Meridian Adventure Marina Club & Resort

I spent a fantastic two weeks diving with Meridian Adventure Dive in Raja Ampat over the December Christmas period, and I can't recommend them highly enough. Doing my PADI open water course with Instructor Duan was a breeze—he's truly skilled and made my first diving experience comfortable and exciting. The diving setup here is impeccable; they take care of everything from well-maintained gear to the pamper of having your gear set up on you before you dive by the crew and collected afterwards, which meant I only needed to focus on my nerves as a first-time diver. The dive team ensures you're geared up and ready for the water effortlessly. Their top-notch guides lead incredible underwater adventures and point out all the exciting marine life, from macro creatures to cunning wobbegongs. The high-speed boats were surprisingly comfortable and fast, taking us to a variety of dive sites. Enjoying surface intervals at the stunning surrounding islands was an added delight. Staying at the hotel was a treat—cosy rooms, immaculate and serviced daily with air conditioning. But honestly, when in Raja Ampat, you'll want to be out exploring, not in your room! The onsite restaurant and bar made life all that much easier! There's nothing like a good cocktail at the pool after a day of diving. Massive gratitude to ALL the resort staff, local dive guides, and the fantastic interns—Alice, Margot, and Louie— I wish I could name them all, but you were all GREAT!! This experience with Meridian Adventure Dive in Raja Ampat has spoilt all my future diving trips because I don't think I will easily experience anything close to this! Leaving was tough, but I'm already eagerly anticipating my next visit!

The staff and the facilities are excellent. You will have the chance to dive the best dive sites around Kri island with excellent guides that will point out all the harder to spot aquatic life. I can recommend them highly enough.

I visited this resort with a large group of divers from our diving club. - Very friendly, professional and safety conscious staff provided an excellent diving experience. We really appreciated the fact that they spared no effort or cost (despite the high fuel prices) to take us to the best dive sites, even if these were a long way away. Diving is spectacular. The boats are very sturdy and very fast, but the double decker tank rack in the middle of the RIBs means your view is always blocked and you can't see or talk to the people opposite you. The hotel staff went out of their way to make customers happy. The only point for criticism is that the hotel rooms are small and don't offer enough storage space for divers.

This is the first diving trip after we got PADI Open Water recently. Merdian is very located with a few steps of walking to the pier, which makes it extremely convenient. The resort staffs and dive guides are very nice and professional. The dive guide includes several locals who knows the area like their backyard and can always spot something beautiful in the ocean. My elder daughter did the diving while younger one snorkeled. Both are thrilled and excited! I would certainly recommend Meridian as the dive resort of choice.

I can’t recommend Meridian enough. Everything was flawless. The dive crew was impeccable. They were all so kind and made diving so easy and enjoyable. Shoutout to Joe who runs the show there, she makes everything feel so comfortable and welcomed! Highly recommend!

I had a great time with the Meridian team Everything was excellent from the small stuff (airport pick-ups) to the big dive stuff (dive organisation and quality) Diving team - Diving instructors to boat captains were all very highly professional, knew their dive spots, planned dives well, very good spotters underwater, and really amazing (patient with the group, polite, SUPER helpful - our masks were always sneakily had the defog solution right before the dive). We did not do anything except turning up on time and diving - everything was arranged and went like clockwork. We were babied. Dive boat quality, equipment was excellent - I did not see anyone struggle with anything incl simple things like the masks which are a problem area. Every-dive was world class - just coral and coral and fish and fish. Property was well curated - rooms were good, restraunt was good (food and service). Staff was on point, well spoken, courteous and very helpful. Massive shout out to Jo - runs the ship well - and her team - Arkan, Cullen, Kaira and other dive crew. Got more than the money’s worth.

The resort is everything it says it is and so much more. Staff are great, they help organize any activities you wish to do outside of diving, and really promote the community they reside within. We were recommended numerous restaurants which were all great. The pool area is beautiful and we loved the outdoor bar, was a fantastic way to unwind after a day of diving and touring.