Raja Ampat - Trip Reports
Awe Inspiring Raja Ampat
It’s that time of the year again, the final trip for the Raja Ampat season is completed, and the boats will make The Crossing through the vast Banda Sea and later into Komodo and Bali. To reflect, the 2025/2026 Raja Ampat season was nothing short of awe-inspiring! Every trip hits differently, and no matter how […]
From Misool to the Dampier Strait: A Raja Ampat Liveaboard Adventure Aboard Mermaid II
This week onboard the Mermaid II, we welcomed a group of familiar faces coming all the way from Russia and embarked on a 9 day adventure through the stunning Raja Ampat islands, and it was nothing short of incredible Starting the trip by cruising down south and breaking the surface at Misool, we were immediately […]
Mermaid I April 10 – 19, 2019
Starting our trip and breaking the surface with a dive at the southern tip of Raja Ampat, Misool, we were greeted by macro critters of all kinds. Pygmy sea horses filled the large colorful sea fans and Goby’s perched themselves on each whip coral branch extending from the busy reef below. Our first evening was […]
Mermaid II March 28 – April 5, 2019
Wow what a trip! This has without a doubt been the best trip of the year so far, everything from fantastic conditions to amazing visibility 30m+ to bright and sunny days everyday. Just fantastic! After the crossing down to Misool, we started with Warna Berwarna and Karang Bayangan. Once we got there we noticed one […]
Mermaid I March 17-28, 2019
A Magnificent journey from Raja Ampat to Ambon through Koon and the Banda Islands. 800 Nautical miles of pure biodiversity and a full blast of rare encounters! When you start a trip with a Flamboyant Cuttlefish right off the first night dive…Well you know you are going to have a wicked trip! Flat seas, good […]
Mermaid II March 19 – 27, 2019
Yet another amazing trip was done by Mermaid II. Raja Ampat showed its true colors, we had everything from fantastic reef dives with the soft corals and pygmy seahorse overload in the south of Misool and then up to the amazing hard corals of the north. Strong currents in the right places and no currents […]
Mermaid I March 07-16, 2019
The Essence of Raja Ampat After another epic Whale watching trip, getting the scuba gear back on felt good! It’s unbelievable how time goes fast when you are having such a good season. It’s getting close to the end of my 3rd full season in Raja Ampat and this place still blows my mind! Simply […]
Mermaid I Traversing the Unexplored (Part 2 of 2) Lembeh | Halmahera | Raja Ampat February 2019
10 dives in Lembeh searching for the bizarre critters and I lost count of how many different frogfish I came across the mucky strait this time! Although it wasn’t till the last night dive that things have happened for real… 2 Hairy frogfish out hunting! A large fluffy thing cruising together with a younger one. […]
Mermaid II 27 Jan – 4 Feb 2019 – Misool is The Hotspot
The supermoon cycle was over by now. The power of currents diminished by the day but still we had great visibility on most sites. This time we started our trip in the central area of Raja Ampat and we were going to finish in Misool in the south of the Raja Ampat Marine Reserve. The […]
Mermaid II 18 – 26 Janyary 2019 – What did the Supermoon Bring Us ?
On this trip we planned to visit the South and the Central areas of Raja Ampat Marine Protected Area.We first headed south to Misool and the first thing we noticed was that we have started to have a bit more intense underwater current. The supermoon phase was going to happen during the course of this […]