[DavidWarshaw]

Beaner... GO. It's a great anniversary adventure... and, as I note in your profile you live in the Midwest, I can understand you're desire for warm water. Same as we, since we live in New Jersey and don't find Jersey wreck diving (55 degree F) attractive!

This is what the Wakatobi Website says about temps: "Air temperature is in general around 30 °C during the day and nicely cooler in the evening. Water temperature is a fairly cool 26-28 °C (79-82°F). We recommend a full body 5 mm dive suit, especially for divers making several dives in a day."

I agree with this, although one person in our party dove in just a tee-shirt! My wife and I went in November our three trips. First two, we used a two-piece three over two, but it was old and probably not giving us full protection. This past year we used a new 5mm one-piece, and were very comfortable. Surface temps can be quite warm... and a lot of dive profiles put you up within 10 feet of the surface in wonderful coral gardens for the last 20 minutes of your dive... so it may be a bit like bath water. But dives AVERAGE 70 minutes... and you are doing at least three a day (more if you do some on your own). That's a lot of exposure, and getting chilled can take its toll. Also, getting chilled can affect Nitrogen uptake... and you are several hours from the nearest chamber in Bali.

Air temps can be very hot during the day, but the locally-built dive boats are totally shaded so you don't have to cook in your gear waiting for the pool to open.

Hope this helps. Happy to respond... either in thread or directly... with more info.

DAVID