Dive with oceanic mantas at Raja Ampat's seamount cleaning stations like Blue Magic and Manta Ridge, in the heart of Indonesia's Coral Triangle. Based from a liveaboard or Arborek's dive resorts, you drift into nutrient-rich currents where oceanic and reef mantas circle to be cleaned, amid the richest reef biodiversity on Earth. The season runs from October to May, best from November to March.
Dive with oceanic mantas at Raja Ampat's seamount cleaning stations like Blue Magic and Manta Ridge, in the heart of Indonesia's Coral Triangle. Based from a liveaboard or Arborek's dive resorts, you drift into nutrient-rich currents where oceanic and reef mantas circle to be cleaned, amid the richest reef biodiversity on Earth. The season runs from October to May, best from November to March.
Up to 85% sighting chance in Raja Ampat (Indonesia). Best months: January, February, December.
October to May, with oceanic mantas peaking November to March at seamounts like Blue Magic and Manta Ridge.
By liveaboard or from resorts near Arborek; sites like Manta Ridge have currents best suited to Advanced divers, while jetties suit snorkellers.
Gloves are banned to discourage touching, and harassment is illegal: no chasing, no blocking cleaning stations and no crowding mantas.
The world's richest reef life, from schooling fish and sharks to macro critters and wobbegongs.
