Pele's Playground

0.1431°S 130.1702°E · reef

Depth
25 m
Level
Advanced
Entry
boat
Type
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.

Depth profile
0m · surface−25m max
Ocean conditions
29.6–31°CWater temp (yearly range)
0.3–0.6 mWave height
NovWarmest
AprCalmest seas
31°29° JFMAMJJASOND

Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).

Recorded marine life nearby

288 verified species observations (93 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1929 and 2015, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Chordata · 89Mollusca · 2Echinodermata · 1Arthropoda · 1
  • 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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reef
Reef with anthias · illustrative · photo credit

Nearby dive sites in Raja Ampat

Source: OpenStreetMap via dive-vibe-community (ODbL) · Last updated 2026-07-17