Raja Ampat — Indonesia route
Dampier Strait
Dampier Strait is a mapped Raja Ampat — Indonesia diving route with 7 named dive sites, season notes, image-library coverage, and planning metadata for liveaboard comparison.
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Sites included
5–25m · reef wall drift
Cape Kri
Holds the world record for fish biodiversity — 374 species in a single dive. Massive bumphead parrotfish schools.
5–30m · cleaning station
Blue Magic
Manta ray cleaning station in Dampier Strait, large oceanic mantas visit at sunrise.
5–18m · coral garden
Melissa's Garden
Shallow coral garden with extraordinary hard coral density. Famous for pygmy seahorses on sea fans.
5–20m · cleaning station
Manta Sandy
Sandy slope cleaning station with reliable oceanic and reef manta visits.
5–25m · reef
Sardine Reef
Famous baitball site — massive sardine schools hunted by jacks, trevally, and barracuda.
2–15m · jetty macro
Arborek Jetty
Village jetty encrusted with soft coral — exceptional macro photography under the dock.
5–30m · reef drift
Chicken Reef
Current-swept reef famous for enormous bumphead parrotfish schools grazing hard coral.
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