Divesites

Solomon Islands

Dive Sites

With hundreds of islands and coral reefs, many of which have never seen a diver, the Solomon Islands are a world renowned scuba dive location. The waters are often clear, with abundant marine life including pelagics and all kinds of fish, sharks, manta rays, dugongs and dolphins. Water temperatures average 27 degrees Centigrade. The Solomons is not only an ideal place to learn how to dive, with it's many internationally certified dive schools and qualified trainers of great experience. There are also some serious chalenges for the advanced diver, and dive boats can be chartered to reach the more remote locations. There are not only the natural wonders to marvel at, but many tens of sunken WW2 ships and aircraft, too.

Divesites at Gizo:

Dive Site	Boneghi #1 Hirokawa Maru
Description	The Hirokawa Maru is a 6860 ton transport ship sunk by allied bombers on November 14th, 1942. This wreck runs up towards the beach with the shallowest depth at about 3 meters and running down to the sand on the stern at 56 meters. The vessel is largely broken up with the stern of the vessel being largely in tact. The ship is covered in hard and soft corals and an abundance of life. In the shallows there is an array of small animals like tube anemones and garden eels to finish off your dive.
Special Marine Life	Nudibranchs, Worms Sabellid, Red firefish Pterois volitans, Spotted garden eel Heteroconger hassi, Razorfish Aeoliscus strigatus, Purple anthias Psuedanthias tuka, Mantis shrimp Lysosquilla, Anemone Shrimp Periclimenes Brevicarpalis.
Dive Site	Boneghi #2 Kinugawa Maru
Description	The Kinugawa Maru is a 4500 ton, 130-meter transport ship bombed by allied dive bombers on the same night as the Hirokawa Maru, November 14th, 1942. Shallowest depth in 5 meters and down to 50 meters. More broken up than the Hirokawa but still a good dive for the wreck lovers. There sometimes seems to be more life on this wreck than the Hirokawa depending on the current. In the shallows there is an array of different animals like cone shells and tube anemones.
Special Marine Life	White gorgonian fans, Big eye trevally Caranx sexfasciatus, Many spotted sweetlip Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides
Dive Site	B17 Bomber
Description	Shallowest depth is 10 meters with the bottom in about 18 meters. B17 bomber with front section of airplane intact. The plane was ditched and all controls intact and in position for ditch. Engines intact but tail section and half of fuselage missing
Special Marine Life	Nudibranchs, Garden eels in shallows, juvenile bat fish.
Dive Site	Karumolun
Description	Ridge that comes away from the point starting off in the shallows at 4 meters going down to 35 meters and then drops away to nothing. Sharks, big eye jacks, and pelagic life off the point and excellent shallows that provide a macros heaven.
Special Marine Life	Cling fish Discotrema Sp., Oscillated scorpionfish Dendrochirus biocellatus, nudibranchs, Saddled butterflyfish Chaetodon ephippium, Blue girdled angelfish Pomacanthus navarchus, Big eye trevally Caranx sexfasciatus, Sea whips Ellisella sp., Dwarf hawkfish Cirrhitichthys falco,

