Dive Review of Amira in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Amira: "Raja Ampat- never disappoints", Dec, 2024, by Linda Dunn, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 13280.
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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	Amira was recommended by Dive Discovery, but we booked directly. Very easy to do so. It’s a great boat, well run, with fantastic crew/ people. Our group was 16 - many Swiss and Germans; a Brit, 5 Americans. We had 4 cruise directors- one main person, Noira, who is super organized. We were divided into 4 groups and dove with our group throughout. The dive guides rotated though, which was good. To avoid crowding on the dive deck, the groups start at staggered times. We dove 9 1/2 days; mostly 4 dives a day, but twice just 3, because we moved long distances. The Sorong to Sorong trip goes south to Misool, then works its way north- at Batanta we had muck diving. How often do you see a wonderpus and a mimic octopus 5 minutes apart? At other spots we saw Pygmy seahorses- so many we lost count. Several sites had wobbegongs- including swimming ones (looks awkward). Only Manta sighting was at Eagle’s Nest- not Magic Mountain. There are clouds of schooling fish at most sites. Lots of barracuda, many turtles.Bumphead parrotfish, and octopi were spotted at several sites. This is a comfortable boat- rooms aren’t massive but large enough, with plenty of storage. Dive briefings were in the salon; we ate outside under shade unless raining- which wasn’t much. All in all, Raja Ampat is a diver’s dream.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Solomons, Fiji, Tahiti, Sulawesi, Malapascua, Sipadan, Red Sea, Caribbean, Raja Ampat, Palau, Borneo, Maldives, Cocos, Hawaii
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	SFO to Bangkok to Jakarta to Sorong. Could also fly into Taipei or Singapore, or just Jakarta.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minutes; 50 on night dives
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	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	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Big camera room. We had very few.

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Dive Review of Amira in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Amira: "Raja Ampat- never disappoints", Dec, 2024,

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Dive Review of Amira in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat