Jaya, Indonesia

Name: Best of Dampier (Waisai - Waisai)
Start: 2027-01-09
End: 2027-01-15
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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08 Sep

7 Days / 6 Nights

$ 1,960

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16 Sep

7 Days / 6 Nights

$ 1,960

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24 Sep

7 Days / 6 Nights

$ 1,960

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02 Oct

7 Days / 6 Nights

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$ 1,960

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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

11 Days / 10 Nights

$ 3,530

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28 Nov

7 Days / 6 Nights

$ 1,960

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06 Dec

7 Days / 6 Nights

$ 1,960

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14 Dec

7 Days / 6 Nights

$ 1,960

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22 Dec

7 Days / 6 Nights

$ 1,960

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30 Dec

7 Days / 6 Nights

Female Shared Cabin. Last space for women only.

$ 1,960

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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: National Park Fees (Rp2,000,000), Port Fees ($140).

Optional Extras: Gratuities, Alcoholic Beverages, Soft drinks, Private Dive Guide (Rp750,000 / day), Rental Gear, Scuba Diving Courses ($160-430 / item), Snorkeling Guide (Rp750,000 / 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

9.6 Exceptional
Elise M
Belgium

An unforgettable week!
The liveaboard aboard Jaya was amazing: the dives all went very well, the divemasters ultra competent and knowledgeable, the food very good and diverse and a lovely crew. I ++ recommend spending a week in their company!
Recommended for
Quality of the dives. Atmosphere. Ultra competent dive masters.
23 May, 2026

Translated from French

10 Exceptional
Ali A
United States

Amazing!
Swimming with two manta rays for an hour, our awesome guide Rachel, the crew was so sweet, and the list goes on. Such a great experience!
Recommended for
Guides, crew, dive sites
21 Aug, 2019

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

9.2 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

10 Exceptional
Francisca S
Germany

Fantastic all around 10 out of 10
A warm, well organized and professional team welcomes you on the Jaya. All you want in a liveaboard you can find with Jaya and their wonderful crew and staff. Special thanks goes to Ed, he is a fantastic dive master and cares about showing you all he can spot on the dive sites, that he knows in and out. The food was excellent 5- star level every single day. The dive sites and routes were well planned. Safety first all the time. Currents were checked before going in and detailed dive briefings I did appreciated a lot. Unforgettable moments when we all saw the bats fly at sunset. Rachel and Erica also helped us plan the perfect Komodo dragon tour, and we were picked up right at the Jaya, with all our big bags beeing transported to the Scuba Republic office in Labuan Bajo. Thanks for all the hard work and organisation in the background. You are the best. I highly recommend the Jaya to anyone looking for a professional liveaboard.
Recommended for
Smooth operations. Staff and crew. Fantastic food.
19 Aug, 2024

9.2 Superb
Fabienne B
France

Great trip!
Feeling very grateful for this beautiful trip... lovely, fun and caring crew, amazing dives, delicious and abundant food!
Recommended for
Dives - Crew - Food
18 Jan, 2019

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

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
David L
United States

Love the team and boat
Lots of current in Komodo. The guides kept us safe, had great fun and found amazing fish and critters. Each day flowed smoothly, dives were excellent. Looking forward to the Jaya again.
Recommended for
Great diving, guides were spot on, organized
30 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

121 reviews

9.2 Superb
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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

9.6 Exceptional
Ghislain O
France

Wonderful diving trip
We saw a manta, jumping dolphins in the nature. It was a wonderful memory. All staffs are very friendly, pick up service / diving schedule was on time, well organized. Food / snack was delicious, no need cup noodles. It could be better to separate the toilet and shower room. And I know it could be hard to control but kill the cockroach could be better. Our dive guide Erica kept us safe in any situation and showed us Wobbegong shark, shrimp, Pipe fishes, etc. Local staffs shared with us their life stories like family, marriage, their further plan, it was a good chance to know their life. And please indicate clearly tips required on the price list to be more transparent& budget setting. it is indeed valuable unforgettable experience!
Recommended for
Diving, sun deck, island visiting
03 Dec, 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

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

9.6 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
Sandra P
Germany

Magnificent liveaboard in Raja Ampat!!
Beautiful liveaboard with great dive spots. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The shore excursions provide variety between dives. Everything is perfectly prepared and planned.
Recommended for
Organization. Boat and staff. Food and dives.
12 Mar, 2026

Translated from German

10 Exceptional
Korhan Ozan A
Turkey

Incredible experience on Jaya
I spent a week on Jaya, it was amazing! I was lucky as there was only 10 out 14 people in this trip which allowed me having a room to myself. Not sure if Id feel the same way if i had to share the room with another person as they are quite tiny. I also loved the food overall great diversity and taste.. the cook even prepared a bday cake on my bday on board. Lastly, the dive crew was super nice, attentive and knowledgeable. They gave us briefings with all the details and helped out whenever we had questions. Rest of the participants were also at similar levels in their diving journeys which made it somehow easier to connect, but also everyone was social and so we played bunch of games and socialised in between dives. Two relatively negative feedback: one is regarding the route. We circled around a very small area in the end, and some of the sites felt like were chosen just to fit enough dives in this small area. There could be a little more diversity in diving sites including wrecks, caves, or other parts of Raja Ampat - regardless of that, what we could observe was incredible including Manta Rays and reef sharks. The second feedback is about charges and fees.. you will need to pay approx 20-25% of the boat cost on board due to gear rental (most of it not included in the original cost), entry fees for marine park, harbour parking cost etc. It felt like some of this cost should have been included in the price but this practice may not be unique to Jaya.. just be aware when you make your finance planning.
Recommended for
Comfort. Diving experience. Staff and crew.
08 Apr, 2026

9.6 Exceptional
Sujeong O
South Korea

It was great experience
Manta! 4 times! different kinds of sharks, schools of various fish, small creatures like pigmy and nudi, and so on..... It was awesome. thanks to expert and friendly dive guides, i could really enjoy.
Recommended for
dive site (environment), dive guide, food
28 Mar, 2019

9.6 Exceptional
Mira M
Germany

A truly wonderful week.
Everything from pickup until drop off was perfectly organised, the whole crew very friendly and competent and the dives were just amazing.
Recommended for
The crew, the dives & the food.
30 Nov, 2019

8.4 Very good
Alberto N
Switzerland

We were NOT on the Jaya, but Bajak
the great dives
Recommended for
great people, beautiful dives, beautiful places
13 Aug, 2022

9.2 Superb
Gabriel B
Brazil

Good energy and good Dives
The crew and the people on the boat were really nice. We saw every kind of Marine Life. But some Dive spots were way nicer than others.
Recommended for
Food, Reef corals and Marine Life
03 Sep, 2022

8.4 Very good
Franco R
Argentina

Great trip, great passagers
The onboard Is beautifull but if you love dive can do the same points even doing more dives and cheaper from the village Labuan Bajo. Go on board Is not necesary in Komodo and Rinca
Recommended for
Have a tasty food, the ship Is confortable and, luckly, was a beautifull pasaggers and crew
21 Aug, 2019

8.8 Fabulous
Gabor A
Hungary

Can only recommend it.
In general the whole trip was very well organized/executed. The dive guides were very knowledgeable, friendly and focused on safety. The dive sites they choose were amazing and the evaluation of the conditions (and consecutive briefing) was accurate. I loved the boat itself. It has this less commercial, more authentic look and feel. The price (especially given the area) is very reasonable. I can only recommend this trip.
Recommended for
The dive sites, the crew and the boat itself.
30 Jul, 2018

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

9.6 Exceptional
Marine F
Belgium

Awesome experience for a great budget
A great boat for divers on a budget. The crew is fantastic, the food is delicious, and the dives are amazing. Very safe diving, and marine biodiversity is stunning. The rooms are a bit small and the boat in general is a bit old but nothing a traveler cannot handle. I would dive again with the Jaya and her crew without hesitation.
Recommended for
Itinerary, crew, marine life
28 Mar, 2020

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

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

10 Exceptional
Johanna D
France

Go there with your eyes closed!
I loved my stay on the Jaya boat! The staff took care of you, always a kind word, smiling and helpful! Thank you! The boat was great, clean and friendly, cleaning was done daily and once a week for the rooms. There wasn't necessarily a lot of room to sunbathe, but the dining area is perfect for taking naps and very comfortable. The Dive masters are very professional and manage everyone's safety very well underwater, I felt very confident. The rooms are all equipped with air conditioning and sockets to charge our devices.
Recommended for
The Dive masters. Food. The dives.
20 Sep, 2025

10 Exceptional
LI W
China

Professional dive guides
Exciting drift diving, see a lot of Manta, professional dive guides, familiar with each dive site, food is good.
Recommended for
Professional dive guides, caring service, see a lot of Manta
18 Sep, 2023

Translated from Chinese

8.0 Very good
Ying Z
Chile

Great Marine Life in Raja Ampat!
Knowledgeable dive guides and friendly crew.
Recommended for
1) Health coral and diverse marine life. 2) Unique Wobbegong and Waking Shark! 3) Also good for Macro staff
30 Apr, 2018