Dive Review of Coralia in
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Coralia: "Coralia Northern Route", Apr, 2024, by Kendall Raine, CA, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 12945.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	I traveled as a single diver aboard Coralia for a nine-night cruise around northern Raja Ampat in early April 2024 (following a nine-night stay with my wife at Papua Explorers-separate report). The cruise visited sites at Batanta, Fam, Kawe, Wayag and the Dampier Strait. This was my second trip to Raja (the first in 2018 aboard Dew Nusantara). One never knows what you’re going to find when you book on an open boat. Will the group include knuckleheads, jerks, or someone with a virus? In this instance none of the above and the group was delightful with divers from Germany, Switzerland, Australia and the US. The average level of diving experience was a bit lower than I expected (< 500 dives/diver), but that wasn’t a problem with the sites elected. I chose Coralia based on glowing diver reviews and the northern route (Sorong to Batanta, up to Fam, Kawe, Wayag, Aljui Bay and finally into the Dampier Strait before heading back to Sorong) in the interest of big animal sightings, fabulous fishy reefs and visiting the spectacular northern part of the regency at Kawe and Wayag. I got all that plus a guide (Billy) who was adept at finding so many small creatures it was a competition whether to focus on some tiny alien-esque life form tucked in the tentacles of an anemone or the parade of schooling scad being buzzed by marauding jacks overhead. We saw relatively few other LOBs once we left Sorong-many had already sailed west to Ceram and the Banda Sea for the season-and none north of Fam/Dampier Strait. What we did see was all manner of marine life, big and small, weird and wonderful, common and rare. Everything from manta’s, sharks (Grey, Black and White Tip, Walking and Wobeggong), and sleek reef predators to the tiniest pygmy seahorses, translucent shrimp, blue ringed octopus, wonderpus, crocodile f ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Coralia
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Rangiroa, Morea, Huahini, Grand Cayman, Turks, Palau, Truk, Galapagos, Cocos, Cabos, California, Florida, New York, North Carolina, Tulum, Cozumel, Bali, Lake Superior, Raja Ampat, Belize, Roatan, Andros, Nassau, Abaco, Bonaire
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	LAX-SIN-CGK-SOQ
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	81-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-80 Ft/ 15-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	100' Max for 75 minutes
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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
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Dive Review of Coralia in Indonesia

Coralia: "Coralia Northern Route", Apr, 2024,

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Dive Review of Coralia in
Indonesia