Cruises in Papua New Guinea
Golden Dawn Dive Cruise
Golden Dawn is 80 feet in length and 22 feet wide with five twin cabins and one master cabin, all fully air-conditioned and sharing four bathrooms. Total number of passengers is twelve. There is a spacious lounge area with a television and VCR for either watching underwater videos or movies at night. 

You will appreciate the plenty of room to stretch out in either the sun or shade in between dives. Golden Dawn departs from Port Moresby and heads out 85 miles to reefs in the Eastern Fields and Northern Coral Sea between Papua New Guinea and Australia. Trips are for ten nights. 

Golden Dawn is pioneering dive operations at the spectacular Eastern Fields, a submerged atoll covering over 400 square miles. Most of this reef system is still unexplored, and with the unbelievable visibility—up to 200feet!—and the great variety and number of pelagic life, the Eastern Fields is a dream come true for experienced divers. Expect to meet large dog-tooth tuna, schools of yellow fin and blue fin tuna, spanish mackerel, wahoo, eagle and manta rays, horse-eye jacks and schools of spiraling barracuda.

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Grey reef sharks and silver tips are frequently encountered, and the great and scalloped hammerhead sharks will make an appearance regularly. There is plenty of fascinating smaller fare, such as nudibranch and flat worms that have not even been identified yet!

The best time to visit here is from October to January and April to late May. Visibility is generally good all year, though it can vary when currents shift seasonally. In early November, you can witness the coral spawn, then plankton blooms and algae blooms. Regardless of wind conditions, diving at Eastern Fields is always protected due to the reef system.