Dive Into Raja Ampat (Waiwo Resort)

Dive into Raja Ampat is a dive operation located at Waiwo Dive Resort at Waisai, set within a jungle-style resort on a beautiful white sand beach. The resort has emphasized sustainability, doing its best not to destroy the local fauna and vegetation during the building phase. This creates a very special ambiance as there is a lot of wildlife in the trees such as birds of paradise and the very docile Indonesian cuscus bears. The jungle canopy also helps keep the resort nice and cool.

Dive into Raja Ampat is a well-equipped diving center. Their camera room comes with individual charging/work stations and dedicated camera rinse tanks. Guests also have a secure locker room for their dive gear storage.

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How To Get There

Waiwo Resort is located on the Island of Wesai in western Papua. The closest airport is in Sorong which has two direct flights per day from Manado, Ambon, and Jakarta. Resort staff picks guests up at the airport and brings them to the ferry in Sorong Harbor, for a 2-hour transfer by fast Hydrofoil ferry from Sorong to Wesai. The cost of the ticket one way is Rp250000 (approx US $18) per person.

Dive Overview

Diving in Raja Ampat is characterized by its incredible diversity, featuring an amazing array of medium to large size fish, good macro, and great hard and soft coral reefs, not to mention a number of muck and mangrove sites. The water temperatures range around 89F (31C) all year long, which means divers barely need a wetsuit.

Located in the province of West Papua in Indonesia, Raja Ampat is right at the heart of Indo-Pacific's Coral Triangle, home to the richest marine diversity, and as a result, some of the best scuba diving in the world.

[Read More: Raja Ampat Dive Travel Guide]

Accommodation Overview

Waiwo Dive Resort Raja Ampat is located on Waigeo Island, the largest island in Raja Ampat, where you'll find the Earths most diverse marine life. The Pacific meets the Indian Ocean right at the heart of the Coral Triangle. A place where the peace is reachable by land, sea, and sky. Enjoy the calm tropical forest and long white sand beach on your doorstep. Hear the wild birds singing to wake you up in the morning and spreading their wings to reach the sky.

Dive Into Raja Ampat is the sister operation of White Sands Beach Resort Lembeh by Eco Divers and Dive Into Lembeh. 

Food & Drinks

The Skolastika, Waiwo's Restaurant and Bar, serves freshly-prepared international and local favorites.

   

Dive Information

Raja Ampat has one of the highest numbers of fish species of any place on the planet, making it one of the top 5 underwater photography destinations. This area also host some of the world's most beautiful coral reefs. Wobbegong sharks and reef sharks are commonly seen, especially once you learn where to look for the Wobbegongs. The rare walking shark is also found on certain night dives. The endemic Raja Ampat Epaulette Shark (walking shark) is also found on certain night dives. This small, harmless carpet shark only comes out at night. While appearing to walk on the ocean floor with its fins, it can actually move surprisingly fast

Jacks, barracuda, Napoleon wrasse, trevally, and bumphead parrotfish are seen on many dives. Pygmy seahorses are found at most dive sites, along with a good variety of nudibranchs. Macro diving at the piers is excellent. You will also see lots of juvenile fish such as batfish, angelfish, butterflyfish, barramundi cod, parrotfish, etc.

Waiwo Dive Resort has 32 top dive sites all within a 60-minute boat ride of the resort. There are some special 2-tank dive trips available to further away places but there is a minimum of 4 divers needed and a small surcharge.

Dive Center Information

  

  

Dive into Raja Ampat is a fully-equipped dive center with a camera room, individual charging/work stations, and dedicated camera rinse tanks. Guests also have a secure locker room for their dive gear storage.

The normal schedule for diving is a 2-tank dive in the morning, back to the resort for lunch and then a 1-tank dive in the afternoon. The dive center alsohas 3 speedboats with twin engines, emergency oxygen, drinking water and GSM telephone.