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Rainbow Reef
Waisai, West Papua, Indonesia
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyDampier Strait
Water temp26–29°C
Estimated from climate dataYear-round
About this site
Rainbow Reef is a reef dive site near Waisai, West Papua, Indonesia, in the Dampier Strait. Generally suitable for beginners. Commonly reported marine life includes nudibranchs, groupers, jacks, lobsters, napoleon wrasse. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 26 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Cushion StarCulcita novaeguineae
Clown AnemonefishAmphiprion ocellaris
Lamarck's AngelfishGenicanthus lamarck
Masked RabbitfishSiganus puellus
Painted Spiny LobsterPanulirus versicolor
Steephead ParrotfishChlorurus microrhinos
Azure Sea StarLinckia laevigata
Behn's DamselNeoglyphidodon nigroris
Nearby sites
- 1Harto's Reef0.2 km
- 2Fam Wall (Keruwo Channel)0.8 km
- 3Ikan Party (My Reef)1.0 km
- 4Keruo Channel1.0 km
- 5My Reef1.0 km
- 6Keruo Night Dive1.6 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org