The Bommie Bowl

# The Bommie Bowl Dive Site

The Bommie Bowl at Pulau Wajang in Waigeo Island offers an exceptional diving experience within Raja Ampat’s renowned marine biodiversity. This dive site features dramatic underwater pinnacles and coral bommies rising from the seafloor, creating a visually stunning landscape.

Divers explore depths ranging from 12 to 40 meters, suitable for intermediate to advanced divers. The site’s strong currents make it ideal for drift diving, though conditions can be challenging. The bommies are densely covered with vibrant hard and soft corals, supporting an incredible array of marine life.

Expect encounters with large pelagic species including sharks, trevally, and barracuda. The site teems with smaller reef residents like groupers, snappers, fusiliers, and nudibranchs. Schooling fish create dynamic underwater scenes, while octopuses and crustaceans inhabit coral crevices.

The nutrient-rich Halmahera Sea waters fuel exceptional coral growth and fish populations. The Bommie Bowl exemplifies Raja Ampat’s status as one of the world’s premier dive destinations, offering spectacular marine encounters and pristine coral formations for experienced divers.

🐠 Marine Life at This Dive Site

Mangrove Monitor Varanus chlorostigma hazfos

Porites-eating Nudibranch Phestilla sibogae tgosliner

Prosimnia semperi Prosimnia semperi tgosliner

Harlequin Sweetlips Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides tgosliner

Patzner's Blenny Salarias patzneri petdoc

Bigeye Trevally Caranx sexfasciatus tantsusoo

Species data from iNaturalist (CC BY-NC)