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Raja Ampat Islands is a series of four adjacent group of islands located in the western part of the Bird's Head (Vogelkoop) Papua Island, West Papua Province. The islands are now a destination for divers who are interested in the beauty of the underwater scenery. Four islands that belong to the four named after its largest island, which is Waigeo Island, Misool Island, Salawati Island, and Island Batanta.

 

Raja Ampat Islands is a place that has the potential to serve as a tourist attraction, especially diving tourist. Raja Ampat Islands waters according to various sources, is one of the 10 best waters for diving sites around the world. In fact, it may also be recognized as number one for the completeness of underwater flora and fauna at this time. 

There are several areas of coral reefs are still very good condition with the percentage of live coral cover by 90%, namely in the Dampier Strait (the strait between P. and P. Waigeo Batanta), Kofiau islands, archipelagic South East Misool and Wayag Islands. Types of coral reefs in Raja Ampat is generally fringing reef with gentle slope to steep contour. But also found atoll type and type of scorched or taka. In some places, such as in the village Saondarek, when the lowest tides, coral reefs can be seen without a dive and with his own adaptation, the corals can still be alive despite being in the open air and direct sunlight.

Unique species that can be encountered when diving is some kind of dwarf seahorses, wobbegong, and manta rays. There is also endemic fish Raja Ampat, namely Eviota king, which is a kind of fish gobbie. At Manta Point supernal Arborek Dampier Strait, you can dive in the company of some tail Manta Ray is benign like when you dive in Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan. If you dive at Cape Kri or Chicken Reef, you can be surrounded by thousands of fish. Sometimes a collection of tuna, giant trevallies and snappers. But that stressful if we are surrounded by a collection of barracuda fish, even though it is relatively harmless (which is dangerous if we see barracuda solitary or alone). Reef sharks are also frequently seen, and if you are lucky you can also see turtles were secretly eating sponge or swim around you. In some places like in Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo also seen Dugong or sea cow.

Because the area is a lot of islands and narrow straits, then most of the dive at any given time have strong currents. It is also possible to do a drift dive, dive while following the strong currents with very clear water while breaking through schools of fish.

That is example of resort at Raja Ampat with Green Blue Ocean.