Papua New Guinea is amongst the world’s last frontiers for world class diving.

There are pygmy seahorses, dense red sea whips, ridges crammed with soft & hard corals, invertebrates, annelid words, sponges, crinoids, garden eels, huge barrel sponges, gorgonia fans, isolated seamounts with sheer sided pinnacles, coral bommies, ledges, overhangs and small caves with a rich growth of black coral trees and clams, and swim throughs whose walls are adorned with colourful corals and sponges – the list is endless.

Through all this magnificent underwater scenery you’ll find plenty of fish – large pelagics, playful clownfish, tropical reef fish, turtles, schools of barracuda, and a few grey whalers patrolling the reefs!

DIVING

Papua New Guinea is and underwater photographer's paradise, with a huge diversity of marine life seldom found anywhere else in the World . Divers can dive a huge diversity of dive sites including barrier reefs, coral walls and coral gardens, patch reefs, fringing reefs, sea grass beds, coral atolls, and wreck dive sites with an amazing collection of ships, aircraft and submarine wrecks from World War 2.

The average water temperature varies from 25 degrees C along the edge of the Coral Sea to 29 degrees C in the Bismarck Sea. One can dive in Papua New Guinea all year round, with the high season generally from May to November.

Reef Protection: While the reefs teem with life in many shapes and colours, they are very fragile. Most dive operators promote the use of moorings on regularly dived sites. Divers are encouraged to practice sensible diving and respect the underwater environment, and the message to all divers is very clear: please look and enjoy the reefs, but don't touch.