Pele's Playground
0.1431°S 130.1702°E · reef
Located near Pele/Waaf island in northern Raja Ampat. Mobula rays, bait ball action, and hunting trevallies make this an exciting open-water site.
Site Information
- Location: Raja Ampat North area, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Reef
- Difficulty Level: Advanced
- Maximum Depth: 25 meters
Sources: Bird’s Head Seascape, Misool Eco Resort. Last updated 2026-04-05.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
288 verified species observations (93 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1929 and 2015, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Trimma agrena
- Trimma papayum
- Eviota korechika
- Trimma okinawae
- Trimma macrophthalmum
- Priolepis vexilla
- Trimma erdmanni
- Trimma benjamini
- Trimma annosum
- Eviota winterbottomi
- Doryrhamphus excisus
- Eviota pellucida
Scientific survey records skew toward sampled taxa (molluscs, corals) and do not reflect what you are guaranteed to see on a dive.
Source: OBIS (obis.org), aggregated Darwin Core occurrence records.
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