Diving Raja Ampat - liveaboard Wisesa

Our crew will pick up you at Sorong airport or at your hotel, and transfer you on board WISESA. After a welcome drink & during the safety briefing, the crew will lift the anchor, heading to East of Misool island in the South part of Raja Ampat. It's a 12h navigation. This will allow you to set your dive gears and camera, and socialize with the friendly crew.

The upcoming 4 days, Wisesa will cruise the beautiful Misool Archipelago. You will make 3 day dives, and posiible 1 or 2 night dives at the best spots, such as Boo Area, Yuliet Area, Fiabecet, Wayilbatan, Daram, Pele and Sagof/Wagmab/Farondi Area. After the 3rd dive on day 5, Wisesa will depart North and set sail for an overnight cruise to Penemu Island; a navigation of approximately 12 hours.

The strait that flows between Waigeo and Batanta is rapidly becoming known as having some of the most spectacular diving in Raja Ampat as a result of the nutrient-rich ocean currents passing through. Everything that makes for a wonderful dive can be found here. But even beyond the usual delights and the satisfaction of spotting prized macro subjects such as the newly discovered Pontohi pygmy seahorse on the coral heads, there are surprises to be found in every dive. Ironically, sardines are about the only reef fish not found at the site of Sardine Reef, but you won’t even notice as you see swarms of fusiliers, surgeonfish, trevallies, rainbow runners, sweetlips and bannerfish practically blocking out the sky swarming over a reef decorated with sea fans, soft corals and huge orange elephant ear sponges encrusted with pastel colonies of tunicates. One of the more unique thrills of this site is being able to hear “fish thunder” - the loud booming sound made when a large number of fish move rapidly through open water. Chicken Reef, Kerupiar Island and Friwin Bonda are all dive sites in Dampier Strait full of these wonders. The fish life in this area is as plentiful as can be expected at sites with a great deal of healthy hard and soft coral. Wobbegong sharks can also be found at any of these dive sites, especially at Mioskon. Cape Kri holds the impressive record of 374 fish species identified during one 90-minute dive. At Otdima Reef there is a school of friendly sweetlips who group around one deep coral head. Blue Magic is a submerged seamount where there is a chance to encounter Giant manta rays. A muck night dive awaits you at Yenbuba Jetty where we can find bobtail squid, octopus, stargazers, ghost pipefish, toadfish and lots of nudis. On the last full day of the cruise there will be one or two dives depending on the weather conditions and also on the flight times out of Sorong the next day. After the dives we will travel back to Sorong

After breakfast and the last exchange of photos and memories, it will be time to say bye bye to the crew & Wisesa, after what we will bring you back to your hotel or to the Airport.