Dive Review of Papua Diving/Sorido Bay in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Papua Diving/Sorido Bay: "World Class Diving with Luxury Accommodations and Service", Mar, 2023, by Hugh E Aaron, FL, US ( Sr. Contributor 26 reports with 19 Helpful votes). Report 12476.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	We were visiting Raja Amapt as part of a 45 day visit to Indonesia. We spent five days in the Ubud area of Bali before traveling on to Raja Ampat via Jakarta. We were looking for places to visit in Raja Ampat were we could dive a lot of diverse dive sites. Based on our preference for small resorts rather than liveaboards, our travel agents, Anne and Scott with Blue Water Dive Travel (who did a great job), recommended that we start our Raja Ampat adventure at Sorido Bay. That recommendation turned out to be superb. Sorido is located on Kri Island in the Dampier Strait. The resort is a stone’s throw from Cape Kri, which is world renowned for its biodiversity. While the resort is on the ocean, I would not consider it a beach resort. With its setting in a heavily wooded area, it has more of a high end jungle resort feel. In addition, each guest cottage faces the lagoon with a sandy beachfront providing beautiful water views as well. Everyone who works at Sorido is laser focused on making sure that the guests have a fantastic experience. We have been to many nice resorts over the years, but few places where the service matched that at Sorida. It is truly world class. The current onsite management team is made up of a Brit and two South Afric ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Papua Diving Sorido Bay
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Virginia, North Carolina, California, Hawaii, Florida, Abaco, Bimini, Exumas, Culebra, USVI, BVI, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Caymans, Dominica, Roatan, Belize, Saba, St, Barths, St Kitts, Nevis, Saint Martin, Bequia, Bonaire, Curacao, Thailand, Australia, Egypt, Bali, Raja Ampat
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	Miami, Doha, Bali, Jakarta, Sorong, Boat to Kri
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, surge, currents, no currents
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-70 Ft/ 12-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dives were generally not much more than an hour. It was not a problem.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	1 or 2	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
UW Photo Comments	The resort is set-up to handle high end photography. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Papua Diving/Sorido Bay in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Papua Diving/Sorido Bay: "World Class Diving with Luxury Accommodations and Service", Mar, 2023,

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Papua Diving/Sorido Bay in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat