Ambon Bay, Maluku

Topping the list of the best diving sites in Indonesia is a bay located in Ambon, Maluku. Most scuba divers are impressive by its world-class muck dives. The diverse experiencing here also could gaze at a multi-species marine life including, rhinopias, frogfish, ghost pipefish, lots of juvenile fish, stonefish, mandarin fish, nudibranchs, harlequin and coleman shrimps, wonderpus, mimic and flamboyant cuttlefish, and even the much-sought-after psychedelic frogfish.

Although some liveaboards use Ambon as the final stop/start of Raja Ampat and/or Banda Sea voyages, resort-based diving is the standard in Ambon. Its diving season ranges into the periods from September to June, and July to August is the South East Monsoon season. In addition, visitors can consider readers reasonable route for the trip with some of the nearest airport is Ambon (AMQ — Pattimura Airport, Ambon, Indonesia); and direct flights are available from Jakarta (CGK), Sorong (SOQ) and Manado (MDC).