Damai II Itinerary

Gorontalo - Halmahera - Raja Ampat

The flight usually arrives in Gorontalo in the morning, and you will go directly to Damai and make yourselves comfortable. Once you're settled, you can complete a check out dive today depending on how you fee.

No. of Dives: 0 or 1

Very healthy hard coral gardens in the shallows and dramatic drop-offs where the unique a famous Salvador Dali sponge grows. The only place where these sponges are to be found. Whale shark encounters are common, specially bellow fisherman platforms and the local fisherman keep the sharks around by feeding them small bait fish.

No. of Dives: 4

A combination of steep slopes and drop-offs, hard and soft corals, and among the regular visitors we find schooling barracudas, black tip sharks and some pelagic. For the more trained eyes, nudibranchs or pygmies would be your challenge

No. of Dives: 4

Currents flow in the channel between Bacan and Halmahera; the waters are the richest in the area, and fans and soft corals dominate the reefs. Great combination of soft and hard corals and some of the fishiest dives in the whole Maluku. Good chances to see white and blacktip reef sharks.

No. of Dives: 4

A small island between Halmahera and Sulawesi, Tifore's seamount has exuberant gardens of hard coral and plenty of life, including large schools of jacks and barracudas, as well as reef sharks.

No. of Dives: 4

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

Begin the day with a dramatic wall dive off Tanjung Marengarango. Check out the schooling fish; barracuda, snapper, 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, unusual shrimp.

No. of Dives 4

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

No. of Dives: 3

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

This amazing string of small islands has a colorful array of great dive 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 cleaning mantas. A truly spectacular dive!

No. of Dives: 4

No Contest and Love Potion No. 9, near the island of Balbulol, is 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

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.