Friwen Wall, Raja Ampat

This dive site is unique in that it is one of the very few wall dives that the Dampier Straight has to offer. The start of the wall has two small caves where you can spot fish swimming upside down, a strange thing to see for the first time.

Critters at this site

The wall is covered with gorgonian fan corals, sponges and whip tail corals right from the bottom of the wall to the surface. It is the perfect wall.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata6 obs.

Gardiner's Banana Nudibranch

Notodoris gardineri4 obs.

Yellow Sea Cucumber

Colochirus robustus4 obs.

Painted Spiny Lobster

Panulirus versicolor2 obs.

Beautiful Feather Star

Cenometra bella2 obs.

Spinose Feather Star

Colobometra perspinosa2 obs.

Granulated Sea Star

Choriaster granulatus2 obs.

Pinkfish Sea Cucumber

Holothuria edulis2 obs.

Gigas Giant Clam

Tridacna gigas2 obs.

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Odontodactylus scyllarus2 obs.

Bearded Thorny Oyster

Spondylus squamosus1 obs.

Squat Anemone Shrimp

Thor amboinensis1 obs.

Cockscomb Oyster

Lopha cristagalli1 obs.

Bluespotted Fantail Ray

Taeniura lymma1 obs.

Nodular Sea Star

Echinaster callosus1 obs.

Elongate Toothed Oyster

Isognomon isognomum1 obs.

Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

Pearsonothuria graeffei1 obs.

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus1 obs.

Bennett's Bushy Feather Star

Anneissia bennetti1 obs.

Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus1 obs.

Musling

Ctenoides ales1 obs.

Fat-tentacled Torch Coral

Euphyllia cristata1 obs.

Hairy Red Hermit Crab

Dardanus lagopodes1 obs.

Indonesian Speckled Carpetshark

Hemiscyllium freycineti1 obs.