Dive Review of Dewi Nusantara in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat on Liveaboard

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Dewi Nusantara: "Ultra Luxury Amazing Dive Operation and Ship", Oct, 2023, by Douglas , IL, US ( Sr. Contributor 22 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 12664 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	10 days of diving starting 1/15/23 on the stunningly beautiful Dewi Nusantara liveaboard, this time in Raja Ampat. This was our 2nd trip with Dewi, and I don’t think it’s possible to have a more luxurious and completely attentive service experience on a dive ship. The trip covered a huge amount of terroir in Raja, from the Dampier Straight, thru Melissa’s Garden (amazing staghorn and table corals), thru the Penemu/Fam area, into Dayang/Batanta with its incredible manta cleaning station, and down further south to the Daram/Boo/Wayil/Misool area, among other locations. The Dewi operation is incredibly safety conscious, including focus on battery charging stations and no charging in rooms (unless you are personally supervising), escape methods, thorough dive briefings and a dive guide assigned to watch for safety over every group of 4 max (along with helping you find cool stuff and not get lost, of course.) You can dive your own profile and dives were typically an hour. Incidentally, my wife and I grew uncomfortable with the scrambling dive style of the other couple in our original group, and when I mentioned the issue, the Super Pro Dive Director Yan immediately assigned us to a different group and gave the other couple their own private guide. Yan handled it so quickly and professionally that everyone was none the wiser, and we all remained good friends. When my 1st stage on my pony started leaking, Yan switched it out immediately, no charge for the whole trip. We dove 3x a day, and frequently a 4th at night. Nitrox 32 avail. The awesome crew loads all of your gear into the pangas, and off you go for a short ride from main boat to site. Upon return from each dive, the panga comes to the side walkway of the main ship and you are greeted by the boat crew with fun yells of “Hallowwwwwww!!!!!” It’s corny and makes you smile every single time. You climb out of the pangas and walk the side stairs from waterline to the main deck where warm freshwater showers are immediately available above your head. (You leave your gear on the panga.) After the deck shower, sit on a deck chair where the two masseuses give you a quick shoulder and neck rub, to go along with the available coffee/hot chocolate/cookie/biscuit. This happens after every single dive! Food is high quality restaurant level, with fulfilling breakfast and lunches, and each dinner’s menu being different. It’s all overseen and served by the Dewi’s own Maitre’ D and his asst. A glass of wine is part of your dinner, and additional beer, wine and cocktails can be added to your tab. Diving was fascinating and absolutely tons o’ fun. In no particular order: woebegone sharks, giant mantas, 2 ft lobsters, blue lobsters, blue ring octopus, scorpion fish, anemone fish, sweetlips, clownfish, blue shrimp, cuttlefish, star urchins, seahorses, leaf scorpionfish, waspfish, tunicates and nudis for days, fields of healthy staghorn coral, swarms of orange/blue baitfish, turtles, giant clams . . . I could go on and on . . . this is Raja. The cabins and bathrooms are sizeable and beautiful (see pics), the decks are beautiful, and when they unfurl the sails- magnificent! Whatever you need, whenever you need it, the Dewi staff is incredibly attentive and ready to help. I realize that in order to be credible, I should also list problems and/or complaints. And I would share concerns if I could think of some. Ok, here's one- maybe Raja could use a bit more stunning architecture for my taste? (Many of the dive sites are sloping walls.) This ship and its crew, with 2 trips under our belt, has been simply and absolutely a 5+ Stars experience of ultra luxury, both times.
Websites	Dewi Nusantara
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Raja, Solomons, Truk, Yap, Palau, Coral Sea, GBR, PNG, Roatan, Maui, Jamaica, Florida Jupiter and Keys, L'il Cayman and Grand Cayman East, Belize Ambergris and Isla Marisol, Grand Turk, Cabo Pulmo, Cozumel, Dominica, Bonaire, Fiji, Komodo and Lembeh, Bonne Terre mine, Saba and Statia
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	Jakarta to Sorong.
Dive Conditions
Weather	rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	Squadrons
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	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Dewi Nusantara in Indonesia/Raja Ampat on Liveaboard

Dewi Nusantara: "Ultra Luxury Amazing Dive Operation and Ship", Oct, 2023,

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Dive Review of Dewi Nusantara in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat on Liveaboard