Trip Reports

2019’s first trip Starting a brand new year under warm and clear water… Is there a better way to begin 2019? Early dives with Oceanic Manta rays and night diving with multiple Thorny seahorses! The most awesome feeling of being at the right place at the right time where the biggest encounters and the smallest […]

Beautiful conditions, with clear skies and blue water, made for an excellent trip here in wonderland Raja Ampat! We had massive schools of fish on all divesites, enjoyed some of the world’s healthiest corals and also took the chance to do a scenic lagoon tour, climb up to an iconic viewpoint and visit one of […]

Starting a trip back-rolling into a dark cloud of Anchovies. Giant jacks and Rainbow runners blasting down the swarm from every direction! This is that mad time of the season that Silversides and young Fusiliers together decide to take over Misool waters! And it simply means that Mobula rays are on their way to join […]

Yes, we did see (quite a few!) majestic Manta Rays on this trip (more about that later), but the highlight dives were the ones we did in Misool (south Raja Ampat) totally surrounded by fish! Schools of Barracudas, Batfish, Yellow Snappers, hunting packs of Giant Trevallies, Grey Reef Sharks, thousands of Fusilliers and the ever-present […]

This time of the year Raja Ampat, and especially Misool in the south, is absolutely full of little anchovies that almost cover the divesites. Bigger players, like Giant Trevallies and Mobula Rays, are moving in for a feast, so there’s a good chance to witness some proper feeding frenzy! As always in Raja we enjoyed […]

The World’s richest underwater biodiversity! Over 600 small islands surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo. A combination of perfect landscapes and seascapes. Limestone formations, pristine reefs blanketed by the softests corals, endemic creatures and possibly the largest schools of fish left on the planet. West Papua is a far away […]

This very special trip took us from Maumere on Flores through Alor, the Banda Sea and the Forgotten Islands all the way up to Raja Ampat in West Papua 16 days later. We enjoyed a huge variety of marine life and different eco systems as well as stunning topside scenery throughout the trip. We spent […]

Finally the crossings season is here and Mermaid I started it with great sightings just as we predicted it! 12 days, 800 nautical miles.  From Maumere to Ambon through Alor and the heart of the Banda Sea. This is the time of the year where everything is possible to be encountered in the Ring of […]