Cenderawasih Bay - Whale Shark Capital Of The World and Scuba Diving paradise.

Some of the highlights of our last Cenderawasih Bay scuba diving adventure trip onboard Calico Jack Charters. Join us on an incredible adventure that takes us diving with Whale Sharks and exploring World War 2 wrecks. This amazing part of the world is the centre of the coral triangle and the largest marine national park in Indonesia. Whale Sharks underneath Bagans (Fishing Platforms) at Kwatisore, Cendrawasih Bay, Indonesia Indonesia's Cenderawasih Bay has become increasingly famous as a dive destination over the last couple of years thanks to the possibility of spectacular encounters with whale sharks. Appearing en masse at the floating bagans, or fishing platforms, the whale sharks love to feed on the tiny fish caught in the fishermen's nets suspended below the bagan. If the whale sharks are the major draw to Cenderawasih, the handful of liveaboards heading to the region has opened up speculation about what else might be in the Bay. Already the other key attraction is the presence of several World War II era wrecks that are remarkably intact. Nearby to Manokwari there is the Japanese wreck Shinwa Maru with its eerie cargo of bottles still scattered in its holds, easily accessible as the wreck lies on its side. There's also an unidentified US landing craft in shallow water, upside down and encrusted with coral and home to several curious batfish. The wreck at The Cross, so named for the Christian school located nearby, also has a still discernable hull suffused in soft and hard coral, especially at the gracefully curved stern. The area also has numerous superb dives , with pristine coral reefs and quite likely had never been dived before. Cenderawasih has an abundance of hard and soft corals which in the richest areas have grown into vast lettuce corals, huge staghorn patches, impressive table corals, and decades of encrusted colour and texture on walls, slopes and bommies.