Underwater Photo Location: Raja Ampat

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Supported by scientific facts, Raja Ampat is the richest reefs system in the world. After two scientific surveys were conducted Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy in 2001 and 2002 respectively, coral expert John Vernon, Raja Ampat declared that Raja Ampat had a higher density of species than anywhere else in the world. The world’s top ichthyologist Dr. Gerry Allen broke his own record twice in Raja Ampat for number of species recorded on a single dive. Before diving in the Raja Ampat area his record was 204 different species recorded in Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea. In 2001, he documented 283 species of coral fish at Cape Kri. Then, during the 2002 near the island of Kofiau, he set a new personal record by documenting 284 species during one dive. This is the coral reefs final frontier. I have been there 4 times and I am going back in 2005 – this time with the a very special guest and a very special boat – the MV Pelagian; undoubtedly one of the best live-aboard in the world

Facts about Raja Ampat

It is in Indonesia

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Dive types

Marine Life

Images taken on this dive site

by Nedip Emin
Do you wanna have a kiss? A beautifull image of a pygmy seahorse bargibanti

by Nedip Emin
looks like from out of space.... a picture of a very wonderful nudibranch flabelina exoptata.

by Nedip Emin
Do you like my outfit? An beautiful image of a colourful flasher wrasse. They are so diffucult to catch on a picture cause of their constant fast moving.

by Jeannette Howard
pair of lion fish taken in Raj Ampat: Nikon D70

by Tony Makin
PYGMY SEA HORSE NIKON F90 60 MACRO 2X CONVERTER

by Jeannette Howard
Sad Face Blenny:) Stop looking at me!!

by Jeannette Howard
Underwater Love!

by Iman Brotoseno
Flying Wobegong Shark, from Rajaampat , Papua - Indonesia

by Nazir Amin
Manta on Black, Raja Ampat

by Nazir Amin
School of Jackfish

by Carl Gennaro
Baby cuttle fish

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Black Mantas on final approach !!

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Eye to eye ...

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
The Passage :)

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Sun Set at Kri Island

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Black Manta ,Close encounter...

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Ooooh Pick me, No Pick Me , me Please ......

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Flower Pot ...

by Giuseppe Piccioli
Slow motion

by Giuseppe Piccioli
Along the soft coral

by Patrick Burke
Pseudoceros Ferrugineus taken in Raja Ampat

by Sinan Oztan
This shot was taken on an island at Raja Ampat while we dropped for surface time...

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Snorkeling at the mangroves 2 :)

by Giuseppe Piccioli
Towards the surface

by Sinan Oztan
A shot from the passage at Raja Ampat

by Tony Makin
Emperor shrimp on a sea cumber

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
They get in everywhere...

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
We played hide and seek till got this shot of him :)

by Sinan Oztan
Reflection of a white tube worm on a coral at Wasrer Reef, Raja Ampat

by Tony Makin
Puppy dog

by Tony Makin
Pipefish on hard coral

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Mike's Point ....

by Tony Makin
Black saddled Toby

by Tony Makin
Crab on soft coral

by Tony Makin
Moray eel

by Nazir Amin
Manta on Black.. Water reflection created using photoshop

by Tony Makin
Wobegong on the move

by Henry Jager
"Chromodoris leopardus"

by Reidar Opem
Hiding

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Mixed Up ?

by Jeannette Howard
Anemone fish ~ Raja Ampat

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Flying trough the Rain Forest..

by Reidar Opem
Spine-cheeked clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Wobegong and Diver...

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Snorkeling at the Mangroves..

by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Jacks under Jetty...

by Henry Jager
"Raja Ampat Corals" Some colors to celebrate the end of year 2010 :-)

by Nazir Amin
Taken in Raja Ampat

by Henry Jager
"Wobbegong" Seen at the Raja Ampat.

by Tony Cherbas
Napping

by Tony Cherbas
Nudi Rock, Raja Ampat

by Tony Cherbas
Farondi Cave, Raja Ampat

by Tony Cherbas
Strolling through Melissa's Garden

by Tony Cherbas
Manta Sandy

by Tony Cherbas
What Manta? Where?

by Tony Cherbas
Manta vs Dolphin: Our diveguide, Dolphin Mcair, at Manta Sandy. Shot in B&W.

