We will wake up at the beautiful Fam Islands, commonly known as Piaynemo. These islands are known for some of the best hard coral reefs in Raja Ampat. For the first dive (current depending) we will dive the famous site Melissas Garden, this site is rich in underwater biodiversity; thousands of Anthias, damsels and chromi’s dancing up and down between the hard acropora coral, with black tip reef sharks, wobbegong sharks, pygmy seahorses, and much more. For the second dive My Reef is one of the more fishy dive sites throughout the Fam islands, with a submerged seamount, you can get schooling of fusiliers, barracudas, surgeon fish, pinjalo snappers and common hunting action from your predator fish, giant and blue fin trevally. It is also common to see large tunas and mackerels patrolling the front of the reef. The third dive of the day will be at the small island out the front of the Piaynemo view point. The dive sites name is Batu Rufus and here there is a swim through that opens into a sea-fan lined shallow fish bowl, especially spectacular when the sun is shining bright. Once down on to the main wall of the dive site, most of our divers are very excited to see the diversity of pigmy seahorses this dive site offers. A macro lens will be needed to capture a photo of these little guys and if the conditions are right we can see up to four species of pigmy seahorse on one dive. This dive site also offers beautiful bright soft corals and sea whips in the shallows of the wall, but make sure you keep an eye out for reef sharks, white tip, black tip and wobbegong’s. For the afternoon we will dry off and go to enjoy the beautiful sunset views of Piaynemo viewpoint. Here we can take a beer and spend the late afternoon watching the sunset over two different viewpoints. We can also visit the Piaynemo homestay to find some baby black tips in the mangroves. (3 dives)
