel policies exclude, and how the evacuation pathway from Labuan Bajo actually works.

Plan 18 hours between your last Komodo dive and your flight out of Labuan Bajo. Here is how that interacts with the DPS and CGK schedules, and how liveaboard itineraries are built around it.

The Komodo park ticket is IDR 250,000 for foreign visitors under PP 36/2024. Here is what that covers, what operators collect separately, and why you see IDR 600,000 quoted elsewhere.

Three dives a day is the honest Komodo liveaboard average, plus night dives and a bonus final morning. Here is the real dive count per trip length, and what steals dives from your schedule.