Top Scuba Dive Shops in Kabupaten Raja Ampat

Our Sorido Bay Resort is newly built. The resort allows our guests to experience Western style comforts in a traditional Papuan setting. Located on a beautiful deep lagoon and white sand beach on Kri Island, the dive resort is central to the most spectacular dive sites in the Raja Ampat. While we strived to create a resort that is second to none, one of the best facts remains that our house reef is ""Cape Kri"" where Dr. G. Allen set his record for 374 reef fish species on a single dive in 2012. No other resort can beat that!!! Also several of our other TOP dive sites are just literally minutes away (Mikes Point 10 min, Chicken Reef 5 min, Sardines reef 8 min, etc.)

The whole resort is built by divers for divers. On the jetty we have fresh water showers + a camera dedicated area (power 220V & 110V and running fresh water). Every bungalow has a back entrance with a back yard (privacy) with a place to hang wet suits and the like. All bungalows also have their own dedicated AC system helping you to stay cool from the Raja Ampat humidity. Once inside on your left is a 3.3 meter camera - video gear table. Two steps further is a large bathroom area with all western comforts such as a hot and cold water shower. This lay-out ensures the roomy bedrooms to stay sand free (especially your bed!!!). To reduce the sand problem and enable comfortable walking all resort buildings are connected by a 2 meter wide walkway which is lit by night.

Meridian Dive Resort offers luxury dive trips with a sense of adventure, around the bio-diverse Raja Ampat region.

Located in the heart of the coral triangle, Raja Ampat is the epicenter of marine biodiversity and is host to over 80% of all the world’s coral species!

The dive center provides well-maintained, high quality dive equipment included in all dive packages. The Dive guides are all local, born and bred in Raja Ampat and are trained in EFR and Rescue.

Custom-built low emission dive boats allow for complete functionality and total comfort in dive operations. The long-range capabilities deliver divers to more dive sites faster and more efficiently. Dive itineraries are carefully planned in conjunction with weather and tidal conditions to give the best dive sites at the right time every time.

With access to a large variety of amazing dives sites, this region is ideal for everyone from experienced divers, to beginners, to snorkellers. A full range of recreational PADI training courses are offered.

As a PADI 5* you can expect exceptional service from the moment you arrive, till the day you depart.

Gangga Divers in Papua Paradise is one of the few 5* PADI dive centers in Raja Ampat. 

Facilities include equipment crates, washtubs, drying facilities, Aqualung rental equipment, free WiFi, air-conditioned camera room, fish ID library and a shop. There are four on-site Coltri Compressors, Nitrox membrane system and one continuous gas blending station. 

Purpose-built dive vessels offer oxygen, first aid kits, lifejackets, spare equipment, a VHF radio, fresh towels, drinking water, warm drinks and snacks. The dive center offers multilingual instructors and boat crews with an intimate knowledge of local seas. 

Daily dive trips depart in the morning, afternoon and night. A full range of recreational PADI courses are offered, including PADI Enriched Air Diver.

Group sizes are small (max four divers to one guide). Nitrox is available free of charge for Nitrox certified divers.