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Discover insights, tips, and stories about liveaboard diving in Indonesia. From Raja Ampat to Komodo and the Banda Sea.
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Manuk Island: Diving the Banda Sea Snake Island
An uninhabited volcano 122 kilometres from the nearest island, ringed by sea snakes and sitting on the hammerhead migration route. Only a handful of liveaboards go, and the weather decides whether they arrive.
Maumere Diving: Flores Bay and Gateway Guide
Most divers pass through Maumere on the way to Alor or the Banda Sea without ever getting in the water, which wastes a bay once thought the most species-rich anyone had surveyed.
Dampier Strait Diving: Raja Ampat Site Guide
The channel that holds Cape Kri, Blue Magic and Manta Sandy is the richest reef on earth, and the tide decides whether you see it at its best.
Manta Point Komodo: Diving Karang Makassar
Komodo’s most requested dive site is a grey rubble plateau that almost nobody calls by its real name, and the mantas are only half the story.
Liveaboard Tipping Indonesia: How Much to Tip
It is always asked in a whisper on the second-to-last evening: what should we give the crew? Here are the numbers we actually see, and why the two common rules disagree.
Manta Alley Komodo: Diving the Manta Channel
A narrow channel on the southern coast of Komodo island holds the biggest manta aggregation in the national park, and almost nobody reaches it.
Castle Rock and Crystal Rock: Diving North Komodo
North Komodo keeps its two best dives within sight of each other. Castle Rock and Crystal Rock are submerged pinnacles in the channel off Gili Lawa Laut, standing in the tidal flow from the Flores Sea, and between them they deliver the most reliable shark and predator action in Indonesia.
Batu Bolong Komodo: Diving Guide (2026)
Batu Bolong is a car-sized rock in the middle of Komodo’s Lintah Strait, and the most celebrated dive site in the national park.
Wayag Raja Ampat: Is It Open in 2026?
Wayag is the seascape that made Raja Ampat famous: a wilderness of jungle-capped karst cones scattered across turquoise lagoons in the far northwest of the archipelago.