Scuba Diving in Pulau Yum, Raja Ampat

Pulau Yum is a small island with excellent macro subjects at all depts. Start at the beach on the north end of the island and swim north with the reef on your left. Descent down the 45 degree slope and look for interesting critters like cuttlefish and blue ring octopus around the hard corals and elephant ear sponges. Between 22 and 27 meters, the slope flattens out and large soft corals grow from the sandy bottom. Ascend the slope toward the northeastern point of Yum past several species of anemones and their resident anemone fish, and check out the large shallowwater bommies spread over the white sand bottom where devil’s scorpionfish are often sighted.