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With hopes of an early morning arrival, we start our adventure at Sorong, Western Papua, then travel overnight towards Misool. The amazing diversity that awaits you in this region—a tapestry of marine wonders including underwater seamounts, smaller pinnacles, coral walls, and gardens adorned with giant sea fans, a spectrum of soft corals, massive table corals, and a bustling array of fish species—ready to enthrall you. Apart from being a visual feast, Misool provides a refuge for elusive species like the amazing epaulette shark, distinguished by its unusual “walking” method of nighttime prey stalking.

Traveling to Batanta will find amazing muck diving areas with vivid nudibranchs, alien species, and enchanted coral bommies.

With a wealth of nutrients, the Dampier Strait calls strong predators including gigantic trevallies, yellowfin tuna, rainbow runners, and occasionally blacktip, grey reef, and white tip shark present. One of the unusual places known globally where two species of Manta rays can be seen on the same dive site is this stretch.

Discover the magic of Raja Ampat’s night dives, which present an original viewpoint on the sea. We also invite you to visit one of the surrounding villages so you may engage with the active populations that call Raja Ampat home and so experience the local way of life.

Dives: Approximately 29 dives in total

Experience: Advanced Open Water – 75 minimum logged dives required.

Itinerary Extras: * We require a minimum of 75 logged dives and AOW (or equivalent) certification. If clients have between 50 and 75 logged dives, they can book a private dive guide (subject to availability).

Marine Life: At least 75 percent of all coral species can be found in Raja Ampat, divers can expect a range of topography from soft corals and sea fans, to hard corals, seagrass beds, mangroves, shallow reefs, deep drop-offs, caves, black sand, and white sand. Giant manta rays, sea turtles, sharks, cuttlefish, pipefish, various seahorse species, and massive schools of reef fish are the norm, plus the delightful wobbegong sharks and epaulette sharks inhabit these waters too

We head for Sorong, Western Papua. We will be riding all night to reach Misool early the next morning. The variety you will see here will astounds you. Covering gigantic sea fans, soft coral in all colors, massive table corals, and many fish, an abundance of marine life, a variety of undersea seamounts, smaller pinnacles, coral walls, and coral gardens covered in soft corals in all hues covered. The elusive epaulette shark or walking shark can be found here rather easily. By “walking” nearer and nearer its prey, this nocturnal shark stealthily approaches it.

Batanta boasts amazing muck diving areas with the most vivid nudibranchs you could ever imagine, alien-looking animals, and exquisite coral bummies.

Even more nutrients bringing in larger predators including gigantic trevallies, yellowfin tuna, rainbow runners, and even some sharks like blacktip, grey reef, white tip sharks can be found over the Dampier Strait. One of the rare locations worldwide where two kinds of Manta rays may be seen on the same diving spot is also here.

In Raja Ampat, night dives are a delight; we also provide you the chance to visit one of the nearby communities.