Arborek Jetty
Arborek Jetty's location is perfect for those wishing to explore both the macro wonders of the area and the occasional larger pelagic visitors.
This site is often mistakenly called Anchovy or Anchovies, but the site was actually named Antichovie.
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Located north of Yillet Island, in the Misool region of Raja Ampat. Antichovie is a stella dive site. This site is often mistakenly called Anchovy or Anchovies, but the site was actually named Antichovie, so as not to jinx it for the massive amounts of anchovies that are normally present.
This dive site is also sometimes called Puri Pinnacle. Not wanting to jinx this site we can understand, at times we have had dives on this site where divers with over a thousand dives surface saying it was the best dive of their life.
When this site is on, hundreds of thousands of silversides descend on the area in bait balls so thick like a huge cloud that you cannot see through, in fact you can’t even see the reef or the other divers around you.
This brings in massive schools of hunting mobula rays and all sorts of other fish. Currents here can be strong so we recommend intermediate to experienced divers tackle this site.
So what other marine life is there on this site? Well, it’s a hard toss up weather to bring a wide-angle lens or a macro lens.
For the bigger stuff this site has Mantas, mobula rays, giant trevally, golden trevally, tuna, jacks, barracuda, fusiliers, surgeonfish, batfish, clown fish, moray eels and lionfish.
For the smaller stuff you can also find nudibranchs, flatworms, dottybacks, blennies, anemonefish and pygmy seahorse. As with anything in nature though, the hallmark bait balls of silversides are seasonal – October and November is when we have tended to see them the most.
We drop in on top of the biggest bommie on the eastern end of the reef top. From here we make our way down the reef slope to a small area between the pinnacles sheltered from the current, keeping the reef on our right-hand side.
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Arborek Jetty's location is perfect for those wishing to explore both the macro wonders of the area and the occasional larger pelagic visitors.
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This site is often mistakenly called Anchovy or Anchovies, but the site was actually named Antichovie.
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