Jaya, Indonesia

Name: Best of Dampier (Waisai - Waisai)
Start: 2026-12-06
End: 2026-12-12
Location: Indonesia

9.2 Superb

Aircon Cabins
Non-Diver (Snorkeler) Friendly

from $ 251 / day Check dates

“The whole crew was very friendly and helped us with everything we needed. ”
Paula L, Spain

Highlights

Small dive groups for a personalized experience
Spacious dive deck with equipment storage
Traditional phinisi experience

The Jaya Phinisi Indonesia offers liveaboard dive trips to Raja Ampat from November to May and Komodo from late June to late September. Raja Ampat itineraries visit some of the best areas in the region, including Arborek Island, Penemu, Kawe, Gam, and Mioskon, with the chance of up to 4 dives per day. In the heart of the Coral Triangle, Raja Ampat should be at the top of any diver's bucket list. Komodo itineraries explore world-class dive sites, and an additional option for Rinca for trekking to see Komodo Dragons. Dive groups are kept small - max 4:1, to ensure everyone gets the best out of their Indonesia liveaboard. The dive deck has space for all divers, plus areas to store fins, masks, and wetsuits. There are also freshwater containers for cameras and torches, and the experienced crew is always on-hand with a smile to help out when needed.

The 23m Jaya caters to 14 guests in 7 cabins on the lower deck. There are 4 twin cabins with 2 shared bathrooms, 2 double ensuite cabins, and 1 double with a single ensuite, all with AC, charging sockets, fresh towels, and bedding. The twin cabins are mixed-gender shared (gender neutral). The upper deck has shaded space for relaxing in-between dives and enjoying the stunning Raja Ampat scenery, and the sun deck is equipped with bean bags.

Join the experienced and friendly crew of the Jaya liveaboard for an unforgettable dive trip to Raja Ampat or Komodo National Park. Book online today.

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31 Aug

7 Days / 6 Nights

$ 1,960

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08 Sep

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16 Sep

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24 Sep

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02 Oct

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14 Oct

11 Days / 10 Nights

$ 3,530

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29 Oct

9 Days / 8 Nights

$ 2,770

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11 Nov

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$ 3,530

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28 Nov

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$ 1,960

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06 Dec

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22 Dec

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Included: VAT, Fuel Surcharge, Drinking Water, Tea & Coffee, Full-Board Meal Plan (All meals), Snacks, Diving Package, Land Excursions, Cabin Towels, Complimentary Toiletries.

Required Extras: Environment Tax, National Park Fees (1,700,000 IDR), Port Fees (100 USD).

Optional Extras: Gratuities, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Private Dive Guide, Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses (160-430 USD per item), Snorkeling Guide (400,000 IDR per day), Beach Towels, Deck Towels.

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Boat features

Aircon Cabins
Non-Diver (Snorkeler) Friendly
Sun Deck
Camera Station
Paid Internet
Non-Smoking Rooms
Custom built for diving
Charging stations
Outdoor Dining
Available for Charter
Local & International Crew
Separate Rinse for u/w Camera
Leisure Deck
Daily housekeeping

Food & Drinks

Vegan Options
Vegetarian Options
Beer available
Full-board Option
Snacks All Day
Buffet style
Local Food
Set Menu Dinner

If you have any specific dietary requirements whilst on-board your cruise, you can add this to your special requests on step 2 of the booking form. We advise limiting these requests to religious beliefs or food allergies.

Diving

DIN Adaptors
Rinse Hoses
Dive deck
Tenders for diving

Languages Spoken

The crew speaks English.

Gear Rental

Equipment is available for rent on this boat. Please provide your rental needs on the booking form. If the rental gear is not included in the price, you will need to pay for it on board the boat. Show prices

Drawings & Vessel Layouts

Cabin Types

Boat Specifications

Year built: 1999

Length: 23 meters

Beam: 5.7 meters

Engines: Mitsubishi 200hp

Max guests: 14

Number of cabins: 7

Number of bathrooms: 5

Tenders: 4m with 40hp Yamaha

Water capacity: 8000 liters

Boat navigation and safety

Radar
Depth Sounder
GPS
Radio VHF/DSC/SSB
Life Vests
Oxygen
First Aid Kits
Satellite & mobile phones

