Sandra & Markus Trachsel (qsi69)'s video: Raja Ampat Wonderful Diving in Batanta and Wai Island Papua Paradise Eco Resort Indonesia 2023

Beautiful corals, colorful reef fishs, big swarms of fusiliers, wobegong sharks, tiny nudibranchs and many other critters fulfills every divers dream! Batanta and Wai Island is located south of the Dampier Strait and is teemed with marine life and every dive offers new discoveries. Wai Island is famous for its beautiful top reefs and the P-47 Thunderbolt plane wreck. Along the coast of Batanta we found many dive sites with amazing critters sightings such as nudibranch, marine fatworms, shrimps, pipe fishs and pigmy seahorse. Highlights were the hairy octopus and the flamboyant cuttlefish. We visited the beautiful Papua Paradise Eco Resort in January 2023 and had a wonderful stay. We would like to thank the excellent dive guides and the entire crew for this amazing experience. For animal identification please refer to the video subtitles. With best regards, Sandra and Markus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Species list: 00:17 Twinstripe fusilier 00:25 Lemon damsel 00:33 Blackfin barracuda 00:41 Pickhandle barracuda 01:05 Papua Paradise Eco Resort 01:53 Sulphur-crested cockatoo 01:57 Blyth's hornbill 02:01 Beach kingfisher 02:25 Bluefin trevally 02:57 Two-spot snapper 03:05 Golden spadefish 03:21 Ribbon sweetlips 03:29 Twinstripe fusilier 04:01 Bluespotted stingray 04:09 Blackside hawkfish 04:59 P-47 Thunderbolt plane wreck 05:37 Reef manta ray 05:50 Blacktip reef shark 07:03 Whip coral shrimp 07:11 Variable jawfish 07:20 Yellownose shrimpgoby 07:29 Holthuis anemone shrimp 07:37 Flabellina exoptata 07:46 Pseudoceros dimidiatus 07:54 Tailspot blenny 08:03 Maritigrella fuscopunctata 08:20 Squat anemone shrimp 08:29 Bristle-tailed filefish 08:37 Christmas tree worm 08:46 Cycloporus venetus 08:54 Goniobranchus geometricus 09:03 Straightstick pipefish 09:12 Hairy octopus 09:29 Trapania gibbera 09:37 Doriprismatica atromarginata 09:46 Tasselled wobbegong 10:48 Panda butterflyfish 11:47 Whitetail dascyllus 11:55 Giant moray 12:04 Common lionfish 12:12 Tasseled scorpionfish 12:21 Clark's anemonenfish 12:29 False clown anemonefish 12:38 Clark's anemonenfish 12:54 Orange anemonefish 13:03 Broadclub cuttlefish 13:12 Tasselled wobbegong 13:19 Common lionfish 14:02 Redfin anthias 14:10 Yellowbelly damselfish 14:19 Peacock mantis shrimp 15:00 Hypselodoris tryoni 15:09 Halgerda batangas 15:19 Straightstick pipefish 15:29 Banded pipefish with eggs on the belly 15:38 Decorator crab without camouflage 15:50 Decorator crab with camouflage 16:00 Chromodoris magnifica 16:09 Shrimp 16:22 Flamboyant cuttlefish 16:41 Taylor's pygmy filefish 16:53 Dark knee hermit crab 17:02 Ornate ghost pipefish 17:12 Lisa's mantis shrimp 17:24 Banded coral shrimp 17:34 Samoan pipefish 17:45 Leopard flounder 17:55 Broadclub cuttlefish 18:14 Elysia marginata 18:26 Holthuis anemone shrimp 18:36 Electric flame scallop 18:46 Decorator crab 18:53 Pygmy seahorse 18:57 Mandarinfish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapters in this video: 00:00 Arriving at Papua Paradise Eco Resort and first Dives 04:20 The P-47 Thunderbolt Plane Wreck 06:35 Amazing Critters and Wobegongs 10:39 All the Fishs 14:40 Critters, Critters everywhere