As most countries around the world seem to have already passed the peak of the recent pandemic, we all prepare to adapt to what has been named “the new normal”, where higher standards of safety and hygiene will be followed in order maintain the levels of protection required after this health crisis. Together with the […]
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Covid-19, Indonesia and The Best Diving in the World.
As the effects of the pandemic continue to unfold around the world, we wish all of you are faring the storm with strength. We hope that you and yours are healthy, and that you find the inner power to cope with these difficult times at all levels. This is a real tests to our resilience, […]
Our #1 Asset and our #2 Advantage – How We Dive!
The majority of our guests travel a really long way to dive with us, and they do that to experience some of the very best diving in the world. Many have dived with us before and liked the overall experience, while many others hear about us through word of mouth. And from time to time, […]
Our #1 Advantage! The crews of ours boats Ondina and Oceanic.
There are many things we are proud of with our operation in Indonesia, but without doubt it is the crews of our boats Ondina and Oceanic, together with the behind the scenes support, that are top of the list. Our guests travel to Indonesia from all over the world and they come to experience some […]
More Exciting News from the Archipelago – Derawan!
After nearly 20 years of operation across the eastern half of the vast Indonesian archipelago we are incredibly proud of the routes we pioneered. Many of the sites we found have become famous for their incredible biodiversity and are an absolute delight to dive to this day. In fact most of our staff probably know […]
Exciting News from the Archipelago – The Other Komodo!
After almost 20 years exploring the incredible archipelago that is Indonesia, you would think that we have probably seen it all, but discovering what Komodo had kept hidden is very exciting news! It is really quite ironic though, because Komodo National Park was one of the first regions that he explored on the SMY Ondina […]
EXPLORING THE INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO
It had been quite an adventure… Ricard Buxo had spent almost 12 months living among the legendary boat builders of southern Sulawesi, supervising the construction of SMY Ondina, while learning Bahasa Indonesia and the animistic traditions, rituals and legends of the Bugis. By mid-2001 Ondina had been successfully launched and was now afloat with the […]
Exploring the Archipelago – Even further…
Big ideas are often the most successful ones though they usually come with the risk that they are just too bold and will not work. And then, of course, there is the additional risk of things happening that are completely out of your control! So it happened when our first boat the SMY Ondina was […]
Building the Nymph of the Deep Seas
It really was a bold idea… One that was conceived and then nurtured during extensive travels across the vast archipelago that is Indonesia. And much like other great ideas it was quite simple in concept, but required several things to come together in concert for it to become a reality. The year was 1999 and […]
The best diving in the world.
Indonesia by numbers… A vast country of some 17,000+ islands, strewn along 5.000kms of the equator in South-East Asia and home to more than 260 million people with about 300 distinct native ethnic groups. A true melting pot with many unique cultures but just two seasons – warm and dry or warm and wet! The […]