Manta Sandy
Manta Sandy is a cleaning station south-east of Arborek, with coral bommies on a flat sandy bottom at about 16 m. Divers wait behind a rubble line and watch reef mantas, including many black morphs, and sometimes oceanic mantas being cleaned. Manta season is roughly October to April. While waiting, the sand can hide macro life such as flamboyant cuttlefish.
Facts
- Region: Raja Ampat
- Area: Dampier Strait
- Depth: 5–16 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: moderate
- Type: manta, reef
- Coordinates: -0.581, 130.54
- Highlights: manta cleaning station, reef and oceanic mantas, black mantas
- Tips: Stay low behind the marked line and do not swim up to the mantas.