Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is a country that is not very well known by tourists. Getting there is difficult, life is expensive for such a poor country and there are many stories about robberies and the like. We do not say it is the safest country to go to, but we do say that it has some excellent diving which is easily organized if you know the right places. There are excellent live-aboard trips to Milne Bay, Tufi and the Eastern Fields, some even arranged from out of Australia or through their websites. Kimbe Bay is a well established dive resort. Lesser well known resorts near Lae and Madang offer equipment and will take you out, but there might be not enough divers around to get the boat starting. Kavieng and Rabaul are recovering from a huge eruption and it is not very easy to find dive boats here.
Diving is great in Papua New Guinea. It is remote, not many people dive here and it has some of the richest underwater environments in the Pacific. There are many wrecks such as planes, tanks, submarines and ships. Muck diving is very popular in Papua New Guinea, with many interesting species, but there are also many walls, drift dives and caves. The volcanic black sand makes many dives beautiful for macro photographers. The climate is good and diving is possible year around but pay attention to the rainy season, which is not the same in each region. Check therefore which place you go to and when. Water temperatures can be called warm with temperatures between 24 and 30 degrees. It is a great country for diving, not for the faint hearted, but great in each aspect!
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Take a look at some of the other dive destinations.
- Milne Bay : Dive sites in Papua New Guinea near Milne Bay
- Moresby : Dive sites in Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby and Northern Coral Sea
- Entrecasteaux & Tufi : Dive sites near the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and Tufi, PNG
- Lae & Madang : Dive sites in Papua New Guinea, near Lae and Madang
- Kimbe Bay : Dive sites in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
- Rabaul : Dive sites near Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- Kavieng : Dive sites near Kavieng in Papua New Guinea
- Other : Dive sites at other remote islands in Papua New Guinea
The best dive sites and top diving locations in Papua New Guinea rated by divers since last year.
 | Banana Bommie | Rated 10.0, 1 ratings |
| Eagle Ray Pass | Rated 10.0, 1 ratings |
| Malacanthus Patch | Rated 10.0, 1 ratings |
| Peer's Reef | Rated 10.0, 1 ratings |
| Pete Biplane Wreck | Rated 10.0, 1 ratings |
| Sullivan's Patches | Rated 10.0, 1 ratings |
Editor: Lars Hemel Have fun breathing underwater, but breathing above water is even more important!
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