by Tony Cherbas
Pearl Farm Pier

by Tony Cherbas
Curves

by Tony Cherbas
Kaleidescope

by Tony Cherbas
Boo Windows

by Tony Cherbas
Tilted Barrel

by Tony Cherbas
My favorite dive site: Nudi Rock, Raja Ampat

by Tony Cherbas
Layers

by Tony Cherbas
Under the skiff at Three Sisters, Misool

by Tony Cherbas
Huge school of scads at the Pearl Farm Pier

by Tony Cherbas
Nudi Rock, Misool

by Tony Cherbas
Fish Wall

by Tony Cherbas
Manta Mug

by Tony Cherbas
Finding gold in the ocean

by Tony Cherbas
Kaleidescope, Misool

by Tony Cherbas
Manta stopping by for a cleaning. Shot in B+W

by Tony Cherbas
Juvenile Scorpionfish

by Tony Cherbas
Galactic Flatworm

by Tony Cherbas
Soft corals near Misool, Raja Ampat

by Mary Wilson
Solar Power Nudibranch I found at Raja Ampat it was about 20cm long. They live in symbiosis with an algae (zooxanthellae) stored in their outer tissues and live off the sugars produced by the algae's photosynthesis

by Tony Cherbas
Exploring shallow coral formations on the safety stop

by Tony Cherbas
Sponge Abstract

by Tony Cherbas
The Neon Forests of Raja Ampat

by Tony Cherbas
Divers in Melissa's Garden

by Tony Cherbas
Cabbage Patch

by Tony Cherbas
Sea Dust and Sun Beams

by Tony Cherbas
Through a Glass Shrimp

by Tony Cherbas
Flatworm on a Tunicate

by Tony Cherbas
Waiting to Exhale (so the bubbles don't get in the way:)

by Tony Cherbas
Alien Space Craft Landing on a Planet Outside of the Milky Way (oddly enough, it's shaped like a human scuba diver)

by Tony Cherbas
This photo was taken at a dive site called "Grouper Net". I didn't see a lot of Groupers but this school of fusiliers was gigantic. From the angle I shot the photo it looked like a net of fusiliers covering the reef.

by Tony Cherbas
One Eyed Monster? No, it's a wobbegong shark's eye and spiracle.

by Tony Cherbas
Cave Coral

by Tony Cherbas
Crinoid

by Tony Cherbas
Heavy Rainfall, Dark Lit Morning Dive

by Tony Cherbas
Eye of a Juvenile Cuttlefish

by Tony Cherbas
Crocodile Fish Eye

by Tony Cherbas
Fusiliers and Fans

by Tony Cherbas
Magic Carpet

by Tony Cherbas
VERY Large Barrel Sponge. Nudi Rock, Raja Ampat

by Tony Cherbas
Color Eruption or Frozen Explosion or Reef Bleeding Life or... Incredible Raja Ampat

by Tony Cherbas
Flower in the Muck

by Tony Cherbas
up

by Tony Cherbas
"Finding Nemo"

by Tony Cherbas
The slight pink to this orange Gorgonian reminds me of Cotton Candy.

by Tony Cherbas
Cleaning Station

by Tony Cherbas
Bait Fish in a Sun Ball

by Tony Cherbas
Swoop

by Tony Cherbas
Blue Stripes

by Tony Cherbas
The Passage, Raja Ampat

by Tony Cherbas
Leaning Tower of Snapper

by Tony Cherbas
Fans of Orange

by Tony Cherbas
Purple Fountain

by Tony Cherbas
Tunicate Abstract

by Tony Cherbas
Looking Down the Barrel of a Sponge

by Agung Djaja Rachwan
Blenny of Raja Ampat .... "Hellowww" ... :)

by Agung Djaja Rachwan
Yellow Blenny of Raja Ampat ! ... Luv the Eye ...

by Sandrady Irwan
This Flabellina exoptata nudibranch just pose for me, with 100mm lens, and 500D canon, and 250 Sea&sea, in a single dive.

by Agung Djaja Rachwan
a "HELLO" from Raja Ampat Damselfish ... Like the color ... :)

by Sandrady Irwan
Pipe Fish with Eggs, I just realize when I download to my computer. Shoot with canon 500D, 100mm macro lense and single sea&sea 250

by Havard Fagernes
clown fish family

by Havard Fagernes
crab raja ampat

by Havard Fagernes
Puffer fish + barracudas

by Håvard Fagernes
Sweetlip

by Håvard Fagernes
Resting fish

by Agung Djaja Rachwan
My name is 'Black Red and White' Nudi .. :) ... First time in my life to see this color of a nudi ..

by Håvard Fagernes
Manta ray

by Paolo Rossi
Bryaninops sp. The cannibal! It's eating one of its similar!

by Paul Flandinette
Bluestripe snapper

by Paul Flandinette
A friendly trumpetfish stayed with me for a while. I liked the effect of seeing the background through the eye of the trumpetfish. 60mm macro

by Arturo De Frias
The Flying Saucer... Frontal portrait of a Giant Manta Ray filter-feeding. These little angels can have a wingspan of more than 7 metres... but they have no sting in the tail and feed exclusively on plankton so they are true gentle giants!