Dive Review of Dive Asia Pacific M/Y Pelagian in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Dive Asia Pacific M/Y Pelagian, Apr, 2005, by Janet Czapski, MI, USA ( Contributor 14 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 2030.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Advanced
Comments	This area is touted as being the bed of marine biodiversity. We enjoyed our diving in the Raja area but found it not living up to the expectations. There were lots of fish but they were VERY small; the large schools that were expected in the areas of strong currents did not appear so the efforts expended seemed less worthwhile. The hard/soft corals and seafans were huge and showed no previous diver impact. Vis in the area where wide angle shooting would have been preferred was pretty poor. Due to weather conditions at the time of boarding, we were confined to the more northern islands in the region. The more southern areas are known for more prolific macro life so those seeking macro photo opportunities were a little more disappointed, but we did see lots of various nudibranchs, pipefish, mantis shrimp and other invertebrates. Pelagic sightings were pretty much nil. This group had done this boat before in Bali/Komodo and overall the impression was that the diving was tremendously better in that region than the Raja Ampat area. The boat has since been sold to the Wakatobi group for diving in the waters south of Wakatobi.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Australia, PNG, Malaysia, Fiji, Micronesia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	calm, surge, currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No decompression diving allowed, 130' maximum depth
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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	Very large camera room for storage/lens changing. Large camera rinse tank on the back deck. Very little camera storage on the tenders but the crew's handling of cameras was excellent. Dual voltage plugs were available in the camera room. No facilities for digital users to view images or burn CD's or DVD's without bringing their own.

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Dive Review of Dive Asia Pacific M/Y Pelagian in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Dive Asia Pacific M/Y Pelagian, Apr, 2005,

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 Dive Asia Pacific M/Y Pelagian in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat