Luxury Diving Holidays in Papua New Guinea

In Depth 

Located off the province of West New Britain, Kimbe Bay is home to over 40 dive sites bursting with marine life and variety. The offshore reefs, accessed either from Walindi Plantation Resort or by liveaboard, offer extraordinary visibility of over 40m on bustling seamounts. ‘Bradford shoals’ is one of the best dive sites in the country, with said visibility and is a magnet for pelagic life. A resident school of over 1,000 barracuda hovers above the reef in a tornado-like formation. Tuna and jack are seen hunting in the blue whilst white tip reef sharks patrol the reef. Closer to the shore, the coral structures appear to have been super-sized. Large, colourful gorgonians and giant barrel sponges can be found at ‘Susan’s Reef’ and ‘Vanessa’s Reef’ along with excellent macro life. 

No diving holiday to Papua New Guinea would be complete without visiting Tufi. Back on the mainland, Tufi is arguably one of the most beautiful regions of the country above the waves, with dramatic fjords giving way to crystal clear ocean teeming with marine life. Diving here is split between the offshore dive sites where the visibility is as good as we have seen and the fjords where it is more about the small stuff. Divers can expect to see a myriad of pelagic life at 'Mulloway’ with the rare sighting of a hammerhead (an albino hammerhead at that!) and schooling predatory fish. Whilst in the fjords, divers can enjoy muck diving at 'Tufi Wharf’ or spot blue ribbon eels at the appropriately named ‘Blue Ribbon Reef’.