The five cabins are named for the five Pandawa brothers, and only Arjuna gets the balcony and the bathtub

Open-trip fares are quoted per room rather than per person, so a couple pays once

Of the three Lamborajo hulls on this list, this is the one that takes twenty-five

A crew of fourteen for fourteen guests, with a karaoke and film deck rather than a dive deck

Deluxe cabins come in twin and double at the same grade, so two friends get separate beds without paying up to a suite

Twelve guests overnight but twenty-five on a day charter, so the same hull sells as two different trips

Every extra night on the Komodo card costs exactly IDR 26 million, from the third day through to the ninth, with no discount for going longer

Three cabins are sold with a sea view and the other four are not, which the operator is careful not to blur

The cheapest berth in this collection at USD 330 a night, on the same serious itineraries

The two life rafts seat thirty-five between them, on a boat that carries twenty-six people all in

Every scheduled trip departs even if only one guest has booked, so a solo diver never loses the dates to an empty boat

The four-berth bunk cabin has its own ensuite and air conditioning, so the cheapest berth on board is not the compromise one

Two engines, two compressors and two watermakers, built for divers who care about redundancy

Dive gear is included except the computer, the one item you rent separately or bring yourself

The Komodo program runs seventeen or more dives across eight days, and Raja Ampat twenty-five across eleven

Trips sell as diving or cruising, so snorkellers pay for the boat and buy dives one at a time instead of a package they will not finish

The published navigation list runs all the way to a clinometer, which almost nothing else in this class bothers with

The camera rinse tank is separate from the gear tank, so a housing never queues behind sixteen sets of fins

All eight cabins open onto their own ocean-facing balcony, bunk rooms included

Shared 3D2N Deluxe berths start at USD 610 per person; private 2D1N charter starts at USD 8,900