The islands of Indonesia spread in a wide arc, more than 5,000 kilometers long, from mainland South East Asia to Papua New Guinea. Dotted with volcanoes, covered with thick tropical vegetation, bright green rice fields and surrounded by coral reefs, the Indonesian archipelago is one of the world's most beautiful places!
Indonesia is the largest archipelagic nation in the world, with more than 80,000 kilometers of coastline and over three million square kilometers of territorial waters. Officially, the archipelago contains 13,677 islands - from specks of rock to huge islands, such as Sumatra and Borneo.
SEAL has been operating liveaboard dive trips within the Indonesian Archipelago for five years. We offer two world-class Indonesian dive destinations for you to choose from. Our main destination of previous seasons has been the Sangihe Archipelago in North Sulawasi.
As the backbone philosophy of our operations here at SEAL is 'Adventure', we have decided to now go beyond the Sangihe Islands this year and will be venturing in to the unknown wilds of Irian Jaya, with two nine-day expeditions of discovery.
So if you have ever considered diving in Indonesia, we can now offer you the best there is. The choice is yours! Consider either of SEAL's exciting dive cruises in Indonesia.
Sangihe Archipelago, North Sulawesi (Indonesia)
Liveaboard and Diving Impressions from SEALOff the north east peninsular of Sulawesi Indonesia lies a chain of volcanic islands called the Sangihe-Talaud Archipelago, an area comprising approximately forty volcanic islands covered in coconut plantations, some of which are over fifteen hundred meters high. The waters surrounding these islands are some of deepest in the world – amazingly good visibility. Ranks amongst the best diving in the world.
The Raja Ampat – Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
“Coral researchers have revealed the location of what they think is the most valuable cluster of reefs in the world. It is in a remote archipelago off Indonesia, close to the coast of Papua Province, in the Malacca Sea”
The islands of the Raja Ampat are extremely picturesque and diverse in their geological make up. Ranging from shear-sided granite islands, similar in appearance to Palau, to small coral sand cays and islets, resembling those of the Maldives. The waters of the Raja Ampat are crystal clear, with a deep blue / azure appearance. If you can imagine a South Pacific dream location, this is it!
For 2002 we will be using the knowledge and experience that we have gained on our two prior dive expeditions, as a bench mark for an exciting schedule of nine day / ten night cruises in the Raja Ampat. We have already found fantastic dive sites to help us with our 2002 itinerary, but we believe there to be more than one thousand possible good dive sites, the majority of which are still out there waiting to be discovered.
‘Scuba divers take note: The waters of the Raja Ampat Islands off Indonesia’s province of Irian Jaya may replace heralded Palau as the most species-rich sea in the world.
An international team of marine biologists who visited the Raja Ampat recently to examine the reefs said they found what may be an unparalleled array of species – corals, fishes, and mollusks – including some species never seen before’