Dive Review of Papua Diving in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Papua Diving: "Soared Bay Resort - don't waste your time", Oct, 2015, by George S. Irwin, M.D., IL, US ( Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 8534.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This is an expensive resort. The food was roughly similar each day - buffet of overdone fish, chewy chicken and beef of some sort was the dinner choice. This was the worst resort food I have experienced. And all resort services stop on Saturday so that 1/7th of each week is wasted - mind that you have paid for a full week but really only get 6 days of services. Food was provided on Saturdays but just as poor as on all other days. And Raja Ampat has been discovered and new resorts and many live-aboard now populate this once deserted area so that many divers are on "remote" reefs every day. On several days we needed to abandon a chosen site for an alternative one due to diver density. Cape Kri is the house reef for Sorido and is a spectacular dive but there were at least two live-aboards divings this spot each day. I have come to Raja Ampat over the years and enjoyed the solitude - those days are gone my friend. Even Sorong has answered the tourist call by building two new hotels to cover the increase in diver traffic. Of the resorts in the central area of Raja Ampat, I can recommend Raja for Divers and would suggest you skip Sorido.
Websites	Papua Diving
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Fiji, Caribbean, New Guinea, Egypt
Closest Airport	Sorong, West Papua	Getting There	Via Singapore, then Manado, and on to Sorong. 2 hour boat transfer to island
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	The diving was safe and the guides well trained to provide a good under water experience. 60 minute dives to 30 meters was the rule.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Papua Diving in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Papua Diving: "Soared Bay Resort - don't waste your time", Oct, 2015,

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Dive Review of Papua Diving in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat