Boo Rock and Boo Point are ideal for up close and personal encounters with large Napoleon wrasse and green turtles. If you are a photographer you must try out your photo skills at Boo 'windows' as dive buddies swim through the opening of this submerged rock past a reef draped in soft corals and brimming with fish.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 30

The Island of Maratua is small and arched around a lagoon. Currents are strong here so it is advised that divers are qualified to an advanced level or above before getting under the water.

• Dive Type: Shore Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 30

A beautiful submerged ridge that starts at just 6m from the surface. The site resembles an underwater plateau mountain, that progressively steps down half a dozen times.Dropping in from the dive boat, the first sight is an impressive hard coral garden on the shallowest flat top of the ridge. Giant Black Pacific Mantas have been seen many times at this location.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 18

The dive site showcases large underwater windows that rest just below the surface. Aside from this, the site is dripping with soft corals and schooling fish.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 18

Schools of Yellow Snapper, Napoleon Wrasse, big groupers and many Wobbegong sharks can be found in Mioskon. Pigmy seahorses, different species of nudibranch can be seen as well.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 18

Soft coral, gorgonian fans, black coral bushes and slopes of coral heads populate the whole Sardine Reef area. Large schools of fusiliers, sardines, damsels, banner fish, butterfly fish, sweetlips and snappers frequent the site, picking tasty morsels out of the current. Triggerfish and predators such as barracuda, Spanish mackerel, Jacks and giant trevallies can be seen as well. At the top of the food-chain, black tipped reef sharks, white tipped reef sharks and even grey reef sharks usually cruise the surroundings.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 18

One of the most popular sites in northern Raja Ampat. Almost anything can be seen from mantas, sharks and tuna to massive schools of jacks and barracuda. Along the slopes and onto the reef top are a variety of fans, sponges and soft and hard corals.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 18

At the Northeast point of Kri island the currents sweep into a channel between Kri and the small island of Koh. At this point beneath waters churning in the current, huge schools of Big-eye trevallies, Barracudas and Snappers can be seen hanging over the drop-off. At the base of the reef an ancient snagged anchor rests next to a bommie with a dense school of Banded sweetlips. A large shallow coral garden crowns the reef top with blacktip reef sharks patrolling amongst the overlapping maze of hard corals with feeding hawksbill turtles. Car-sized Queensland groupers down to the diminutive ever-present pygmy seahorse can be seen on this phenomenal dive site.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 18

It is a reef with various soft and hard corals and some rock formations. The reef has an enormous number of magnificent reef fish. Some of the life here includes table corals, black staghorn corals, feather corals, angelfish, clown triggerfish, butterflyfish, trevallies, surgeonfish, and red-margin shrimpgobies.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 18

The dive site features an oval-shaped reef with a flat top where extended areas of coral gardens impress divers with their intense colors and beautiful forms. Bright soft-coral outcrops, sponges, and masses of crinoids are densely scattered between impressive hard-coral formations, where a large array of small marine creatures found their shelters.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 18

Manta Ridge is located between Mansuar Island and Airborei Island. The dive site is a popular manta ray cleaning station that attracts groups of mantas. Some have wing spans of four metres across and are accompanied by cobias. All are accompanied by remoras and golden trevallies.

The mantas glide into the cleaning stations effortlessly despite the very strong currents that are usually present. Divers may have to hang on or use a reef hook to remain in one place and observe them.

Further down the reef you can find armies of bumphead parrotfish crashing over the coral. Turtles can be found on the reef. Blacktip reef sharks are seen in deeper water.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 40

Cape Kri holds the world record for the site with the largest number of species referenced in one single dive! The crossroads of different currents at the tip of the island of Kri has created an incredible variety of fauna and flora – all kinds of sharks, many schools of fish, amazing coral diversity, specimens for macro fans…everything is there! Sometimes, it’s enough to just dive down, cling to a rock, and enjoy the show! You never ever return disappointed from a dive at Cape Kri!

Large school of trevally is usually found at shallow depths; barracuda can be seen anywhere, large concentrations of bannerfish, sweetlips, emperors, and snappers hand in the current near the point. Giant Trevally weight more than 20kg are not unusual here or whitetip and grey reef sharks cruising by Cape Kri. Dive from west to east, beware of strong currents and also down current

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 30

Turtle Traffic is one of the many dive spots at Derawan Islands, located on the coast of East Kalimantan. It has always been known as the turtle-friendly destination.