Dive Site	Aeaun
Description	A wall dive that runs along the northern side of Aeaun Island. There has been sightings of mantas, and hammerheads but generally little else to excite the guests or the staff.
Special Marine Life	Hammerheads, manta rays
Dive Site	Leru Cut
Description	Cutting that goes into the wall for 100 yards and open at the top. Bottom of the cutting is 20 meters and the dive needs to be done at 11.00am. Underneath the overhang at the entrance to the cutting is some sailfin gobies with shrimp. The wall is covered with fans, soft corals, nudibranchs, and fusiliers.
Special Marine Life	Sailfin goby Amblyeleotris randalli, Soldierfish Myripristis, Nudibranchs, Gorgonian fans, dragonfish, Pink anemonefish Amphiprion perideraion, White-bonnet anemonefish Amphiprion leucokranos, Orange-fin anemonefish Amphiprion chrysopterus
Dive Site	Mirror Pond
Description	This is a wall and point that has some great shallows with a cave entrance at the rear. Approach this at a slow pace as there is a small crocodile in the rear of the cave. Along the front of the wall there is vibrant hard and soft corals with colonies of anthias, humphead parrot fish, white tip reef shark, and cuttlefish.
Special Marine Life	Crocodilla, Red band basslet Psuedanthias rubrizonatus, Humphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum
Dive Site	Northeast Mane
Description	Usually designed for an afternoon dive following the wall around the point keeping the wall on your right coming up into a semi-lagoon area in around 10 to 3 meters. The wall on the northern side is covered with fans and we have sighted ghost pipefish on some of the fans.
Special Marine Life	Engineer goby, Bumphead parrot fish Bolbometopon muricatum,

Dive Site	White Beach
Description	World War II dump site. The majority of the larger machinery is in about 40 meters starting in front of the chairs of the village. Large trucks and tractors and then in the shallower water is barges coming out from the shore. The best way to do the dive is go down to the first truck, then shallower up to the 30 meters then up to 20 meters with truck facing up the hill, then just past this to a forklift, all keeping the bank on your right then turn at this point and come back in the shallows and mangroves.
Special Marine Life	Mandarin fish Synchiropus splendidus, Pluroblanch, Razorfish Aeoliscus strigatus, Ringed pipefish Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus, Juvenile sweetlip Plectrohinchus chaetodonoides, Juvenile Round face batfish Platax tiera, Spine-cheek anemonefish Premnas biaculeatus, Twinspot goby Signigobius biocellatus, Barred rabbitfish Siganus doliatus, Signal-fin goby Fusigobius signipinnis, Mantis shrimp Odontodactylus Sp
Dive Site	Samsaeon Island
Description	The best wall to dive starts just past the point near the entrance to the lagoon. The wall starts with an overhang at 15 meters with randilii goby on the sand and small light pastel colored gorgonians lining the ceiling. Outside the wall there is an abundance of life with soft corals and plate corals and pelagic fish life. The current normally works southeast and continues on.
Special Marine Life	Scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini, Devil ray Mobula tarpacana, Big eye trevally Caranx sexfasciatus, Chevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae
Dive Site	Koemurun
Description	This is an island that can be dived at either end with life on the walls and more towards the current. The walls are interspersed with live coral and small stretches of sand and rubble. Take the time to look out off the wall to look for the pelagic life that can come by here.
Special Marine Life	Grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, White tip reef shark Triaenodon obesus, Yellow tail fusilier Caesio teres, Chrevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae, Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor, Oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis maculatus, Gorgonian fans, Red-bellied fusilier Caesio cuning

Dive Site	Ann Wreck
Description	The wreck of the Ann lies stern to the beach. This was a local fishing vessel that was sunk in hope of a local resort. There is an abundance of lionfish, and pipefish around the bow and shrimp fish around the super structure. In the shallows there is anemones, more lionfish, crocodile fish, and mantis shrimp
Special Marine Life	Spotted garden eel Heteroconger hassi, Razorfish Aeoliscus strigatus, Pipefish Doryrhamphus Sp., Red firefish Pterois volitans, Round-faced batfish Platax tiera, Pink anemonefish Amphiprion perideraion, Pavo Razorfish Xyrichtys Pavo Beaded Sea Anemone heteractis aurora
Dive Site	Kisan
Description	There are two dives on either end of Kisan Island. Both form a point similar to the land portion of the Island. The wall is scattered with fans on a reasonably steep wall. There are some excellent shallows featuring staghorn coral and plates.
Special Marine Life	Big eye trevally Caranx sexfasciatus, turtles

Dive Site	Sililoma
Description	A small atoll type reef coming up to about 5 meters with some dead patches through the middle. The outer edges have the most coral life but the main attraction being the fish life when the current is running.
Special Marine Life	Grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, White tip reef shark Triaenodon obesus, Yellow tail fusilier Caesio teres, Chrevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae, Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor, Oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis maculatus, Gorgonian fans, Red-bellied fusilier Caesio cuning
Dive Site	Fonagho
Description	A finger that comes off the point starting at 5 meters and gradually sloping down to about 30 meters. After this depth there is nothing much to see. The top is fairly barren and the main life point is on the end. Three large giant clams reside on the point with three anemones; true clown, and bonnet.
Special Marine Life	Grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, White tip reef shark Triaenodon obesus, Yellow tail fusilier Caesio teres, Chrevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae, Giant clam Tridacna gigas, Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor, Oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis maculatus, Gorgonian fans, Red-bellied fusilier Caesio cuning

Dive Site	Rumalan
Description	A finger that comes off the point starting at 5 meters and gradually sloping down to about 30 meters. After this depth there is nothing much to see. The walls are covered in brilliant hard corals and small soft corals. The possibility of pelagic life like Chevron Barracuda is big. Try to get on the current side and stick with it and swim with the big fish.
Special Marine Life	Grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, White tip reef shark Triaenodon obesus, Chrevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae, Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor, Oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis maculatus,
Dive Site	Kaukau
Description	There is wall that runs round the point of the reef to the north. Start the dive at the tree outcrop and keep the wall to the right at about 15 meters.
Special Marine Life	Shrimp gobies, Chevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae,
Dive Site	Custom Cave
Description	A cave that enters the wall at about 10 meters and goes down through a enclosed entrance to an open roof enclosure with fresh water on the surface. The best time for this is 2nd or 3rd dive when the sun comes through the fresh water surface. An anemone sits out the front of the cave that is some times feeding and there are some small soft corals and gorgonians scattered over the face of the wall.
Special Marine Life	Soft coral Dendronephthya sp. Anemone
Dive Site	Losiolene
Description	Sandy galleys and ridges of hard coral similar to mirror pond. The art here is to look for the small critters. Galleys and canyons provide hiding places for all those nocturnal animals.
Special Marine Life	White cap gobies Lotilia graciliosa, Two tone dartfish, Fire dartfish, Dogtooth tuna, Tube anemone, Nudibranchs, good nurseries for jueveniles of most varieties of fish found here.

Dive Site	Victoria Shoal
Description	A sea mount that is about ¾ mile across and comes up to a plateau of about 15 to 5 meters. The top is quite barren but there is still schools of barracuda and triggerfish. The sides are sloping and covered with soft and hard corals but the main attraction is the profusion of sea life.
Special Marine Life	Grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, White tip reef shark Triaenodon obesus, Bigeye trevally Caranx sexfasciatus, Yellow tail fusilier Caesio teres, Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor, Chrevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae, Oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis maculatus, Gorgonian fans, Red-bellied fusilier Caesio cuning
Dive Site	Curacao Shoal
Description	A sea mount that is about ¾ mile across and comes up to a plateau of about 15 meters. The top is quite barren but there is still schools of barracuda and triggerfish. The sides are sloping and covered with soft and hard corals but the main attraction is the profusion of sea life.
Special Marine Life	Grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, White tip reef shark Triaenodon obesus, Bigeye trevally Caranx sexfasciatus, Yellow tail fusilier Caesio teres, Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor, Chrevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae, Oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis maculatus, Gorgonian fans, Red-bellied fusilier Caesio cuning
Dive Site	Barracuda Point - Mary Island
Description	A triangular underwater point that comes straight out from the rocks typically starting at about 4 meters with the end of the point at about 40 meters. Schooling jacks at around 8 meters with the larger school of barracuda at around 40 meters. Sleeping white tip reef sharks in about 10 meters. In the shallows there is also the smaller animals like porcelan crabs, anemone fish with eggs.
Special Marine Life	Big eye jacks Caranx sexfasciatus, Chevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae, Blue-dash fusilier Pterocaesio tile, Adhesive anemone Crytodendrum adhesivum, Ambonian shrimp Thor amboinensus

