a narrow channel between these 2 large islands which can flow with quite a strong current in the middle although it is quite calm along the sides. The channel has trees growing overhead and teems with marine life below the surface. Huge gorgonian fans and soft corals etc, even growing on the dead trees that have fallen into the water.

Facts about The Passage It is in Indonesia The Passage is in the Halmahera Sea. The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet. The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.

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Images taken on this dive site

by Geoff Spiby
looking out from a cave into "The Passage", a marine "river" or narrow channel that separates 2 large islands in Raja Ampat

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by Tunc Yavuzdogan
The Passage

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by Mona Dienhart
great lightening in the Passage

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by Mona Dienhart
entering the cave in the paasage

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by Mona Dienhart
Gorgonian fan in th esun beams

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