Damai I Itinerary

Halmahera - Raja Ampat

Day 1: Arrive into Ternate 

The flight usually arrives in Ternate in the morning, and you will go directly to Damai and make yourselves comfortable. You can complete a checkout dive today depending on how you feel. We'll let you decide.

Days 2 and 3: Goraici and Seamount of Halmahera Sea (

Series of small islands with surprisingly good, healthy reefs. This current rich location has a huge amount of schooling fish: surgeonfish, ocean triggerfish, snappers, fusiliers, rainbow runners, sharks and much more, we have seen on several occasions mantas coming to feed in the shallow waters of a lagoon.

No. of Dives: 4/day

Day 4: Pulau Lata Lata

Another spot that cannot be missed is the beautiful Island of Lata-Lata. There, not too long ago, our dive guides found a seamount that we named Charis point. This is a world-class dive site better dove with a medium current to enjoy the fish life and his beautiful corals. In the afternoon enjoy the pretty shallows and the gorgeous soft coral garden in the area.

No. of Dives: 4

Day 5: Salea

Start the day at Batu Mandy near the island of Salea. Schools of fusilier, snappers and trevally embellish a pinnacle formation that sometimes also hosts manta rays and reef sharks. Later in the day enjoy the beautiful reefs around the islands of Pokal and Kusu. Frogfish, ghost pipefish, and pontohi have been spotted here.

No. of Dives: 4

Day 6: Pulau Bacan

Begin the day with a dramatic wall dive off Tanjung Marengarango. Check out the schooling fish: barracuda, snapper, and fusiliers, and the potential for some great passing pelagics.

Spend the afternoon enjoying some excellent muck diving along the boat-building beach at Penambuan; excellent habitat amongst the variety of black sand, pebbles, algae and coral heads. Hunt for octopus, colourful nudibranchs, frogfish, seahorses, cuttlefish, and unusual shrimp.

No. of Dives: 4

Day 7: Pulau Pisang

This small island in the middle of the Seram Sea has some great fish action: snapper, barracuda, fusiliers, and rainbow runners.

No. of Dives: 4

Day 8: Wayilbatan

The Four Kings is a series of colorful underwater pinnacles, which make an amazing dive with plenty of cool fish action. Moving later to a more sheltered spot, we are in the vicinity of some great dive spots: drift along the channel at Neptune Fan Sea, explore the wall at Wedding Cake, or enjoy the fish action on the ridge at Barracuda Rock.

No. of Dives: 3 or 4

Day 9: Boo & Fiabacet

This amazing string of small islands has a colourful array of great dives sites. The signature sites in the area include Boo Windows, Nudi Rock, Tank Rock and Whale Rock. The whole place is a delight for the eyes. On a calm day you can visit the amazing seamount Magic Mountain and experience cruising sharks, schooling fish and mantas cleaning. A truly spectacular dive!

No. of Dives: 4

The islands further east in the Misool region, are booming with colors, unreal collection of soft corals and fans along the walls of their most iconic dive sites: Andiamo and the Candy Store.

No Contest and Love Potion No. 9, near the island of Balbulol are a string of underwater ridges rich in current and therefore colourful soft corals and seafans. Spend your time looking in the blue for schooling pelagics and often the beautiful Mobula Rays.

To the east is the island of Farondi. Visit the unique underwater caves at Goa Farondi and hunt for cool pygmy seahorses on the different varieties of sea fans. Nearby in the channel are the current-rich pinnacles of the Three Sisters. This area is teeming with life and there is a good chance of seeing a lot of fish action.

No. of Dives: 2

Day 12: Departure

Guests will be escorted to the airport in Sorong and assisted with check-in procedures, no doubt full of talk about the wonders of the most popular dive destination in the world.

Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics and local regulations.