Waking up surrounded by the tall peaks of Pulau Batanta we will prepare for our first dive on the eastern side of Dayang island. Here there is a cleaning station for reef manta rays. The dive site name is Seabat Ridge and we will do the first two dives here. The third dive of the day will take place on the Northern side of Pulau Dayang where we will explore some of the fringing reefs off Dayang. Here we can see a hard coral based reef filled in with sea fans and soft corals. Mixed species of snappers from small schooling yellow snappers, to Midnight snappers all hangout close to the reef. In front of the split, white tip reef sharks can be sighted along with large humphead wrasses. When all dive groups are back to the boat, we will then start the overnight crossing, south to Misool. Between 12-15 hours. (3 dives)

Waking up in the protected anchorage of Wayil, we will start our day diving at the fabulous Barracuda Rock. Here we will descend down in front of the small mushroom island, working our way to the southern ridge in the hope to find grey reef sharks patrolling the ridge, plus barracudas and jack fish schooling. The unique Santa-clause pygmy seahorse can be sighted at this dive site, along with Bargibanti and Denise seahorses. For the second dive, we will travel the short distance to a spectacular dive site called Four Kings. This dive site has pinnacles that shoot up our of the deep blue, the most shallow pinnacle reaching the surface at around 6 meters. Each side of the pinnacles are coated in soft corals, sea-fans, tunicates and then swarmed by fish life on every side. The third dive we will come back to the small passage at Wayilbatan and dive a site called Neptunes Fan-Sea. Here, this small passage is a wide angle photographers dream, with large sea fans spanning almost 3 meters being found in various colours. As a relatively shallow dive site, this is the prefect third dive. The shallow hard coral reef on the top is also perfect for half and half shots off the close by islands. We will then take some time on land and trek to the top of the hill to look over the heart shaped lagoon, then prepare for a night dive at Whale Rock. (4 dives)

Our first drop of the day will be at the island chain of Boo. Boo Windows is found off the far eastern end of the Boo chain and is well loved amongst divers. With a large window swim through breaking the surface on low tide, this site is colourful and full of action, from reef sharks to turtles, mantas to pygmy seahorses, often this site is a favourite of many. Boo East, our site of choice for the second dive, can also be visited by the local reef manta population in season. Here the reef top is very shallow and perfect for watching the mantas being cleaned by small reef fish. Here octopus can also be spotted around the rocky substrate also. The third dive will take place off a seamount found at the eastern side of Tank Rock, Jileo. With large schools of fish life hovering out in front, in the current, grey reef sharks can be sighted, as well as a school of feeding bump head parrotfish. The shallow reef top on this site is a lush garden of soft corals and exceptional care should be taken if using a reef hook at this or any other dive sites across the trip. (3 dives)

We will arrive at the western side of the central Raja Ampat area, in the Fam islands. Here there are many dive sites to explore, starting with My Reef. It is one of the more fishy dive sites of Piaynemo, a long submerged seamount full of life from the surface stretching down to 30 meters. Our second dive will be on the famous Melissa’s Garden. Here some of the best display of hard corals in the central area can be found. Starting in the deep, we will spend half the dive in the deeper section 30-10m and then the second half in the shallows. With the sun shining in, damsels, anthias and chromis, dancing through the hard corals, this site is a delight for the eyes! For the third dive we will travel the short distance to Batu Rufus, where we will dive into the steep walls of the small island, hosting a number of macro subjects as well as beautiful corals. For the afternoon we will take a small trek to the Piaynemo view point to look over the karst limestone islands and lagoon area. Here we can enjoy a beer and watch the sunset. We will then travel back east towards Pulau Kri for tomorrows last full day of diving. (3 dives)

On your final day we have an opportunity for one dive in the morning. Since this is going to be our last cruise day, you’ll have time to dry your equipment on the way back home to Waisai. We will complete one dive in the morning at the famous dive site called Blue Magic. Here at the right time of year, you can see both reef and oceanic manta rays, circling the pinnacle. After the dive we will then enjoy a final breakfast and lunch together on the boat, as well as plenty of time to exchange emails and photos, and say farewells to the crew. At around 1.30pm we will take you to the ferry going back to Sorong. If you would like to stay in Raja Ampat we can help organise pickups for that also.   (1 dive)