Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Melissa’s Garden
Hard coral gardens as far as you can see, one of Raja Ampat’s most loved reefs.
About the dive
Melissa’s Garden is a beginner to advanced dive site in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. It is a pinnacle, reef and open water dive. Divers have logged 4,645 dives here, going to 21 m on average in around 19 m of visibility. 28 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are blacktip reef shark, clownfish and parrotfish. Sightings peak in October, November and December.
- Level
- Beginner–Advanced
- Entry
- Boat
- Avg. max depth
- 21 m
- Visibility
- 19 m
- Dive time
- 57 min
- Logged dives
- 4,645
- Busiest months
- Oct · Nov · Dec
- Region
- Papua
Most sighted here
Blacktip reef shark
ClownfishPhoto: MaLia Evans · CC0
ParrotfishPhoto: Jeffry Surianto · CC0
AngelfishPhoto: Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at Melissa’s Garden and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktip reef shark | ||||||||||||
| Clownfish | ||||||||||||
| Parrotfish | ||||||||||||
| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Wrasses | ||||||||||||
| Triggerfish | ||||||||||||
| Bannerfish | ||||||||||||
| Sweetlips | ||||||||||||
| Grunts | ||||||||||||
| Pufferfish | ||||||||||||
| Nudibranchs | ||||||||||||
| Surgeonfish | ||||||||||||
| Wobbegong | ||||||||||||
| Barracudas | ||||||||||||
| Soldierfish |
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