Dive Site	Mary Island Bommies
Description	A set of coral ridges that run perpendicular to the island in a small bay. The ridges are alive with hard corals and the rubble floor between the ridges have some fascinating marine life.
Special Marine Life	Dragonets Nemateleotris Decora, Bubbletip anemone Entacmaea quadricolor, Red and Black anemone fish Amphiprion melanopus
Dive Site	Kicha Island
Description	The dive starts at the Western point of Kicha Island and you follow the wall around keeping the island on your right coming around to a small lagoon at 15 meters. Schooling bumphead parrot fish, Gorgonian fans, whips, and psuedanthias adorn the wall. Lionfish, juvenile razor fish, mantis shrimp and christmas tree worms are in the lagoon.
Special Marine Life	Juvenile razor fish, Mantis shrimp, Gorgonian fans, Whip corals, Bumphead parrot fish, Red Firefish Pterois volitans, Redfin Anthias Psuedanthias dispar, Flagtail blanquillo Malacanthus brevirostris, Racoon butterflyfish Chaetodon lunula, Chevron Barracuda Sphryaena putnamiae, Juvenile yellowtail coris Coris gaimard, Juvenile rockmover wrasse Novaculicthys taeniourus
Dive Site	Malemale Island
Description	A small lagoon area with a wall at the front at about 5 to 10 meters. Fingers come away from the wall going down steeply to depths unknown. The prime model for this dive is two leaf scorpionfish at about 15 meters along the wall. Numerous other species including pink anemone, crocodile fish, and juvenile batfish live in the shallows.
Special Marine Life	Leaf scorpionfish Taenianotus triacanthus, Redfin anthias Psuedanthias dispar, Juvenile Round-faced batfish Platax tiera, Pink anemonefish Amphiprion perideraion, Rockmover wrasse Novaculichthys taeniourus, Blueband goby Valencienna strigata, Crocodile fish Cymbacephalus beauforti
Dive Site	Malemale Point
Description	A wall that runs down to a point on the end of the reef. This wall is covered with life of every sort. care should be taken with the surge when you come near the surface. The dive site is best when the current goes toward the point. The wall is covered with gorgonians and a large array of pelagics like sharks, fusiliers, unicornfish and then to nudiranchs.
Special Marine Life	Grey reef sharks Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Chrevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae, Oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis maculatus, Gorgonian fans, Red-bellied fusilier Caesio cuning

Dive Site	Peava Night Dive
Description	Drop the divers in just inside the entrance and they can work they way around the entrance or across the other side.
Special Marine Life	Sea cucumber Euapta godeffroyi, Basket stars , Dolabella auricularia, Cuttlefish Sepia sp, Crocodile fish , Sponge crab , Lobster Panulirus versicolor, Slipper lobster Parribacus antarcticus.
Dive Site	Lagoon Point
Description	A wall that runs along towards the point with enormous amounts of Gorgonians and whips in all shapes, colors and sizes. Some pelagic life but little else. Half way along there is a bommie that only just comes away from the wall at about 15 meters. Behind this under the overhang there is some electric clams. There is some damage to the plate coral by logging which has detracted from the site
Special Marine Life	Gorgonian fans, whip, electric clams, fusiliers.
Dive Site	Kokoana Passage
Description	Start the dive out the front of the wall just up from the corner. Gorgonian fans cover the wall with some lionfish hiding behind some of the fans. Anthias of various species along the top half of the wall with the best opportunity of seeing hammerheads in the Solomons.
Special Marine Life	Hammerheads, gorgonian fans
Dive Site	Matiu
Description	Start the dive out the front of the wall just up from the corner. Gorgonian fans cover the wall with some lionfish hiding behind some of the fans. Anthias of various species along the top half of the wall with the best opportunity of seeing hammerheads in the Solomons. This dive is best done on an incoming tide.
Special Marine Life	Hammerheads, Gorgonian fans

