Dive into Raja Ampat
Dive into Raja Ampat is based out of the Waiwo Resort in Waisai. After extensive upgrades including new rooms and a brand new dive centre we are now happy show guests the magical area of Raja Ampat Dive Into Raja Ampat and Waiwo Dive Resort Raja Ampat are located on Waigeo Island -the largest island in Raja Ampat with the Earth’s most diverse marine life- where the breeze blows through the trees, while the waves breaks through waters.
The beach front Resort has been built into the surrounding jungle. In the canopy covering the resort local wildlife such as the Indonesian Cuscus and birds of paradise can be found. The resort offers 3 different categories of rooms all with 24 hour electricity, western ensuite bathrooms and Air Conditioning.
There are 3 room categories:
2 Water Front Villas with 3 more planned to be finished this season
6 Seaview rooms
6 garden terrace
All room categories come with A/C and western style bathroom with hot / cold water. There is some difference in the sizes, but they are all of a good quality. Both twin and doubles are available.
The Diving
Dive into Raja Ampat has recently finished a rebuild / upgrade of the diving centre. A new camera room with individual charging / work stations and dedicated camera rinse tanks. Guests also now have a secure locker room for their dive gear storage. Both the locker room and the camera room are opposite the restaurant keeping everything centralized.
All of our speedboats are also getting a complete engine and layout overhaul. We have had added a front canopy to the boats to provide better protection to the guests from the elements.
The normal schedule for diving is a 2 tank dive in the morning, back to the resort for lunch and then a 1 tank dive in the afternoonLocated off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's West Papua province, Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo, and the smaller island of Kofiau. The Raja Ampat archipelago straddles the Equator and forms part of Coral Triangle which contains the richest marine biodiversity on earth.
The name of Raja Ampat (Raja means king, and empat means four) comes from local mythology that tells of a woman who finds seven eggs. Four of the seven hatch and become kings who occupy four of Raja Ampat's biggest islands whilst the other three become a ghost, a woman, and a stone.
History shows that Raja Ampat was once a part of the Sultanate of Tidore, an influential kingdom from Maluku. Yet, after the Dutch invaded Maluku, it was claimed by the Netherlands.
The first recorded sighting and landing by Europeans of the Ampat Islands was by the Portuguese navigator Jorge de Menezes and his crew in 1526, en route from Biak, the Bird's Head Peninsula, and Waigeo, to Halmahera (Ternate).
The English explorer William Dampier gave his name to Dampier Strait, which separates Batanta island from Waigeo island. To the east, there is a strait that separates Batanta from Salawati. In 1759 Captain William Wilson sailing in the East Indiaman Pitt navigated these waters and named a strait the 'Pitt strait', after his vessel; this was probably the channel between Batanta and Salawati.
Water temperature is around 28C (82F)
