Hotel 3 Bintang di Waya

Amazing views and service

We spent a 4 nights at Octopus and everything was great but I wanted to talk about the transfer. The ride into the island was perfectly smooth (maybe an occasional minor bump or splash but a generally easy ride). The way home was another story. For context we had two small children (7 and 4) and there waves picking up the day before (we noticed this on our diving excursions). I tested the waters in the morning (had some time to kill and wanted to snorkel) and it was a mess under water; a current, waves, undertow and everything was just being stirred up. My wife and I are prone to getting sea sick so we took some dramamine as we watched the water gain in intensity throughout the morning. As the small boat came to take us to the transfer it was not issue getting in the small boat at shore but getting onto the big boat in waves is not easy. The crew was very patient and helpful getting everyone on as safely as possible and tried to get moving as soon as we could. They helped elderly folks get on and off at the next stop and showed the same level of care and helpfulness. For the next almost 2.5-3 hours (compared with the 1.25 hours getting there) we were on rocky seas going up and down, getting water in the boat (and over the top) and everyone on the boat was miserable except my 4 year old (who was only a little sick). While this may seem a point where we start a negative review this is the complete opposite. Captain Sula (I apologize if I got this wrong but it was on July 6 2024) did an absolutely amazing job navigating the seas and when one looked out the side to the size of the waves (going every which way) to what was happing in the boat you could see that the captain and crew were making every effort to make this as easy for the folks on the boat as they could. While the transfer was not the highlight of the trip I feel the captain and crew were going above and beyond (really working overtime) to deal with the situation imposed on them and making the best of it. I've been in bigger boats in water that wasn't as rough and I've been more sick in those situations but these folks were dealing with waves coming in many directions, on top of each other and they were over 4 feet (I checked the sea forecast to verify what my eyes were telling me). Everyone on the boat truly appreciated the captains work getting us back safely.