Further out on the reef you are sure to see some giant turtles. Most are Green Turtles, although you can usually spot Hawkbill Turtles as well.

They are very gentle, and will let you approach them quite closely. At a depth of only 10m you will find an abundance of marine specimens to study including moray eels, mantis shrimp, lobster and nudibranch cleverly disguised amongst the multi-coloured coral.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Novice Diver - 20 + Dives
• Max Depth: 10

The Coral Gardens is an undulating bed of brightly coloured hard and soft corals shelving gradually to 27m before becoming sandy.

Among other beauties you can see sponges, giant sea fans, purple carpet anemones, feather stars and gorgonians, and giant clams, as well as cuttlefish and many species of graceful angelfish and butterfly fish darting in and out among them.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Advanced Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 27

Within this site there are 2 small wrecks. The older one is identified by the proliferation of more soft corals of the dendronephthya species and magnificent sea anemones, where you'll find sweetlips, gobies, scorpionfish, anemonefish and clownfish, jawfish, ribbon eels and groupers lurking furtively under the wreck.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 15

You can expect to see large specimens of barracuda, jacks, grey reef and variegated sharks, snapper, surgeonfish and trevally.

The corals are also spectacular along the wall and include the amazing Gorgonian Sea Fans, as well as a variety of soft corals and sponges. A grab line has been permanently attached to help divers ascend to the shallows.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 30

This dive is only for experienced divers, since you normally dive down quite deep to exit the cave. The cave starts at a hole on the top of the wall (2 m deep) and descends through a narrow chimney.

At about 21m the chimney opens into a large cavern with the bottom at 30 m.

You swim along the ceiling of the cave for about 120m. As you approach the exit of the cave, you can see the blue light of the sea.

The exit is a long vertical crack in the wall and about 2m wide and lies at 44 m. There is also another exit at 64 m. You finish the dive on the wall.

• Dive Type: Deep Dive
• Diver Level: Experienced Diver - 50 + Dives
• Max Depth: 30

Famous for its blue-ribbon eels, this beautiful dive site abounds in small sharks and shoals of fusiliers, snapper, catfish and jacks.

A variety of soft corals and sponges can be seen, including lettuce coral, tube coral, and even some Gorgonian sea fans. The amazing Giant Clam can be seen on the seabed, along with lobsters and other crustaceans.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 25

Green turtles are the main attraction at this Sangalaki diving site, as implied by its name. You'll either find them feeding, mating or resting. When you bare in mind that an annual average of 20 - 30 turtle nests are laid on the beaches each night, you'll have a better idea of the size of the mating activities of the turtles.

Turtle Town is the more famous of the 2 sites in Sangalaki where you will come across its famous green turtles. Located in the southwest corner of Sangalaki, there are gullies and stony ridges all over the place at this rather flat dive site, which make this place ideal for green turtles to stop for a bite to eat or rest up for a while.

Along with them, you'll also find reef fish like pufferfish, moorish idols as well as sea stars and feather stars. Other marine life which you'll see here include octopus, giant cuttlefish, popcorn crabs, catfish, shy mandarinfish and for lovers of macrolife, flamboyantly coloured nudibranchs.25

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Advanced Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 25

Three Rocks is exactly that from the surface. Under the water the rocks make an impressive labyrinth of sheer walls to duck and dive around. You can expect to be surrounded in every aspect, around, up and down by fish of many different species.

Beautiful soft corals and whip corals protrude from the walls as you sweep around between all the rocks walls, moving from shadow to light as do the local residents.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 25

Situated between Gam and the Yanggelo Islands, a reef extends out into a point in the middle of the channel, forming a great spot for a dive. Citrus Ridge features a white sandy bottom. In the right conditions you can expect some of the highest voltage diving in Raja Ampat, with currents bringing massive schools of barracudas, three species of fusiliers, trevallies, batfsh, bump head parrotfsh, wobbegongs, as well as black and white tip reef sharks.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 26

This site is part collection of 3 sites around three small rock islands.

The dive site is made up of many bommies with drop offs that create further reef walls. These are covered densely with whip corals, sea fans, sponges, and many types of hard corals.

The macro life is flourishing amongst the healthy corals and macro photographers will have a field day investigating the corals and exploring the nooks and crannies of the reef.

There they will find many different types of seahorses including pygmy seahorses and also many types of nudibranchs.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 40m

This site is part of a collection of three sites which go around small rock islands.

The reefs here are remarkably healthy and often said to be some of the most beautiful reefs in Raja Ampat.

The dive sites are made up of many bommies with drop offs that create further reef walls. These are covered densely with whip corals, sea fans, sponges, and many types of hard corals. The macro life is flourishing amongst the healthy corals and macro photographers will have a field day investigating the corals and exploring the nooks and crannies of the reef.

There they will find many different types of seahorses including pygmy seahorses and also many types of nudibranchs.

Divers will see many different types of marine life all on one dive, so alongside the macro life, divers can also see many butterflyfish, porcupinefish, pufferfish, boxfish, triggerfish, surgeonfish, parrotfish, wrasse, damselfish, groupers, angelfish, and schools of fusiliers. Squid, cuttlefish, and turtles are also common in the area.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 40m

This fantastic area around three smallish rock islands is an area made up of three dive sites that are often dived as one area. The dive sites are creatively named Fiabacet 1, Fiabacet 2, and Fiabacet 3 and the reefs here are remarkably healthy and often said to be some of the most beautiful reefs in Raja Ampat.

Diving here is relatively deep as the main action is at around 20 metres. The site goes down to a maximum depth of 40 metres and visibility is normally around 25 metres.

The dive sites are made up of many bommies with drop offs that create further reef walls. These are covered densely with whip corals, sea fans, sponges, and many types of hard corals. The macro life is flourishing amongst the healthy corals and macro photographers will have a field day investigating the corals and exploring the nooks and crannies of the reef. There they will find many different types of seahorses including pygmy seahorses and also many types of nudibranchs.

Divers will see many different types of marine life all on one dive, so alongside the macro life, divers can also see many butterflyfish, porcupinefish, pufferfish, boxfish, triggerfish, surgeonfish, parrotfish, wrasse, damselfish, groupers, angelfish, and schools of fusiliers. Squid, cuttlefish, and turtles are also common in the area.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 40m

Huge boulders nearly break the surface with soft corals and schools of anthias, damsel fish, fusilier. Deeper down schools of sweetlips and snapper hang out in the black coral bushes, hunting jacks as well as wobbegong can also be found here.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 25m

Larry’s Heaven is named after one of Indonesia’s most famous dive guides,Larry Smith.

You can expect schooling snapper, surgeonfish, rabbitfish and barracuda. The overhang on the main islet contains prolific invertebrate growth.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 25m

The dive is mainly along a reef wall and it has some very interesting features. At the top of the reef, there is a 20-metre long cave that can be explored.

There are many whop corals, anemones, sponges, and Gorgonian fans along the wall making for a beautiful sight. The reef wall slopes down to around 25 metres and then it drops off to around 50 metres.

You can see many of the common reef fish of the area including batfish, anthias, damselfish, groupers, cardinal fish, sweetlips, angelfish, parrotfish, triggerfish, surgeonfish, and butterflyfish.

There is often a good amount of pelagic fish to view and the area is known as a popular area for eagle rays, manta rays, sharks, and turtles. Jacks, barracuda, snappers, and large schools of fusiliers, are commonly seen on this healthy reef.

• Dive Type: Drift Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 50m

Manta Alley is one of the best dive sites in Komodo national park. It is the best place to dive with manta rays and it is not rare to see up to 20 in one dive!

This site is still very good with many reef sharks, wrasses and schools of giant trevallies! Coral is also very beautiful with rich invertebrate life.

Wrasses and schools of trevallies can also be seen in local waters. The corals are very beautiful and diverse offering a spectacular background for marine life photography.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 20m

The beautiful Mioskon reef offers new divers a great first impression of what they can expect from Raja Ampat. Schools of Yellow Snapper, Napoleon Wrasse, big groupers and many Wobbegong sharks can be found in Mioskon. Pigmy seahorses, different species of nudibranch can be seen as well. Being relatively shallow it makes for a good snorkel too.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: 10
• Max Depth: 30m

This dive site never ceases to amaze. In addition to the batteries of barracudas, jacks, giant trevally, snappers and many other fish,enjoy the rare sight of African Pompanos, including juvenile animals with their amazing dorsal and abdominal fins.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 20

The Sea Garden is a shallow reef (10m)

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 10m

Black Rock - On the western side of Kawe, Black Rock is a South to North running reef with a lush black coral forest. Large schools of raccoon butterfly fish and emperor fish gather in the south, while on the northern pinnacles groups of batfish, barracudas and surgeonfish will hang out in the current. Eagle Rock - Diving at Eagle Rock you’re likely to spot mantas using the many cleaning stations or feeding on the surface in the channel between two of the islands. The deep end of the site is a labyrinth of gigantic boulders covered with an array of citrus colored soft coral where wobbegong sharks like to hide.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 20

Blue Magic - This submerged ridge running east to west is composed mainly of hard corals with a few colorful bommies on the eastern end. An impressive variety of fish enjoy this spot such as tuna, jacks, barracuda, and fusiliers. You might also meet oceanic mantas at the cleaning station on the top of the seamount. Cape Kri - Cape Kri in the Dampier Strait is one of the most famous dive sites of Raja Ampat. The reef is en extention of the south side of Kri Island and is one of the best sites for big fish in North Raja Ampat. Beautiful coral, the huge density and variety of fish including barracudas, sweetlips, emperor angelfish, snappers, giant trevally and grey reef sharks make this a site not to be missed. Chicken Reef - Chicken Reef is a submerged pinnacle on the outskirts of Pulau Kri. Quite shallow, the slope is dotted with large coral bommies and plenty of critters can be found hiding within the gorgonian fans, anemones and soft coral formations. Mike's Point - Mike's Point is famous for its strong currents and the pure density and variety of fish found here. A spectacular dive just of Kerupiar Island which was bombed by allied planes during WWII after being mistakenly identified as a Japanese Ship. Mioskon - The Mioskon dive site offers a beautiful reef covered in the Northen Raja Ampat signature purple soft coral and schools of Yellow Snapper, Napoleon Wrasse, big groupers and Wobbegong sharks. Sardine Reef - Sardine Reef is a highlight of the Dampier Strait area. An oval shaped reef patch, it sits right in the middle of the open ocean. Around the reef, schools of fusiliers, Surgeonfish, Snappers, Damselfish and butterflyfish surrounded by predators, such as Barracuda, Spanish Mackerel, Giant Trevallies and several types of Jacks. On occasion you might even find some Grey Reef Sharks cruising around.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 20

Andiamo - Andiamo is comprised of two small islets west of Candy Store. The marine life on the reef is magnificent, with healthy soft and hard corals, schools of fish such as fusillers, anchovies, barracuda and Jacks. Candy Store - Enjoy one of the most beautiful walls in Southern of Raja Ampat with Candy Store. Clusters of fish gather on the north facing pinnacles such as fusillers, anchovies, giant trevally, spanish mackerel. Huge and beautiful elephant ear sponges, sea fans, and soft corals decorate the western end of the dive site. Two Tree - Two Tree offers a rich plateau where you can spot schools of barracuda, trevally, beautiful soft coral, sea fans, black coral tree and octopus.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 20

Some examples of possible dive sites that you may visit: Barracuda Rock - Barracuda Rock sits on a sandy bottom with a pretty plateau, and a macro filled undercut. Schooling fish such as trevally, barracuda and reef sharks can be spotted throughout the dive. The slope is made up of a series of limestone steps and beautiful black coral bushes. Dunia Kecil - Dunia Kecil in Indonesian language means 'small world'. Itd is a small rock on the western side of the Wahil Channel, compact enough to be circumnavigated in one dive. The top section is filled with wonderful soft corals, and the walls are covered with huge sea fans where different kind of pygmy sea horses can be spotted. Four Kings - Four Kings is a highlight in Misool! These four underwater pinnacles are full of fish and linked by a ridge. Four Kings is one of the best places to observe schools of anchovies getting hunted by the numerous predators. Action guaranteed. Wedding Cake - This rock located in the lagoon of Wayil, has a mushroom shape with numerous overhangs. It lies from South to North.

• Dive Type: Boat Dive
• Diver Level: Open Water Diver
• Max Depth: 20