Haven’t gone out yet. Just Google Earthed your area & the places you have been in Indonesia.. fascinating. Found the community you are now in (the resolution on these NASA maps for your locale is NOT great but can get overview from about 35,000 feet)
That is marvelous large lake you are on. Do you do most of your diving at the coast at Jayopura or Wari?
do you do any diving at the big lake(is it damned or natural?) cant tell what it is called ..maybe Danau Sentani
Danau Sentani is the name. Danau means “lake.” It is a huge lake. I usually go west for diving to Tanah Merah, aka Depapre. There is a bay and we usually end up diving off the east beaches of that bay. The “Outer Beach” is just outside the bay and slightly to the east. It is the second cove to the right toward Jayapura from the bay.
If you know what you are looking for on Google earth you can see the school, the training center and even my house. That runway you see is our airport. We think it’s a “hoot!”
The lake is natural. Many years ago (and I happened to think at the time of the Great Flood ~ I am a “young-age creation” person but will concede the possibility of other theories) there was an upheaval. This area had been connected to sea. But now Cyclops separates us from the ocean. There is a rumor of fresh-water sharks. I haven’t seen them nor talked with anyone who has. But there are crocodiles and they can chomp just as good. Also, that isn’t mud on the bottom of the lake. Don’t put your foot down! So, I do NOT go swimming in the lake. All my kids have, however, and think I’m just silly. OK.
If I want to go boogey boarding I go east through Abepura to a place called “Holtencamp”, aka “Black Sands.” It is on a part of Jayapura Bay which faces Jayapura and is a long curving penninsula.
This place is rich in WWII and we have to warn the kids to leave all found ordnance alone.