Dive In Alor was the first SSI dive centre on Alor. It is on Jalan Kalabahi Kokar north of Kalabahi: a row of blue roofed rooms above a stony shore, with its own boat moored offshore. The team mixes locals with visiting dive professionals.

Diving and accommodation are sold together, and groups stay small. The centre dives walls, caves, sloping reefs and dark sandy bays, choosing sites for safety and comfort over the strongest current.

Kalabahi Bay is the sheltered option, its black sand home to nudibranchs, seahorses, cephalopods and rhinopias. Out in the strait the coral is healthy, with hammerheads, reef sharks and rays.