Dive Pictures from Raja Ampat

[knukles55]

those butterflys with the top black fin looks so nice anyone know a name of them

 

[roblack]

Saddleback butterflyfish.

Beautiful pics. More please!

 

[Allmost]

oh wow, more pls.

 

[Biggar]

OMG! Thats insanely beautiful.

 

[AquamanE]

Amazing! What's that beautiful yellow fish with purple lips? It's has the same look expression of my Angel fish.

Looks a lot like a Goldflake Angel but with out the flakes. Its got to be in the same family. I think its apolemitchythis or some thing like that.

 

[Speckled Grouper]

I think it's a Flagfin Angelfish (Apolemichthys trimaculatus)

 

[AquamanE]

Keep em coming Speckled Grouper.

I love seeing the actual fully developed growth patterns of corals, they are spectacular.. I always try to get that same pattern when i grow corals, I wish most did the same instead of chopping them up before that happens. :headwally:

 

[betamed]

Looks a lot like a Goldflake Angel but with out the flakes. Its got to be in the same family. I think its apolemitchythis or some thing like that.

(Apolemichthys trimaculatus) flagfin angel

I guess they are hard to keep though i've seen them every so often

 

[Speckled Grouper]

A few more.....

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n67/SpeckledGrouper

[IMG]http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n67/SpeckledGrouper/193.jpg/200.jpg[/IMG]

 

[polyps222]

Sooo cool man I need to get my scuba license

 

[Joe the painter]

i wish i had the money to go there. the pictures are far from amazing. i just got back from cozemel and although the reef was beautiful it didnt look like raja ampat. great pics !!!!!!!

 

[ocean82]

I would move there. How much to live there

 

[LawmanRob]

Amazing pics, thank you for sharing.

 

[Speckled Grouper]

Guys, this place is literally at the end of the world.....

So, we fly from Miami to New York. From NY to Hongkong. From Hongkong to Jakarta. We stayed 2 days there and visited some "friends" (got some cool pictures). Left Jakarta midnight to fly to Ujung Padang (Makassar), change planes and fly to Sorong, West Papua. Get picked up from the airport and take a boat for 2 hours plus to the island of Mansuar in Raja Ampat. Get there just before lunch. Diving begins about 1 pm and continues for 7 days straight..... Heaven!

Wait until I show you some above water pictures....You will REALLY want to live there....

 

[reeksreef]

Wow, this is simply amazing. These are places I dream of diving at.

 

[knukles55]

getting there alone sounds like an adventure seeing all this im sure made it worth it.

 

[nivram]

I find myself keep coming back to this thread hoping to see more pictures.

 

[AquamanE]

I find myself keep coming back to this thread hoping to see more pictures.

Me too.......:debi:

 

[nickel9]

Raja Ampat just made it to the top of my dive destination list...

 

[mrx66699]

Very nice