Raja Ampat is one of the most popular dive destinations worldwide and we can see why. There is stunning marine biodiversity, beautiful coral reefs and fish schools that will encircle your dive buddies until all you can see is their bubbles at the surface. And because the area has been protected since before the dive boom, frequent shark sightings and adrenaline-filled manta dives (during the season) are common.
Here’s what we’ve seen during our dives with Papua Paradise and Sorido Bay Resort / Papua Diving.
Raja Ampat Underwater
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- Quinn surveys a beautiful reefscape
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- A very large cuttlefish. Not pictured, another one right next to it!
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- Pink soft corals
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- Quinn hovers above a coral formation
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- Pygmy seahorses can be found on many of Raja’s dive sites
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- Raja is home to beautiful coral gardens
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- Tall trees and sky above vivid orange gorgonians
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- Anemonefish in The Passage with trees above
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- Anemonefish at home
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- Glassfish are found in and around many coral bommies
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- Soft corals and sunburst
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- A Raja reefscape
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- Schools of fish love the currents at many of Raja’s dive sites
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- A wobblegong shark takes a rest.
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- This wobblegong swam through the scene – a gift from Raja on our last dive
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- No mantas, no worries.