Dive Site	Anemone Point
Description	Coming off the point there is a finger that starts at around 5 meters and gradually drops to 40 meters and then disappears into the abyss. Right on the point there is a singular anemone. On the southern side of the finger there is section between 30 to 40 meters there is a large amount of brilliant orange soft corals Dendronephthya. On the current side there is bumphead parrot fish, Grey reef sharks, Chevron barracuda, Oceanic triggerfish, and a soup of fusiliers. The occasional hammerhead shark is spotted here.
Special Marine Life	Soft coral Dendronephthya sp., bumphead parrot fish Bolbometopon muricatum, Grey reef sharks Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Chrevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae, Oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis maculatus.
Dive Site	Cave Point
Description	Two fingers come off the point from 5 to 35 meters. Soft corals and whips cover the fingers and are good for wide angle photography. On top of the fingers is dead. To the left there is a overhang at around 35 meters that has purple and white soft corals covering the roof. Also the occasional hammerhead shark is seen here.
Special Marine Life	Soft coral Dendronephthya sp., bumphead parrot fish Bolbometopon muricatum, Grey reef sharks Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Chevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae, Oceanic triggerfish Canthidermis maculatus.
Dive Site	George’s Night Spot
Description	Small valley on the side of the wall with two pinnacles in the center near the wall. The bottom of the valley is about 10 meters and the top of the two pinnacles is about 5 meters.
Special Marine Life	radar mantis shrimp, crocodile fish, nudibranchs
Dive Site	Toatelave
Description	This is a dive that you must go to 30 meters. A wall that runs around the island literally covered with gorgonian fans. Possibility of seeing pelagics along the wall as well as turtles. Longnose hawkfish gather on most of the gorgonians and around the corner there is a few cuttings into the wall where Rhinopias aphanes has been sighted.
Special Marine Life	Merlots scorpionfish Rhinopias aphanes, Longnose hawkfish,

Dive Site	Lion Fish Point
Description	Two outcrops come away from the point with the first point starting at 5 meters and apexing at 30 meters and then dropping away to nothing. Big attraction on the first point the Soft Corals and Gorgonian Fans. Schooling fusiliers and anthias converge at the point and the possibility of pelagics like rays, sharks, and turtles. Coming on to the next point is a sheer wall with more gorgonians and bumphead parrotfish. Gradually profile to around 10 meters there is a sand chute with nudibranchs, crocodile fish, and banded sea snakes. There is a small canyon at the rear of the chute that comes round to the wall again. A large giant clam sits on the wall just outside the exit.
Special Marine Life	Turtles, bumphead parrot fish, banded sea snake, soft corals, gorgonian fans
Dive Site	Roger’s Reef
Description	Along the wall at 35 meters a sand chute runs along the side of the wall. Shortly after the chut comes up to 25 meters and then steadies out to half way along the sand chute. At this point the chute climbs again to 15 meters and then gradually up to 5 meters on the next point. Near the end of the chute there is an extremely large cabbage coral.
Special Marine Life	Soft corals, whips, hawk fish, long nose hawk fish, titon trigger fish, anemones, nudibranchs, lion fish
Dive Site	Japanese Freighter #1
Description	This is a Japanese freighter that is in 32 meters of water with a gun on the bow and the stern blown up.
Special Marine Life	N/A
Dive Site	Japanese Freighter #2
Description	This is a Japanese freighter that is in 32 meters of water more intact than the first freighter with a lot more marine growth and artillery shell visible in the cargo holds.
Special Marine Life	Freighter
Dive Site	Willy’s Wall
Description	A wall with fans, soft corals, and small amount of pelagic life.
Special Marine Life	N/A

