Dive Review of Dive Damai in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Dive Damai: "Good Trip", Feb, 2017, by Randy Farleigh, AK, US ( 2 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 9511 has 3 Helpful votes.
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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	Best food on live aboard so far; excellent staff; This was my second trip on this boat in three or four years. The boat is comfortable but is showing some wear. AC below worked well, but occasional problem with AC in main deck common dining area. Cabins are spacious, but some guests experienced leakage during heavy rain. Cabin four suffered from some type of engine room fumes. I was in Cabin 3 which was quite suitable. Diving was pleasurable and guides were skilled, attentive, and helpful. The appearance of healthy coral, hard and soft, was a delight in the warm water. We were there during an "off" moon cycle when currents were less. Some dives had very mild currents. We still experienced some heavy currents on at least a portion of most dives, especially on the pinnacles. The occasional massage after diving was wonderfully relaxing. The Damai (I) is one of the top two of ten dive live aboards I have experienced, and I have enjoyed them all. In addition to seeing two mantas, we saw a squadron of mobulas and numerous wobbegong sharks, banded sea kraits, octopus, crocodile fish, and at least one toad fish. Lots of pygmy sea horses, my first dwarf cuttlefish, several large cuttlefish, ghost pipefish, orangatan crabs, and numerous other exotic small critters. Lots of large bumphead parrotfish, jacks, tuna, barracuda and spectacular quantities of schooling reef fish, including bat fish, angels, butterflies, fusiliers, etc.
Websites	Dive Damai
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Little Cayman; Bahamas; Virgin Islands; Hawaii; Great Barrier Reef; Myanmar and Thailand; Tonga; Rarotonga; Maldives;French Leeward islands; Fiji; Solomons; Truk; Palau; Philippines; Alaska
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	Seattle- Dubai-Singapore-Manado-Sorong
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	currents
Water Temp	84-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-60 Ft/ 12-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	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	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 Dive Damai in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Dive Damai: "Good Trip", Feb, 2017,

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

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Dive Damai in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat