Coralia II Liveaboard Boat Charter

• Day 1 — Sorong: Arrive at Sorong, transfer to the boat, safety briefing, and an afternoon check dive in the Dampier Strait.
• Day 2-3 — Dampier Strait: Cape Kri, Chicken Reef, Sardine Reef, Mioskon, and Blue Magic. Reef sharks, giant trevally, and Spanish mackerel hunting in the current, with pygmy seahorses and cuttlefish for the macro sessions. Visits to Sawandarek and Arborek, plus mantas at Manta Sandy and Manta Ridge.
• Day 4 — Sailing to Misool: Passage south with dives around Batanta when possible, closing with a macro night dive on a sandy slope.
• Day 5-7 — Misool: Boo Windows, Shadow Reef (Magic Mountain), Nudibranch Rock, Whale Rock, Daram, and Farondi. Sea fan forests, soft corals, the famous Santa Claus pygmy seahorse, schools of barracuda and batfish, and both giant and reef manta rays. A visit to the karst lagoons at Wayilbatan.
• Day 8 — Penemu & Yangeffo: Melissa's Garden, Keruo Wall, a short hike to the Penemu viewpoint, then Citrus Ridge and Mayhem at Yangeffo. The final dives finish around 1 PM.
• Day 9 — Sorong: Arrive at Sorong in the morning, breakfast, then transfer to the airport.

The itinerary above is a sample. The order and number of dives depend on weather, current, and tidal conditions. The cruise director reserves the right to change the dive area for safety and to secure the best conditions.

• Day 1 — Sorong: Arrive at Domine Eduard Osok Airport, Sorong. The crew meets you for the roughly 10-minute drive to the harbour, followed by a short speedboat ride to CORALIA II. Safety briefing, boat orientation, crew introduction, dive paperwork, then an afternoon check dive. Meals: lunch, dinner.
• Day 2-3 — Dampier Strait: The Dampier Strait is home to Cape Kri, Chicken Reef, Sardine Reef, Mioskon, and Blue Magic. Where the current meets the reef head on, blacktip, whitetip, and grey reef sharks, giant trevally, Spanish mackerel, and dogtooth tuna hunt huge schools of fusiliers and bigeye jacks. The macro side is just as rich: several species of pygmy seahorse, common seahorses, cuttlefish, and octopus.
• Day 4 — Kri, Mansuar & Arborek: Dive around Kri, Mansuar, and Arborek for schooling sweetlips, napoleon wrasse, bumphead parrotfish, and the endemic tasselled wobbegong. Sawandarek village on Mansuar Island offers a spectacular reef and jetty dive plus the Papua Explorers coral restoration project. Manta Sandy and Manta Ridge are the most reliable manta aggregation sites in the area. Night dive at the Arborek jetty.
• Day 5 — Sailing South / Batanta: Passage towards Misool, with dives around Batanta when conditions allow: drift and pinnacle dives with schooling fusiliers, napoleon wrasse, turtles, and reef sharks. In the late afternoon the forested hills around the bay come alive as Blyth's Hornbills return to their roosts, followed by a macro night dive on a sandy slope.
• Day 6-8 — Misool: The soft coral paradise of southern Raja Ampat. Daram in the far east holds Candy Store, Andiamo, and Warna Berwarna, with sea fan forests that have to be seen to be believed. The Boo, Fiabecet, and Yuliet areas offer the iconic Boo Windows, Shadow Reef (Magic Mountain), Nudibranch Rock, Batu Kecil, Whale Rock, and Boo West Corner — where giant and reef manta rays are regularly seen. Sagof, Wagmab, and Farondi deliver walls, overhangs, and cave structures with nudibranchs, flatworms, anemone crabs, and all kinds of shrimp. Visits to the karst lagoons and the Love Lagoon at Wayilbatan, plus a drift dive at Neptune Fan Sea.
• Day 9 — Sailing Back North: The passage back north, with dives along the way. Time on deck to take in the karst panoramas, fill in logbooks, and reset camera gear in the camera room.
• Day 10 — Penemu & Yangeffo: Melissa's Garden at Penemu, with its spectacular, healthy and wide-spread hard coral plateau completely covered in anthias and damselfish, plus Keruo Wall with its large gorgonian sea fans. A short hike to the Penemu viewpoint gives a spectacular view over the lagoons. Yangeffo, on the western tip of Gam Island, holds Citrus Ridge and Mayhem, and if the tides are right, the mangrove dive that offers the most distinctive photo opportunities in Raja Ampat.
• Day 11 — Sorong: Arrive at Sorong in the morning. Breakfast is served, then transfer to the airport. The last dives are usually done the previous morning, finishing around 1 PM, to keep a safe interval before flying.

The itinerary above is a sample. The order and number of dives depend on weather, current, and tidal conditions. The cruise director reserves the right to change the dive area for safety and to secure the best conditions.

• Day 1 — Sorong: Pick-up at Domine Eduard Osok Airport, transfer to the harbour and speedboat to CORALIA II. Safety briefing, boat orientation, crew introduction, and an afternoon check dive.
• Day 2-4 — Dampier Strait & Southbound: Cape Kri, Sardine Reef, Blue Magic, Mioskon, Sawandarek, and Arborek with the manta cleaning stations at Manta Sandy and Manta Ridge, before sailing south towards Misool.
• Day 5-7 — Misool: Daram, Boo, Fiabecet, Yuliet, Shadow Reef, Sagof, Wagmab, Farondi, and the Wayilbatan lagoons. Soft corals, huge sea fans, giant and reef manta rays, and the epaulette walking shark on a night dive at Romeo or Yuliet Besar.
• Day 8 — Back North: Sailing north with dives along the route, passing Penemu and Melissa's Garden.
• Day 9-10 — Wofoh, Aljui Bay & Kawe: Wofoh is famous for stunning black coral forests, with interesting walls, ledges, and shallow caverns where wobbegong sharks are not uncommon. Aljui Bay is known for outstanding macro diving and plentiful purple soft corals, with a possible tour of the pearl farm; the night dive turns up special octopus and cuttlefish species, colourful nudibranchs, and epaulette walking sharks. At Kawe, Eagle Rock and Black Rock bring wobbegongs, bamboo sharks, batfish, schooling fusiliers and surgeonfish, sweetlips, whitetip reef sharks, and dogtooth tuna.
• Day 11 — Wayag: Wayag lies in the far north, across the equator. Uninhabited and covering 155,000 hectares, it is known for its atolls, lagoons, and mushroom-shaped karst islands. The fit and adventurous can climb Mount Pindito for the iconic Raja Ampat panorama. In the late afternoon there is a scenic lagoon tour by speedboat, looking for baby manta rays and turtles, with blacktip reef sharks over the sand in the shallows near the ranger station.
• Day 12 — Sorong: Sail back to Sorong, breakfast, then transfer to the airport.

The itinerary above is a sample. The order and number of dives depend on weather, current, and tidal conditions. The cruise director reserves the right to change the dive area for safety and to secure the best conditions.