Dive Site	Longessi
Description	This is a dive that constitutes a small point that if the wall is kept on your left you come around into a small bay. The wall is scattered with fans and soft corals and a number of fish in the grouper family.
Special Marine Life	N/A
Dive Site	Makai Reef
Description	Similar to mbike ridge with the right current having pelagic life.
Special Marine Life	Yellow tail fusilier, dog tooth tuna, grey reef sharks, mantis shrimp, anemone fish galore.
Dive Site	Mbike Ridge
Description	This is a small atoll coming up to 5 meters with this being an action dive. The majority of fish life is pelagic and there is nearly always a current here.
Special Marine Life	Dogtooth tuna, wahoo, yellow tail fusiliers, hrey reef sharks, green sea turtle.
Dive Site	Nembalau Rock
Description	There is a wall that starts on the Southern side. The current needs to be running from the South to make the best of it. If the current is running correctly here it is running incorrectly at Tanavula Point. There is a small entrance to a cave at about 20 meters that is filled with crays. Come along the wall with some fans and lots of nudibranchs. Then you come to an entrance at about 15 meters to a macro heaven. There is crocodile fish, scorpionfish, leaf scorpionfish and lionfish.
Special Marine Life	Smallscale scorpionfish Scorpaenopsis oxycephala, Ghost pipefish Solenostomus Sp., Crocodile fish Cymbacephalus beauforti,
Dive Site	Kovohika
Description	A point that comes away from the island where the current splits in two. Keep the wall to the left and come round into a lagoon area with a small cave in the shallows.
Special Marine Life	Fans, soft corals
Dive Site	Tulagi - Switzer
Description	Starting at the point this is a small wall that cuts back into the lagoon in near Tete. The wall starts at 5 meters and slopes down to around 30 meters before a ledge slows down the descent rate.
Special Marine Life	Decorator crabs, shrimp, squid, cuttlefish.

Dive Site	Njanjalakalau
Description	Around the whole island is good for various sites and it is more a matter of picking the current. The wall is exceptionally alive and the amount of pelagic depends on the current.
Special Marine Life	Gorgonian fans, long nose hawkfish, grey reef sharks, eagle rays
Dive Site	Passage Rock
Description	This is an atoll that generally comes up to about 15 meters then slopes away at the sides, with two outcrops breaking the surface. This is an action dive and putting the divers on the current side, with soft corals and gorgonians, and sitting out on that point is the best bet. This spot can get huge currents and divers should be advised of this. The majority if the dive is pelagic life with a profusion of fish like fusiliers. Big action dive.
Special Marine Life	Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas, Grey reef Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Marr’s fusilier Pterocaesio marri, Gold-banded fusilier Caesio caerulaurea,
Dive Site	Tapopo Pinnacle
Description	Similar to baby cakes, but the visibility is lower being so close to shore.
Special Marine Life	Stone fish, nudibranchs, mantis shrimp
Dive Site	Tanavula
Description	This is a wall dive with lots of soft corals and gorgonians. Excellent for wide angle with large fans, soft corals, black coral and schooling fish.
Special Marine Life	Spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari, Moray Gymnothorax Sp., Redfin anthias psuedanthias dispar, Pinnate batfish Platax pinnatus, Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor, Redtooth triggerfish Odonus niger
Dive Site	Hanesavo
Description	A small lagoon area starting at 20 - 25 meters and sloping up into the shallows with bommies scattered over the north of the bay and condensing to the South. The biggest attraction is of seeing an eagle or mobula ray. The small critter type dive is limited but the keen will still be able to find things like signal fin gobies.
Special Marine Life	Spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari, Devil ray Mobula tarapacana, Spotfin squirrelfish Neoniphon sammara,

Dive Site	Anuha
Description	This is a finger that comes away from the Island at around 10 - 15 meters. The top half of the sides and the top are covered with soft, hard corals and fans and mostly there is a current running one way or the other. On the top there 6 different species of anemonefish and a very large crocodile fish.
Special Marine Life	Grey reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Blue spotted stingray Taenura lymna, Chevron barracuda Sphyraena putnamiae.
Dive Site	Velvia
Description	This is an atoll that comes up to 10 m and has heaps of critters, oscillated lionfish, stonefish, lionfish, cuttlefish, and octopus. This dive is a must and deserves the name Velvia because of the animals and the color they bring.
Special Marine Life	Giant moray Gymnothorax javanicus, Red firefish Pterois volitans, Ragged-finned lionfish Pterois antennata, Reef stonefish Synanceia verrucosa, Anemone, Reef cuttlefish Sepia Sp., Common reef octopus Octopus cyanea, Nudibranch Nembrotha kubaryana.
Dive Site	Bayldon Shoals
Description	Similar to twin tunnels without tunnels. The top is alive with soft corals and small critters and the pelagic life depends on the current.
Special Marine Life	Black corals down the walls, Fan tail pipefish, Pleurobranch eggs
Dive Site	Tulagi Twin Tunnels
Description	An atoll that comes up to about 13 meters with some vertical shafts that go down to 35 - 40 meters. The western shaft has a small cave at the rear of the bottom end with Painted crays inside. The top is rich with soft corals, mushroom coral, cuttlefish, crocodilefish.
Special Marine Life	Painted crayfish Panulirus versicolor, Reef cuttlefish Sepia sp., Blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus limbatus, Red firefish Pterois volitans, Yellow tail fusilier Caesio teres, Marr’s fusilier Pterocaesio marri, Pink anemonefish Amphiprion perideraion, White-bonnet anemonefish Amphiprion leucokranos.

Dive Site	Ghavutu
Description	Directly out from the jetty is a junk pile of ex world war II pieces. There is a spur of coral that runs away from the jetty for about 20 meters comprising mainly of cabbage coral. The lagoon beside the jetty is very shallow but provides excellent shallow water diving. Underneath the jetty is about 5 meters and gradually (45°) steeps away to 70 meters. Excellent dive for macro photographers with an endless supply of subjects.
Special Marine Life	Mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus, Razorfih Aeoliscus strigatus, Mushroom coral pipefish Siokunichthys nigrolineatus, Red firefish Pterois volitans, Juvenile many-spotted sweetlip Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, Mandarin fish Synchiropus splendidus, Clown anemonefish Amphiprion percula.
Dive Site	Douglas Dive Bomber
Description	Douglas Dive Bomber perfectly intact except for gun missing off top. The bomber is sitting in 12 meters of water in front of the reef which is approximately 6 meters deep.
Special Marine Life	Spine cheek anemone fish Premnas biaculeatus, Morish Idol Zanclus cornutus, Many Spotted Sweetlip Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, Purple anthias Psuedanthias tuka, Soft corals, Sea whips.
Dive Site	Toa Maru
Description	Toa Maru is 446’ long, 58’1" beam, and displacement of 6732 tons. She was launched December 8, 1938 and when war was declared in 1941 she was conscripted into the Imperial navy. She was sunk on January 31, 1943. Diving the ship as she lies in the bay, shallowest depth is 6 meters and deepest 40 meters lying on its starboard side. You can see the fire damage to the bridge, superstructure and after holds 4, 5 and 6, where glass and crockery are melted by temperatures of at least 1000ºF. The hole in the bow allowed holds 1, 2 and 3 to flood and save their contents from the fire. Spilling from the forward holds are bags of cement, a motorcycle, type 95 tank, magazines of 75mm anti-aircraft shells, crates of beer and sake bottles. An anti-aircraft cannon is standing upright in the sand at the stern.
Special Marine Life	Titan trigger fish Valistoides viridescens, Yellow back fusilier Caesio teres, White gorganian, Octocoral, Orange fin anemonefish Amphiprion chrysopterus.