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Boo Windows sits in Misool, in southern Raja Ampat, and it is the single most recognisable underwater image from the region. A coral ridge is pierced by two openings, and when a diver passes through with light behind them the effect gives the site its name.

Getting the shot

The windows are shallow enough that natural light does the work, but the timing is unforgiving: the sun has to be positioned to backlight the opening, and only one diver fits at a time. Groups that queue and take turns come away with the image; groups that crowd it do not.

Beyond the windows

The ridge either side is thick with soft coral, gorgonians and schooling fish, and the site is worth diving on its own merits rather than for one photograph. Reef sharks and sweetlips are common, and current can pick up along the ends of the ridge.

Getting there

Misool is a long way south of the Dampier Strait, so Boo Windows appears only on longer Raja Ampat itineraries.

Conditions

Raja Ampat sits at 27–30°C, warm and pleasant year-round — a 3mm long wetsuit suits most divers, and shorties work for those who do not feel the cold. The Raja Ampat season runs November to April. Open Water divers are limited to a maximum depth of 18m by law and insurance.

Diving it with Teman

The KLM Teman carries 12 guests in 5 ensuite cabins with a crew of 10. Raja Ampat itineraries run November to April.

More Raja Ampat dive sites

• Cape Kri
• Blue Magic
• Manta Sandy
• Melissa's Garden
• Arborek Jetty

See all itineraries and dates on our Raja Ampat liveaboard page.

Salah Teman

Salah writes for Teman Liveaboard, the owner-operator of the KLM Teman. The Teman is a 36-metre Indonesian phinisi, handbuilt in Sulawesi and launched in 2017, carrying 12 guests in 5 ensuite cabins with a permanent crew of 10 and a Cruise Director. The team behind her has more than 20 years sailing the Indonesian archipelago. The boat works Komodo National Park from June to September out of Labuan Bajo, Raja Ampat from November to April out of Sorong, and runs Banda Sea and Ring of Fire crossings between the two seasons. The dive site guides on this blog are written from the operator's own logs and itineraries, with conditions, seasons and equipment guidance checked against the dive team who work these sites every week. Where a detail depends on the day — depth on a given tide, or where a current will take you — we say so rather than guess, because that is a briefing the Cruise Director gives on the boat, not something a web page can promise.

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