Taken on the dive boat "Damai" in September of 2017. Our route took us from Biak through Cenderawasih Bay, then around to Sorong.

All photos taken with a Nikon D-300 DSLR, Nikon 60mm, 105mm and 10-24mm lenses and two Sea & Sea YS-250 strobes.

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Map of western New Guinea	Large school of Sweetlips	Dive buddies Art & Sara	Colorful Masked Angelfish	Getting ready for a dive on the Damai

Skiffs getting ready to leave the Damai	Diver and large lettuce corals	Colorful Nudibranch	Closeup of a large scallop	Crab living on a sea cucumber

Coral head	Stingray buried in the sand	Juvenile Emperor Angelfish	The Damai at anchor in Biak	School of Chevron Barracuda

Pom-Pom Crab	Anenome and dive skiff	Cenderawasih Bay endemic Butterfly Fish	Local and his canoe	Butterfly Fish

Catalina PBY airplane from World War II	Wobbegone Shark, about 7 feet long	Colorful coral	Pygmy Seahorse at home in a seafan	School of jacks

Large sponge	Wire Coral Shirmp at home	Anthia being cleaned by a wrasse	African Pompano	New Guinea mountains

Dining salon on the Damai I	On the skiff after a nice dive	Divemaster Suzanna	On the way to see the whale sharks	Diver's view of the skiff

Cenderawasih Bay is known for whale sharks. The sharks come up to stationary fishing platforms and the fisherman feed them so divers can see them. These sharks are fairly young, about 20 feet long. Adults can be up to 40 feet long.

Whale Shark and Pilot Fish at surface	Whale Shark	Whale Shark	Whale Sharks and divers at fishing platform	Whale Shark

Whale Shark near the surface	Whale Sharks feeding at fishing platform	Whale Sharks feeding at fishing platform	Whale Shark near the surface

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