Spectacular Scuba Diving in the Coral Triangle

Choosing a destination in the coral triangle is never the wrong choice for scuba diving. The same goes for Papua New Guinea. This little country awaits you on your liveaboard trip with astounding marine biodiversity, sharks, vibrant coral reefs and wrecks.

Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its landscape is covered with beautiful beaches, palm trees, jungles and high mountains. But not only above the water this country will take your breath away. The underwater world can also be seen.

Located in the Coral Triangle, Papua New Guinea has some of the best diving spots to offer. The country is surrounded by the Bismarck Sea, the Solomon Sea and the Coral Sea. You can expect to see barrier reefs, stunning coral walls, seagrass beds and some very interesting wrecks of WWII. As the reef system has a size of about 20.000 square miles, the best way to explore Papuas underwater treasures is by liveaboard.

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO VISIT PAPUA NEW GUINEA?

Papua New Guinea can be dived year-round. However, depending on which sea you want to go to, the conditions vary. The Coral Sea and the South Pacific are best to go between December and April and the Bismarck Sea from May to November. The Solomon Sea offers great conditions year-round. If you want to see manta rays, head over to Milne Bay in September.

The water temperature throughout the country is between 25 and 30 degrees Celcius and the visibility ranges between 20 and 40 meters.

WHAT ARE THE BEST DIVE SPOTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA?

Milne Bay is one of the best diving destinations in Papua New Guinea. As mentioned above, the manta ray season is during the month of September. Apart from that adventure, you can encounter tiny pygmy seahorses as well as huge hammerhead sharks here.

Kavieng is great for everything. Come and explore sunken wrecks and vibrant coral reefs. If you are lucky you are accompanied by schools of silvertip sharks.

In Kimbe Bay you can explore a huge and diverse marine biodiversity underwater as this is a marine protected area.

LIVEABOARDS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

The underwater world of Papua is truly amazing but the area is huge and to travel to this country, you will spend quite a while. So to get the greatest value out of your trip, you should book a liveaboard. With a liveaboard, you can explore a bigger part of the area and you can visit places, that are not accessible by day boats.

All diving boats offer comfort and space to enjoy your trip to the maximum.