Amazing scuba diving in Raja Ampat onboard Calico Jack Charters.

A short film of the amazing marine diversity around the crystal clear mangrove shallows in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Film by @eyeofnature Why are Mangroves so important to the area of Raja Ampat? Mangrove forests are found in abundance in the region. Most of the 1500 small islands of the region have coastlines that are lined with mangroves growing in the shallow waters and stretching far behind. Raja Ampat is well known as the world's most biodiverse marine ecosystem. The mangrove forests found near these diverse reef systems are home to large numbers of marine species that hunt and seek shelter in the root systems and shallow waters surrounding.