Having been lucky enough to dive some of the top places in the world, I thought I should write something on Raja Ampat. It is by far the best place I have ever dived (This includes Sipadan and when I dived Sipadan there were only 6 people staying on the island and not the crowds that now visit). Raja Ampat has a reputation for having the greatest coral diversity left on planet earth and there is no doubt that this is correct. Max Ammer the founder of Papua diving thinks that after 20 years of diving in Raja Ampat he has only just scratched the surface of the wonders on offer. Lack of time meant that I had just 17 dives there in November 2009 and every dive was fantastic ... but there's more ... Although every dive is world class at Raja Ampat there are some dives that are now fused onto my memory for as long as I remain vaguely sane. Three in particular stood out as follows: