Sea Safari Cruise 8: Raja Ampat Dive

Sorong - Raja Ampat - Sorong (6N/7D) Length of trip 7 Days / 6 Nights Departure 08 Sep 2023 09.00 am Sorong Return 14 Sep 2023 8:00 am Sorong Dives Approximately 18 dives in total Experience Open Water - 30 minimum logged dives required.

Day 1: Arr at the newly built Dominique Edward Osok airport in Sorong. Our representative will be waiting outside the arrival hall and ready to escort you to the ship for immediate boarding. Our Safety Briefing, Safety DVD, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation, and ship orientation will occur before departing Sorong Harbour. During the journey to our first dive site, familiarize yourself with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. Meals: Lunch, Dinner Dive: Check Dive at Black Rock or Yum Slope

Day 2: Penemu Island - Melissa’s Garden, Barracuda Reef, Galaxy, Anita's Garden. All of these dive sites offer world-class diving, fantastic corals, and a huge amount of fish. Because the substrate at Melissa’s Garden is exceedingly delicate, absolute attention to good buoyancy is required. Also, this is a good chance to trek to one of the most famous viewpoints in the region. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive: 3-day dives + 1-night dive + trekking.

Day 3: Yanggefo Island - Mayhem, Citrus Ridge, Gam Ridge, and Mangroves. This area offers some truly unique environments to dive in. The vibrant orange soft corals of Citrus Ridge provide a stunning backdrop to this site, home to barracudas, bumphead parrotfish and sea snakes are common here. Mayhem offers schools of batfish, surgeonfish, and snappers with the occasional Wobbegong sleeping under the coral heads. Gam Ridge is a good place to spot Eagles and Mobula rays. The Mangroves offer some stunning photo opportunities, diving late in the day around 4 pm when the sun is low in the sky gives some stunning shafts of light in the mangrove shallows. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive : 3 day dives + 1 night dive

Day 4: Airborek Island - Manta Sandy, Manta Ridge, Airborek Island & Jetty. Manta Sandy and Manta Ridge are two of the most reliable Manta congregation spots in the Dampier Strait. Here you can look at the majestic animals somersaulting through the water while they are cleaned by several species of Wrasse and even Butterflyfish. The Jetty at Airborek offers unique photo opportunities of the long wooden pillars covered with soft corals and sea fans, if you're lucky the local kids will be at play, jumping in the water eager to get on your photo reel. Airborek Jetty offers one of the best night dives in Raja Ampat where Blue Ring Octopus, Harlequin Shrimp, and Wobbegong are often seen. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive: 3-day dives + 1 night dive

Day 5: Dampier Strait - Mikes Point, Sardine Reef, Mioskon, and Friwinbondan. Before dive activities begin we have an early rise, we go in search of the Red Bird of Paradise at Sawingkrai Village on Gam. We then continue to Mike’s Point. Schooling sweetlips, patrolling black tip reef sharks, and interesting macro subjects such as small octopus and shrimp thrive in these craggy coral niches. Sardine Reef. Actually, sardines are not found at this site but you won’t miss them. Fusiliers, Surgeonfish, Trevally, Rainbow Runners, Sweetlips, and Bannerfish crowd the open water and swarm over a reef decorated with sea fans. Mioskon Reef is home to hundreds of lined snappers that usually cover the slope, schools of glassfish hide in coral bommies and Wobbegongs are very common here. Friwinbondan offers a good night dive with Nudibranches, many shrimps, and if you are lucky a Walking Shark (Epaulette shark) Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Dive: 3-day dives + 1-night dive + trekking

Day 6: Kri island - Cape Kri, Cape Mansuar, located in the Dampier Strait on Mansuar & Kri Islands. This site is one of the top dives in Raja. Cape Kri is recorded as having the most amount of fish species counted on a single dive by renowned ichthyologist Dr Gerald Allen. Cape Mansuar is not far behind with large schools of barracuda, surgeonfish, bumphead parrotfish, and many friendly turtles. A perfect way to end your trip. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Dive: 2 morning dives

Day 7: After breakfast, prepare for disembarkation. Be ready to leave the boat and you will be transferred to Sorong Airport. Your diving journey has ended and we shall look forward to welcoming you onboard again. Meals: Breakfast Dive: no dive Marine Life: At least 75 percent of all coral species can be found in Raja Ampat, divers can expect a range of topography from soft corals and sea fans, to hard corals, seagrass beds, mangroves, shallow reefs, deep drop-offs, caves, black sand and white sand. Giant manta rays, sea turtles, sharks, cuttlefish, pipefish, various seahorse species, and massive schools of reef fish are the norm, plus the delightful wobbegong sharks and epaulet sharks inhabit these waters too All divers must have Open Water certification with at least 25 logged dives in the past 5 years. If the diver fails to meet this requirement, Sea Safari Cruises will require the diver to hire a private divemaster to ensure the safety of the diver during the diving activity. The fee for a private divemaster will be 50 USD/day. All divers must produce a written/stamped logbook with their last dives and all necessary certification cards for the type of dives they wish to undertake.

Length of trip 7 Days / 6 Nights Departure 15 Sep 2023 09.00am Sorong Return 21 Sep 2023 8:00am Sorong Dives Approximately 18 dives in total Experience Open Water - 30 minimum logged dives required. Day 1: Arrive in Sorong at the newly built Dominique Edward Osok airport. Our representative will be waiting outside the arrival hall and ready to escort you to the ship for immediate boarding. Our Safety Briefing, Safety DVD, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation, and ship orientation will take place before departing Sorong Harbour. During the journey to our first dive site take this opportunity to familiarize yourselves with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. Meals : Lunch, Dinner Dive : Check Dive at Black Rock or Yum Slope Day 2: Penemu Island - Melissa’s Garden, Barracuda Reef, Galaxy, Anita's Garden. All of these dive sites offer world-class diving, fantastic corals and a huge amount of fish. Because the substrate at Melissa’s Garden is exceedingly delicate, absolute attention to good buoyancy is required. Also this is a good chance to trek to one of the most famous viewpoints in the region. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive: 3-day dives + 1-night dive + trekking. Day 3: Yanggefo Island - Myhem, Citrus Ridge, Gam Ridge, and Mangroves. This area offers some truly unique environments to dive in. The vibrant orange soft corals of Citrus Ridge provide a stunning backdrop to this site, home to barracudas, bumphead parrotfish and sea snakes are common here. Myhem offers schools of batfish, surgeonfish, and snappers with the occasional Wobbegong sleeping under the coral heads. Gam Ridge is a good place to spot Eagle and Mobula rays. The Mangroves offer some stunning photo opportunities, diving late in the day around 4 pm when the sun is low in the sky gives some stunning shafts of light in the mangrove shallows. Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive : 3 day dives + 1 night dive Day 4: Airborek Island - Manta Sandy, Manta Ridge, Airborek Island & Jetty. Manta Sandy and Manta Ridge are two of the most reliable Manta congregation spots in the Dampier Strait. Here you can look at the majestic animals somersaulting through the water while they are cleaned by several species of Wrasse and even Butterflyfish. The Jetty at Airborek offers unique photo opportunities of the long wooden pillars covered with soft corals and sea fans, if your lucky the local kids will be at play, jumping in the water eager to get on your photo reel. Airborek Jetty offers one of the best night dives in Raja Ampat where Blue Ring Octopus, Harlequin Shrimp and Wobbegong are often seen. Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive : 3 day dives + 1 night dive Day 5: Dampier Strait - Mikes Point, Sardine Reef, Mioskon and Friwinbondan. Before dive activities begin we have an early rise, we go in search of the Red Bird of Paradise at Sawingkrai Village on Gam. We then continue to Mike’s Point. Schooling sweetlips, patrolling black tip reef sharks and interesting macro subjects such as small octopus and shrimp thrive in these craggy coral niches. Sardine Reef. Actually, sardines are not found at this site but you won’t miss them. Fusiliers, Surgeonfish, Trevally, Rainbow Runners, Sweetlips, and Bannerfish crowd the open water and swarm over a reef decorated with sea fans. Mioskon Reef is home to hundreds of lined snappers that usually cover the slope, schools of glassfish hide in coral bommies and Wobbegongs are very common here. Friwinbondan offers a good night dive with Nudibranches, many shrimps and if your lucky a Walking Shark (Epaulette shark) Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Dive : 3-day dives + 1-night dive + trekking Day 6: Kri island - Cape Kri, Cape Mansuar, located in the Dampier Strait on Mansuar & Kri Islands. This site is one of the top dives in Raja. Cape Kri is recorded as having the most amount of fish species counted on a single dive by renowned icthylologist Dr Gerald Allen. Cape Mansuar is not far behind with large schools of barracuda, surgeonfish, bumphead parrotfish, and many friendly turtles. A perfect way to end your trip. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Dive: 2 morning dives Day 7: After breakfast, prepare for disembarkation. Be ready to leave the boat and you will be transferred to Sorong Airport. Your diving journey has ended and we shall look forward to welcoming you onboard again. Meals: Breakfast Dive : no dive Marine Life: At least 75 percent of all coral species can be found in Raja Ampat, divers can expect a range of topography from soft corals and sea fans, to hard corals, seagrass beds, mangroves, shallow reefs, deep drop-offs, caves, black sand and white sand. Giant manta rays, sea turtles, sharks, cuttlefish, pipefish, various seahorse species and massive schools of reef fish are the norm, plus the delightful wobbegong sharks and epaulette sharks inhabit these waters too All divers must have Open Water certification with at least 25 logged dives in the past 5 years. If the diver fails to meet this requirement, Sea Safari Cruises will require the diver to hire a private divemaster to make sure the safety of the diver during the diving activity. The fee for a private divemaster will be 50 USD/day. All divers must produce a written/stamped logbook with your last dives and all necessary certification cards for the type of dives they wish to undertake.

Length of trip 7 Days / 6 Nights Departure 22 Sep 2023 09.00am Sorong Return 28 Sep 2023 8:00am Sorong Dives Approximately 18 dives in total Experience Open Water - 30 minimum logged dives required. Day 1: Arrive in Sorong at the newly built Dominique Edward Osok airport. Our representative will be waiting outside the arrival hall and ready to escort you to the ship for immediate boarding. Our Safety Briefing, Safety DVD, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation, and ship orientation will take place before departing Sorong Harbour. During the journey to our first dive site take this opportunity to familiarize yourselves with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. Meals : Lunch, Dinner Dive : Check Dive at Black Rock or Yum Slope Day 2: Penemu Island - Melissa’s Garden, Barracuda Reef, Galaxy, Anita's Garden. All of these dive sites offer world-class diving, fantastic corals and a huge amount of fish. Because the substrate at Melissa’s Garden is exceedingly delicate, absolute attention to good buoyancy is required. Also this is a good chance to trek to one of the most famous viewpoints in the region. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive: 3-day dives + 1-night dive + trekking. Day 3: Yanggefo Island - Myhem, Citrus Ridge, Gam Ridge, and Mangroves. This area offers some truly unique environments to dive in. The vibrant orange soft corals of Citrus Ridge provide a stunning backdrop to this site, home to barracudas, bumphead parrotfish and sea snakes are common here. Myhem offers schools of batfish, surgeonfish, and snappers with the occasional Wobbegong sleeping under the coral heads. Gam Ridge is a good place to spot Eagle and Mobula rays. The Mangroves offer some stunning photo opportunities, diving late in the day around 4 pm when the sun is low in the sky gives some stunning shafts of light in the mangrove shallows. Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive : 3 day dives + 1 night dive Day 4: Airborek Island - Manta Sandy, Manta Ridge, Airborek Island & Jetty. Manta Sandy and Manta Ridge are two of the most reliable Manta congregation spots in the Dampier Strait. Here you can look at the majestic animals somersaulting through the water while they are cleaned by several species of Wrasse and even Butterflyfish. The Jetty at Airborek offers unique photo opportunities of the long wooden pillars covered with soft corals and sea fans, if your lucky the local kids will be at play, jumping in the water eager to get on your photo reel. Airborek Jetty offers one of the best night dives in Raja Ampat where Blue Ring Octopus, Harlequin Shrimp and Wobbegong are often seen. Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive : 3 day dives + 1 night dive Day 5: Dampier Strait - Mikes Point, Sardine Reef, Mioskon and Friwinbondan. Before dive activities begin we have an early rise, we go in search of the Red Bird of Paradise at Sawingkrai Village on Gam. We then continue to Mike’s Point. Schooling sweetlips, patrolling black tip reef sharks and interesting macro subjects such as small octopus and shrimp thrive in these craggy coral niches. Sardine Reef. Actually, sardines are not found at this site but you won’t miss them. Fusiliers, Surgeonfish, Trevally, Rainbow Runners, Sweetlips, and Bannerfish crowd the open water and swarm over a reef decorated with sea fans. Mioskon Reef is home to hundreds of lined snappers that usually cover the slope, schools of glassfish hide in coral bommies and Wobbegongs are very common here. Friwinbondan offers a good night dive with Nudibranches, many shrimps and if your lucky a Walking Shark (Epaulette shark) Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Dive : 3-day dives + 1-night dive + trekking Day 6: Kri island - Cape Kri, Cape Mansuar, located in the Dampier Strait on Mansuar & Kri Islands. This site is one of the top dives in Raja. Cape Kri is recorded as having the most amount of fish species counted on a single dive by renowned icthylologist Dr Gerald Allen. Cape Mansuar is not far behind with large schools of barracuda, surgeonfish, bumphead parrotfish, and many friendly turtles. A perfect way to end your trip. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Dive: 2 morning dives Day 7: After breakfast, prepare for disembarkation. Be ready to leave the boat and you will be transferred to Sorong Airport. Your diving journey has ended and we shall look forward to welcoming you onboard again. Meals: Breakfast Dive : no dive Marine Life: At least 75 percent of all coral species can be found in Raja Ampat, divers can expect a range of topography from soft corals and sea fans, to hard corals, seagrass beds, mangroves, shallow reefs, deep drop-offs, caves, black sand and white sand. Giant manta rays, sea turtles, sharks, cuttlefish, pipefish, various seahorse species and massive schools of reef fish are the norm, plus the delightful wobbegong sharks and epaulette sharks inhabit these waters too All divers must have Open Water certification with at least 25 logged dives in the past 5 years. If the diver fails to meet this requirement, Sea Safari Cruises will require the diver to hire a private divemaster to make sure the safety of the diver during the diving activity. The fee for a private divemaster will be 50 USD/day. All divers must produce a written/stamped logbook with your last dives and all necessary certification cards for the type of dives they wish to undertake.

Length of trip 7 Days / 6 Nights Departure 01 Nov 2023 09.00am Sorong Return 07 Nov 2023 8:00am Sorong Dives Approximately 18 dives in total Experience Open Water - 30 minimum logged dives required. Day 1: Arrive in Sorong at the newly built Dominique Edward Osok airport. Our representative will be waiting outside the arrival hall and ready to escort you to the ship for immediate boarding. Our Safety Briefing, Safety DVD, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation, and ship orientation will take place before departing Sorong Harbour. During the journey to our first dive site take this opportunity to familiarize yourselves with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. Meals : Lunch, Dinner Dive : Check Dive at Black Rock or Yum Slope Day 2: Penemu Island - Melissa’s Garden, Barracuda Reef, Galaxy, Anita's Garden. All of these dive sites offer world-class diving, fantastic corals and a huge amount of fish. Because the substrate at Melissa’s Garden is exceedingly delicate, absolute attention to good buoyancy is required. Also this is a good chance to trek to one of the most famous viewpoints in the region. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive: 3-day dives + 1-night dive + trekking. Day 3: Yanggefo Island - Myhem, Citrus Ridge, Gam Ridge, and Mangroves. This area offers some truly unique environments to dive in. The vibrant orange soft corals of Citrus Ridge provide a stunning backdrop to this site, home to barracudas, bumphead parrotfish and sea snakes are common here. Myhem offers schools of batfish, surgeonfish, and snappers with the occasional Wobbegong sleeping under the coral heads. Gam Ridge is a good place to spot Eagle and Mobula rays. The Mangroves offer some stunning photo opportunities, diving late in the day around 4 pm when the sun is low in the sky gives some stunning shafts of light in the mangrove shallows. Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive : 3 day dives + 1 night dive Day 4: Airborek Island - Manta Sandy, Manta Ridge, Airborek Island & Jetty. Manta Sandy and Manta Ridge are two of the most reliable Manta congregation spots in the Dampier Strait. Here you can look at the majestic animals somersaulting through the water while they are cleaned by several species of Wrasse and even Butterflyfish. The Jetty at Airborek offers unique photo opportunities of the long wooden pillars covered with soft corals and sea fans, if your lucky the local kids will be at play, jumping in the water eager to get on your photo reel. Airborek Jetty offers one of the best night dives in Raja Ampat where Blue Ring Octopus, Harlequin Shrimp and Wobbegong are often seen. Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive : 3 day dives + 1 night dive Day 5: Dampier Strait - Mikes Point, Sardine Reef, Mioskon and Friwinbondan. Before dive activities begin we have an early rise, we go in search of the Red Bird of Paradise at Sawingkrai Village on Gam. We then continue to Mike’s Point. Schooling sweetlips, patrolling black tip reef sharks and interesting macro subjects such as small octopus and shrimp thrive in these craggy coral niches. Sardine Reef. Actually, sardines are not found at this site but you won’t miss them. Fusiliers, Surgeonfish, Trevally, Rainbow Runners, Sweetlips, and Bannerfish crowd the open water and swarm over a reef decorated with sea fans. Mioskon Reef is home to hundreds of lined snappers that usually cover the slope, schools of glassfish hide in coral bommies and Wobbegongs are very common here. Friwinbondan offers a good night dive with Nudibranches, many shrimps and if your lucky a Walking Shark (Epaulette shark) Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Dive : 3-day dives + 1-night dive + trekking Day 6: Kri island - Cape Kri, Cape Mansuar, located in the Dampier Strait on Mansuar & Kri Islands. This site is one of the top dives in Raja. Cape Kri is recorded as having the most amount of fish species counted on a single dive by renowned icthylologist Dr Gerald Allen. Cape Mansuar is not far behind with large schools of barracuda, surgeonfish, bumphead parrotfish, and many friendly turtles. A perfect way to end your trip. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Dive: 2 morning dives Day 7: After breakfast, prepare for disembarkation. Be ready to leave the boat and you will be transferred to Sorong Airport. Your diving journey has ended and we shall look forward to welcoming you onboard again. Meals: Breakfast Dive : no dive Marine Life: At least 75 percent of all coral species can be found in Raja Ampat, divers can expect a range of topography from soft corals and sea fans, to hard corals, seagrass beds, mangroves, shallow reefs, deep drop-offs, caves, black sand and white sand. Giant manta rays, sea turtles, sharks, cuttlefish, pipefish, various seahorse species and massive schools of reef fish are the norm, plus the delightful wobbegong sharks and epaulette sharks inhabit these waters too All divers must have Open Water certification with at least 25 logged dives in the past 5 years. If the diver fails to meet this requirement, Sea Safari Cruises will require the diver to hire a private divemaster to make sure the safety of the diver during the diving activity. The fee for a private divemaster will be 50 USD/day. All divers must produce a written/stamped logbook with your last dives and all necessary certification cards for the type of dives they wish to undertake.

Length of trip 7 Days / 6 Nights Departure 27 Nov 2023 09.00am Sorong Return 03 Dec 2023 8:00am Sorong Dives Approximately 18 dives in total Experience Open Water - 30 minimum logged dives required. Day 1: Arrive in Sorong at the newly built Dominique Edward Osok airport. Our representative will be waiting outside the arrival hall and ready to escort you to the ship for immediate boarding. Our Safety Briefing, Safety DVD, Crew Introduction, Necessary Dive Paperwork, Cabin allocation, and ship orientation will take place before departing Sorong Harbour. During the journey to our first dive site take this opportunity to familiarize yourselves with the vessel and make yourself comfortable. Meals : Lunch, Dinner Dive : Check Dive at Black Rock or Yum Slope Day 2: Penemu Island - Melissa’s Garden, Barracuda Reef, Galaxy, Anita's Garden. All of these dive sites offer world-class diving, fantastic corals and a huge amount of fish. Because the substrate at Melissa’s Garden is exceedingly delicate, absolute attention to good buoyancy is required. Also this is a good chance to trek to one of the most famous viewpoints in the region. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive: 3-day dives + 1-night dive + trekking. Day 3: Yanggefo Island - Myhem, Citrus Ridge, Gam Ridge, and Mangroves. This area offers some truly unique environments to dive in. The vibrant orange soft corals of Citrus Ridge provide a stunning backdrop to this site, home to barracudas, bumphead parrotfish and sea snakes are common here. Myhem offers schools of batfish, surgeonfish, and snappers with the occasional Wobbegong sleeping under the coral heads. Gam Ridge is a good place to spot Eagle and Mobula rays. The Mangroves offer some stunning photo opportunities, diving late in the day around 4 pm when the sun is low in the sky gives some stunning shafts of light in the mangrove shallows. Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive : 3 day dives + 1 night dive Day 4: Airborek Island - Manta Sandy, Manta Ridge, Airborek Island & Jetty. Manta Sandy and Manta Ridge are two of the most reliable Manta congregation spots in the Dampier Strait. Here you can look at the majestic animals somersaulting through the water while they are cleaned by several species of Wrasse and even Butterflyfish. The Jetty at Airborek offers unique photo opportunities of the long wooden pillars covered with soft corals and sea fans, if your lucky the local kids will be at play, jumping in the water eager to get on your photo reel. Airborek Jetty offers one of the best night dives in Raja Ampat where Blue Ring Octopus, Harlequin Shrimp and Wobbegong are often seen. Meals : Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Dive : 3 day dives + 1 night dive Day 5: Dampier Strait - Mikes Point, Sardine Reef, Mioskon and Friwinbondan. Before dive activities begin we have an early rise, we go in search of the Red Bird of Paradise at Sawingkrai Village on Gam. We then continue to Mike’s Point. Schooling sweetlips, patrolling black tip reef sharks and interesting macro subjects such as small octopus and shrimp thrive in these craggy coral niches. Sardine Reef. Actually, sardines are not found at this site but you won’t miss them. Fusiliers, Surgeonfish, Trevally, Rainbow Runners, Sweetlips, and Bannerfish crowd the open water and swarm over a reef decorated with sea fans. Mioskon Reef is home to hundreds of lined snappers that usually cover the slope, schools of glassfish hide in coral bommies and Wobbegongs are very common here. Friwinbondan offers a good night dive with Nudibranches, many shrimps and if your lucky a Walking Shark (Epaulette shark) Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Dive : 3-day dives + 1-night dive + trekking Day 6: Kri island - Cape Kri, Cape Mansuar, located in the Dampier Strait on Mansuar & Kri Islands. This site is one of the top dives in Raja. Cape Kri is recorded as having the most amount of fish species counted on a single dive by renowned icthylologist Dr Gerald Allen. Cape Mansuar is not far behind with large schools of barracuda, surgeonfish, bumphead parrotfish, and many friendly turtles. A perfect way to end your trip. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Dive: 2 morning dives Day 7: After breakfast, prepare for disembarkation. Be ready to leave the boat and you will be transferred to Sorong Airport. Your diving journey has ended and we shall look forward to welcoming you onboard again. Meals: Breakfast Dive : no dive Marine Life: At least 75 percent of all coral species can be found in Raja Ampat, divers can expect a range of topography from soft corals and sea fans, to hard corals, seagrass beds, mangroves, shallow reefs, deep drop-offs, caves, black sand and white sand. Giant manta rays, sea turtles, sharks, cuttlefish, pipefish, various seahorse species and massive schools of reef fish are the norm, plus the delightful wobbegong sharks and epaulette sharks inhabit these waters too All divers must have Open Water certification with at least 25 logged dives in the past 5 years. If the diver fails to meet this requirement, Sea Safari Cruises will require the diver to hire a private divemaster to make sure the safety of the diver during the diving activity. The fee for a private divemaster will be 50 USD/day. All divers must produce a written/stamped logbook with your last dives and all necessary certification cards for the type of dives they wish to undertake.