dampier strait

This report details our third 18-day excursion to Sorido Bay Resort (SBR) in December 2023 - January 2024. RESERVATION As per usual, I arranged our reservation directly with the resort, my preferred method of booking. Booking directly also enrolls you in their loyalty program, granting 15%...

Our new video, "Underwater Wonders of Raja Ampat: Diving Dampier Strait with Papua Diving," takes you on an unforgettable journey through the region's most breathtaking dive sites. Join us as we explore the Dampier Strait, encountering majestic manta rays, graceful Wobbegong sharks, and a...

Good day, We will be boarding a LOB from Sorong early April and are thinking about doing a land extension pre-cruise. Does anyone have experience with Waisai? The reason we are looking at Waisai is because they have daily ferry transport from/to Sorong. I see there are many more homestays, dive...

Here is our latest Video Trip Report about diving in Fiji - Soft Coral Capital. We styed at the awesome Paradise Taveuni Resort and dove at the Rainbow Reef. Great resort and great scuba diving. If you enjoyed the video, please LIKE it and SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube Channel for more exciting...

After a 10-day scuba diving trip from Ambon through the Banda Sea, Seram Sea and the Misool, we disembarked in Waisai, where we continued our vacation by staying at Meridian Adventure Scuba Dive Resort for seven days in November 2022. Our package included 5 days of diving (2 dives/day). In...

After almost three years, we were back to Raja Ampat, Indonesia, diving the Dampier Strait. After a 10-day scuba diving trip from Ambon through the Banda Sea, Seram Sea and the Misool, we disembarked in Waisai, where we stayed at Meridian Adventure Scuba Dive Resort for six days in November...

After almost three years, we were back to Raja Ampat, Indonesia, diving the Dampier Strait. Underwater Video Equipment used: Camera: Sony camcorder PXW Z90 Housing: Gates AX700 / Z90 with Gates GP34A Wide Angle Port and internal UR Pro Red Filter Video Lights: Keldan Video...

My new video Raja Ampat Dive Sites - Sardine Reef is Episode 3 that brings you to the Sardine Reef - one of the best reef dive sites in the world, with a dazzling array of fish congregate, swarming fusiliers, huge giant trevallies, packs of bluefin jacks, Spanish mackerels, batfish, schooling...

Here is the link to my new video - the Episode 2 of my series of videos about dive sites of Raja Ampat, which will bring you to the Blue Magic Dive Site at Dampier Strait in West Papua, Indonesia. If you enjoyed the video, please LIKE it, leave a COMMENT, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE for more exciting...

Here is the link to my new video - the Episode 2 of my series of videos about dive sites of Raja Ampat, which will bring you to the Blue Magic Dive Site at Dampier Strait in West Papua, Indonesia. If you enjoyed the video, please LIKE it, leave a COMMENT and SUBSCRIBE for more exciting travel...

Have you been dreaming of Raja Ampat recently? Me too. So, I created a video DREAMING OF RAJA AMPAT to share our memories and dreams about the breathtaking Raja Ampat. This video includes footage from our two most recent trips to Raja Ampat. Both times we stayed at Sorido Bay Resort (Dampier...

Further to my previous post about our recent dive trip to Sorido Bay Resort, please find attached a full version of the report, which includes some additional travel tips. I had to cut my original post because of the limitation to the post size. The full version of the report would be useful...

Here is my report about our second visit to Sorido Bay Resort of Papua Diving in Raja Ampat in West Papua, Indonesia. Date of Visit: December 26, 2019 – January 12, 2020 Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) – (best) Diving - 5 Diving for Beginners - 4...

I am afraid that I could not imagine a better dive resort than Sorido Bay Resort (SBR). We learned about Sorido Bay Resort from a French couple, whom we met at Misool Eco Resort. They traveled extensively through Indonesia (~ 40 dive trips), and, in their opinion, Sorido Bay Resort was #1 dive...