Dive Review of Arenui in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Arenui: "Raja Ampat on the Arenui", Mar, 2017, by Pierre Hurter, CA, US ( Contributor 14 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 9852.
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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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The amount of time you spent in airplanes and airports is daunting, but it's worth it. The diving in Raja Ampat is stunning. The density of fish is a problem for photographers, they get n the way. The people in Indonesia are incredibly friendly. The crew on the Arena feel like long lost family. The food was great, accommodations luxurious and the diving spectacular. The one thing I would note is that this is a wooden boat and when you do open water crossings it talks to you. Some people find the creaking and groaning disconcerting, I like to just listen
Websites	Arenui
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Alaska, Maui, Cozumel, La Paz, Tulum, Socorro , Honduras, Philippines, Galapagos, Truk (Chuuck), Solomon Islands, Belize, Fij, Channel Islands, Indonesia (Komodo, Raja Ampat), Maldives, Monterey and California's North Coast.
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	Singapore Airlines from SFO to Chang Airport in Singapore then on to Jakarta. We spent the night at the FM7 Resort and most of the next day napping, swimming and killing time until our Garuda Airlines flight to Makassar and then on to Sorong. It was 23 hours to Jakarta and then another 10 hours to Sorong. It's a long trip.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	The dives are guided and I appreciated it. There are so many critters that I would never have seen on my own.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
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		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	As usual I have to report that I am not the photographer in my dive team, my wife is. It seemed that there was a fair amount of layout area and plug-ins. I get the impression that there is never enough room or plugs, but that just the observation a non-photographer.

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Dive Review of Arenui in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Arenui: "Raja Ampat on the Arenui", Mar, 2017,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Arenui in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat