Mike's Point

Mike's Point is selected for launch with a caveat: the available facts are enough for an operational page but thin on a distinctive site story.

One operator publishes two to thirty-five metres and current ranging from none to strong. Two sources broadly agree on an intermediate profile, with one extending it to advanced.

We will not fill the remaining space with an invented history, exact run time or unsupported explanation of the name.

Planning the dive

The wide current range makes the guide's assessment the central fact. A site that is manageable in little movement can require a very different entry and route when water strengthens.

Ask where the group descends, whether the plan is a drift and how the tender handles pickup. Prepare before the entry rather than solving equipment while the point moves past.

The Dampier Strait diving pillar explains why a compact route can substitute another site when the current or group does not fit.

Depth

The published maximum of thirty-five metres describes available structure. It is not a goal or evidence that the best part of every dive sits there.

Plan within certification, gas and the guide's route. A shallower profile can preserve time and leave enough attention for reef life.

No second audited source corroborates the depth range, so we do not add an average or visibility figure.

Experience

One operator says intermediate to advanced. Another says intermediate. That agreement supports a diver who has moved beyond basic open-water control and can manage changing current.

An AOW label in the specification reflects the stronger end of the published water range. It is not a legal minimum for the site.

Our Raja Ampat diver experience guide helps guests describe recency and current skill rather than relying on a card alone.

What is reported

The operator description lists sweetlips, Spanish mackerel, whitetip and blacktip reef sharks, wobbegong and epaulette sharks, turtles and sea snakes.

It is a useful potential list, not a reason to promise sharks. Wildlife changes between dives, and the page does not have a survey supporting frequency.

Photographers should choose from the briefing and keep enough attention for current and depth. Do not chase an animal away from the planned line.

Evidence limits

Depth, current and wildlife come from one operator. Level has two-source support. The research found no site-specific season, visibility, coordinates or access time from an authority.

That is why the page remains concise. The facts support five hundred useful words, not a definitive natural history.

Access and route role

Mike's Point can be reached by Dampier day boats and liveaboards. It adds another current-dependent reef option without needing a long regional passage.

Choose it when the guide sees workable water and the group fits an intermediate plan. If not, the route has stronger-evidence alternatives.

The honest distinction is not a marketing superlative. It is a point dive whose difficulty can change across the published current range.

That is enough reason to keep the briefing specific.