Jaya Reviews

9.2 Superb

Vessel

8.0
Crew

9.3
Food

9.9
Diving

9.7
Value

9.2

10 Exceptional
Rachel M
United States

time of my life
my first liveaboard and i had the time of my life! the boat is perfect, plenty of space for everyone. i shared a room, kinda cramped, but i only slept there, and 1/2 the time i slept on deck under the stars. the diving was phenomenal. the guides and crew were fantastic. i felt extremely safe. we all bonded on the trip, played games, laughed. the food was delicious, we all ate so much! almost cried when i left, and would love to return/ extend the trip. fantastic!
Recommended for
the diving!. the guides and crew. the friends i met.
28 Apr, 2026

8.8 Fabulous
Julio R
Spain

Great diving experience and visits to islands and viewpoints
We liked it a lot, everything very well organized from start to finish
Recommended for
The guides. The food. The good atmosphere.
24 Apr, 2026

Translated from Spanish

10 Exceptional
Andrea P
Italy

Perfect holiday
Great dove safari
Recommended for
Safety dives
21 Aug, 2023

10 Exceptional
Anthony S
Canada

Speechless, absolutely the best.
May be I was just lucky, but this liveaboard (I have been to countless), all guests, all crew and everything is just perfect for the value.
Recommended for
Tidy, organized, value
01 Mar, 2023

10 Exceptional
Ashley M
United States

Incredible liveaboard experience
Our trip aboard Jaya was absolutely incredible. Coming from a several month trip where we had done several other liveaboards on fancier boats we immediately fell in love with Jaya and it went straight to the top of our list. The diving is unparalleled, the boat has incredible charm and the crew are fantastic. I plan to come back and will be trying to convince friends and family to do the same.
Recommended for
Diving. Crew. Food.
09 Sep, 2025

9.6 Exceptional
Helene C
France

A superb experience!
We had an amazing week on the Jaya. Everything was perfect, the team of dive masters were very professional, passionate and offered us an exceptional quality of diving. The equipment and safety on board and underwater are rigorous, we felt very comfortable throughout our stay. The dive sites are also incredible, the diversity of underwater life is clearly there! The entire crew were very professional and friendly, always ensuring the good atmosphere on the boat. The food is very good, we enjoyed it! The comfort on the boat is basic but still quite up to our expectations. We 100% recommend the Jaya for a Liveaboard in the north of Raja Ampat!
Recommended for
The food served on board. Dive sites. The team of dive masters and all the staff on the boat.
13 Jun, 2025

Translated from French

10 Exceptional
Nicole C
United States

Fantastic diving, staff and accomodations! Highly recommend the Jaya!
Everything was perfect. This was the best budget liveaboard I've ever done. 10/10
Recommended for
Diving. Staff. Food.
16 Sep, 2024

9.2 Superb
Eva S
Germany

Great Trip
Great dive guides showed us in small groups the different reefs. Everything very professional prepared and super friendly staff.
Recommended for
Dive Guides, Organisation, Food
26 Jul, 2019

9.6 Exceptional
Magnus L
Sweden

Liveaboard for people who care more about diving than amenities.
The people you meet and the great dive guides. Pygmy seahorse was also really cool.
Recommended for
Food, dive sites and affordability.
03 Mar, 2018

9.2 Superb
Christian M
Germany

Great liveaboard experience
Very well organized trip, suitable boat layout, helpful staff, great food offer, ...
Recommended for
Very well organized Liveaboard. Friendly & helpful staff. Delicious food.
05 May, 2025

121 reviews

9.2 Superb
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10 Exceptional
Andrea Joyce R
New Zealand

Amazing adventure of a lifetime
The whole trip was amazing ... from the gorgeous boat Jaya, the amazing professionalism and friendliness of the crew and of course the incredible locations we traveled to. The diving was some of the best I've experienced with such a variety of marine life, the live corals, multitude of species we saw ... just mindblowing ... the boat itself was a joy to travel on ... the Indonesian Phinsies are reminiscent of the olde world sailing ships ... just awesome ... we are planning to head back to meet the boat to dive Raja Ampat in future.
Recommended for
The diving, the crew and the food
26 Jul, 2019

9.2 Superb
Hyunju K
South Korea

Best diving ever!
Was great diving liveaboard with reasonable price. Diving guides (4 ppl) were all friendly and nice.
Recommended for
Diving guide. Island visit. Diving site.
28 Feb, 2026

10 Exceptional
Sarah S
New Zealand

Outstanding crew, Dives and food. One of the best i have done.
My son and I had an amazing trip on Jaya, the crew and dive guides were outstanding and the locations chosen were mind blowing. Food was exceptional, i don't know how chef made that chicken so good and the tempeh may have me as a convert. The other guests were fun and like minded and we all had a great laugh on our downtime. Will treasure the memories.
Recommended for
Dive guides and Crew. Diving was exceptional and great local knowledge. Food and boat amenities were exceptional.
29 Jan, 2025

9.2 Superb
Gen T
New Zealand

Awesome trip on the Jaya
The dive guides made everyone feel very welcome and comfortable. The diving was amazing- the locations were varied and we saw a really good range of things. The food was great and we were never hungry.
Recommended for
Our dive guide, the locations and the food.
16 Jul, 2019

9.6 Exceptional
Eileen D
United States

Amazing Experience
Met some amazing people, and shared a wonderful adventure
Recommended for
great people, amazing aquatic life, lovely time
14 Oct, 2022

9.6 Exceptional
Nicholas N
United States

Most of the divers had been on trips with Jaya before
Fantastic time aboard the Jaya, many of the divers were on their second or third trip with the boat which speaks to how good of an experience it is. Great for experiencing Raja Ampat!
Recommended for
Dive sites, the crew/divers and the cost
12 Dec, 2022

9.6 Exceptional
Sophie G
France

Go there with your eyes closed
I really loved this cruise. Everything was great. Kindness, good humor and great professionalism.We were a small group so we were lucky enough to be only 2 with our dive master who showed us so many incredible things (tiny nudibranchs, pigmed seahorses...). And as I consumed less than my buddy, I was offered several times to join a Po increase so that I could go to the end of my dive. It's really a gesture that I appreciated 🤩
Recommended for
Professionalism. Kindness. Happiness.
16 Apr, 2025

10 Exceptional
Marco H
Switzerland

Fantastic week in Raja Ampat
Had a fantastic week of diving in Raja Ampat. The crew and dive guides have a lot of energy and are very passionate about diving. They are super friendly and will do everything to make your stay as good as possible! They care about safety on the diving and the boat was in very good condition.
Recommended for
Dive guides, friendliness, Food, comfort
13 Dec, 2023

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10 Exceptional
Madison S
United States

5 Star Experience
The staff was absolutely amazing!! So knowledgable and personable, they truly made this an all encompassing experience. The boat itself was awesome, big enough to be comfortable, small enough to keep the trip personal. The diving was phenomenal, great marine life, and beautiful dive sites. We will definitely be back on board the Jaya soon!
Recommended for
Staff, boat size, diving
26 Aug, 2019

9.2 Superb
Daniel H
United Kingdom

The Expedition Style Trip was Fantastic
Sharks, rays and great food. Jellyfish lake was the surprise!
Recommended for
Diving. Company and Crew
28 Nov, 2023

8.8 Fabulous
Alina R
Germany

Bandasea Safari
We had a wonderful stay on board the Jaya (Ambon-Banda-Ambon). Enthusiastic dive guides (Rachel and Erica), dive breefings and dive sites. The days were well organised and everything was well explained. Small groups per guide. Good food (vegan and glutenfree was possible) and a very friendly and helpful crew. The general area of the boat is quite nice. If you have a lower deck cabin, the bathroom is shared. There are also cabins with private bathroom in the front. Would definitely book with Scuba Republic again. The rental equipment (only rented BCD + Reg) was in good shape.
Recommended for
Hammerheads, Blue Marlin, Makro Diving
22 Nov, 2023

10 Exceptional
Philip N
Canada

Amazing diving, boat, and crew.
Our experience on the Jaya was amazing. This was the second liveaboard we have done, and although the first one was great too, this one was much better (destination, diving, boat, crew). Obviously everyone is here for the diving, and it was absolutely amazing. Every single dive we saw huge schools of fish and amazing coral reefs with tons of life which you start to take for granted by the end because it's always there! It's almost a bit overwhelming. We also saw oceanic and reef mantas on 3 separate dives which was awesome. On one of them, there were 4 different oceanic mantas circling the site for the entire dive with the biggest being around 5-6 metres wide. The dive sites were planned very well and the sheer amount of stuff to see was awesome. By the end of the trip, seeing something like a wobbegong shark wasn't even interesting anymore because we saw multiple on almost every dive! For our trip, the boat was under booked (only 6 out of max 14 guests) so we were upgraded to one of the double cabins with an en-suite bathroom. This was really nice, but the other cabins would have been fine as well. It's worth noting that the shower in the en-suite bathrooms is just a hose gun attached to the wall that you need to hold and rinse yourself off. It is not a traditional shower. Air conditioning in the rooms was so nice in the extremely humid Indonesian climate. I don't think I could have survived without it. The boat layout was really nice. The crew mentioned it had a semi-renovation during covid and it shows. With a separate dive deck to get ready and leave all your dive gear on as well as a rooftop deck in the sun and a huge shaded open air seating area where we spent most of our time eating meals and also relaxing because it was so nice with the breeze and very comfortable as well. I noticed that we seemed to be the only boat with an outdoor seating area like that and I think the others were missing out. The boat also has starlink internet which was nice if you want to upload photos and keep in touch with family, but my phone also had service most of the time as well. Because there were only 6 out of 14 max total guests on our trip, we had one dive guide per 2 people which was really nice and made the diving super efficient and easy. I believe they have a max of 4 guests per dive guide anyways though, so either way it would be fine. Our dive guide was very knowledgeable and a very competent diver. Never once felt unsafe and I trusted him completely. He always managed to find and point out small and large creatures I likely wouldn't have seen otherwise. He even managed to spot a blue ring octopus on our last dive which is very rare. He mentioned the last one he saw had been a year ago. In terms of gear, I rented everything on the boat with exception to mask, SMB, and computer which I brought myself. All of the gear was in respectable condition, and there were some surprising nice touches that you usually don't see with rental gear like premium mouthpieces for the regulators (usually its the most basic ones that scrape your gums), and for their rental computers they had shearwater perigrines! I have my own shearwater but if you don't have your own computer or just want to try out a shearwater one, this is extremely impressive to have available. There were no compasses on the SPG guages, so I would bring your own. On the dive deck, the crew was so much help. All you had to do was put your wetsuit, weight belt and boots on, and the crew would set up your tank/bcd/regs and help you put it on. Once you were suited up, they helped you into the dive tender ("scotchie" as they say in indonesia) and then you put on your fins and rolled off the boat once you reached the dive site. After the dive, they would pick you up just off the dive site, help you load all your gear into the tender, climb in and then head back to the boat. Once there, all you had to do was climb up the ladder. All of your dive gear was loaded back onto the boat by the
Recommended for
Amazing Diving. Friendly and knowledgeable dive guides. Interior boat design and chefs cooking.
22 Apr, 2025

9.2 Superb
Ke Li C
Australia

Amazing crew and diving
The highlights were the diving (it was absolutely amazing, and the currents were fun!), as well as the crew who were very professional, fun and friendly.
Recommended for
Diving, crew, food
05 Sep, 2019

9.6 Exceptional
Jaime C
South Africa

Beautiful experience & great diving!
It was one of the best few days! We really enjoyed the helpfulness of the crew. It was truly an eat, dive & sleep experience. We saw manta rays, eagle rays, sharks, plenty of turtles, and a beautiful healthy coral reef.
Recommended for
Diving, food & more diving.
14 Oct, 2022

8.0 Very good
jose A
Brazil

Good!
Paiaynemo the best place. I’d like to know more around.
Recommended for
Dive guides, crew trendily and care!
30 Mar, 2023

9.2 Superb
Damien D
France

Magic underwater !
Mantas ! Wonderfull and preserved coral garden. A lot of marine life. And Komodo with its mythic dragons!
Recommended for
Authenticity, humanity, guidance underwater
14 Oct, 2022

9.2 Superb
Sharon E
United States

Jaya's itinerary, guide to diver ratio and focus on safety are notable.
Wonderful experience, memorable sealife, excellent guides.
Recommended for
Dive guide to participant ratio. Focus on safety. Location, location, location!.
15 Dec, 2025

9.6 Exceptional
Heidi R
Switzerland

11 Days Ambon to Waisai
I loved every Minute of those 11 days on the Liveaboard Jaya. What an awesome and experienced team. Would definitely go again. Just to make sure, bathrooms are shared, unless you have a private one in the cabin. There is no nitrox
Recommended for
Super experienced Dive Instructors and Guides. Fun Team. Awesome atmosphere.
27 Nov, 2025

10 Exceptional
Jannik L
Belgium

Amazing dive trip! Just the best guides ever!
Our guides, the food, the dragons, the mantas, the sharks! ❤️
Recommended for
Erica, Rachel and Yunus! 😉
13 Sep, 2019

9.2 Superb
Kerri H
United Kingdom

Rustic boat, excellent staff, fantastic diving
Superb diving. Boat staff and Dive Masters very welcoming and professional, accommodating our every query and request. Dive gear in good condition and any repairs/problems immediately sorted. The boat needs a lick of paint, but by the end of the trip if felt like home. Would book again in a flash.
Recommended for
Diving, food, staff
16 Jul, 2018