Dive Review of Arenui in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Arenui: "Raja Ampat aboard the Arenui", Jan, 2016, by Mark Rosenstein, MA, US ( Sr. Contributor 22 reports with 17 Helpful votes). Report 8856 has 3 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The Arenui is a wonderful boat which I have been on before in Komodo. This was my first trip to Raja Ampat. The boat is the most luxurious liveaboard I have been on. Lots of carved wood, every cabin is different, artwork, a good amount of space and high end fixtures. The only oddity in the boat is that you have to walk through the salon to get between the dive deck and the tenders. The crew is very eager to help and provides excellent service. They were very flexible on dive sites. We had some great manta ray encounters, and repeated those sites a second time. When the first mate got very sick one night, we changed the move from Misool to the northern Raja Ampat sites up a day so we could drop him by Sorong, and only ended up with one fewer dive than we would have otherwise. A few dives were moved due to reports from other dive operators of saltwater crocodiles. They accommodated my request to forego a regular dive to explore some mangroves instead.
Websites	Arenui
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Komodo, Lembeh, Tulamben, Palau, Solomons, Wakatobi, GBR, Galapagos, many Caribbean
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Most dives had no time limit, other than night dives and a couple where they wanted to move the boat. Guides were usually in the water for 70 minutes or longer.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	They don't have a dedicated camera room, just some tables in the salon, which can get crowded.

Report currently has 3 Helpful votes

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By Craig schmidt in MI, US at Jun 26, 2016 14:18 EST

How would you compare Komoto to Raja Ampat?

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Dive Review of Arenui in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Arenui: "Raja Ampat aboard the Arenui", Jan, 2016,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Arenui in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat