KM Blue Manta is a 46-metre (150ft) steel-hulled liveaboard operated by White Manta Diving, built with a steel hull and twin engines for stability on long-haul, blue-water crossing itineraries around Indonesia. She carries up to 24 guests in 14 en-suite cabins averaging 20 sqm each, split across 6 upper-deck cabins with windows, 4 main-deck cabins with windows and 4 lower-deck cabins with portholes. Facilities include an extended dive deck, indoor and outdoor lounges, an air-conditioned camera room with a dry work table and blow-dry stations, and satellite Wi-Fi at sea. A crew of 20, including 5 dive guides, keeps small dive groups (4 photographers per guide) and serves five meals a day. Blue Manta sails Indonesian destinations including Komodo, Raja Ampat, the Banda Sea, Halmahera and the Derawan Archipelago.