Damai I Liveaboard, Indonesia

Day 1:
Onboarding, meeting the crew & briefing.

Days 2-7:
Departing & check dive. Safari according to the planned route.

Day 8: Check-out from yacht, transfer to airport.

Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforeseen events, force majeure or other similar reasons

Day 1:
Arrival in to Biak. Guests will arrive in Biak on an early morning flight from Makassar After boarding we will move out to the island of Owi to dive Salmon Point in the afternoon.

Day 2:
Pulau Manim. This is a small island to the west of Numfoor, part of the Biak Regency. Manim is home to calm waters and 7 sunken landing craft left behind after WWII. These are in a variety of depths from 5 to 25m and are covered in a variety of hard and soft corals. In the afternoon diving will be offered at Tanjung Remasiadori with its dramatic drop off and the chance of spotting passing pelagics. (Alternate Day 2: Yappen) This is the gateway to Cenderawasih Bay and here it is interesting to view some hybrids between the endemic species found in the bay and their more normal cousins. In the afternoon Cuttlefish abound at Half Island Reef)

Day 3:
Roon. After an overnight crossing to the south and east guests will wake up at Pulau Roon. Two dive sites here offer the chance for some nice critter diving with a chance to see Boxer Crabs, colourful Notodoris nudis and maybe a Popcorn shrimp or two. Also here is an impressive Tridacna Clam sitting in the middle of a sand patch. After lunch there is an opportunity to visit a local village and later two more dives in the area where guests might find the ever elusive Denise Pygmy seahore or maybe see a downed Japanese fighter aircraft.

Days 4-5:
Teluk Wororomi. This is Whale Shark bay and it is here that the fishing platforms that attract so many of the ocean’s largest shark. After local reporting is complete divers will be offered an open dive-deck so that they may spend as much time as possible in the water with these amazing creatures. The Whale Sharks here are a resident population of pre-adolescents, mainly males, who are come to the platforms to feed on the small bait fish that sit in the nets that hang beneath. They are apparently unconcerned by divers and tirelessly circle back again and again to feed upon morsels of fish hand fed to them by the fishermen who regard them as good luck.

Day 6:
Outer Atolls. The outer atolls of Cenderawasih Bay are some of fishiest sites of the area. Wild Fish Ridge and Spag point being two paricular favourites. It is here that we can view so many of the endemic species that led this to be called the Galapogas of the east. In the afternoon we may move up to the island of Rouw for a chance to snorkel over three wrecked P38 Lightning aircraft, also relics from WWII, as well as a beautiful reef dive teeming with Saran shrimp.

Day 7:
Biak The last day of diving is usually carried out on the signature dive of Biak, the PBY Catalina Flying Boat. This amazing aircraft is a unique dive, she sits upright in 28m of water looking like the pilot just left for a cup of coffee and will be back shortly.

Day 8:
Departure. Guests will be escorted to the airport and assisted with check in procedures, no doubt full of talk about their amazing trip through Cenderawasih Bay

Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforeseen events, force majeure or other similar reasons.

Day 1:
Onboarding, meeting the crew & briefing.
Days 2-7:
Departing & check dive. Safari according to the planned route.
Day 8: Check-out from yacht, transfer to airport.

Routes can be affected by adverse weather conditions and unforeseen events, force majeure or other similar reasons