DIVING

ABOUT SCUBA VENTURES

Scuba Ventures – Dive Boat

The shop has three dive boats, each fully equipped allowing for spacious boat rides and uncrowded dive sites. The staffat Scuba Ventures pride themselves on ensuring each individual has the holiday of a lifetime by going the extra mile to help. For example, all transfers to and from your resort are arranged free of charge, all personal gear is loaded onto the boat by staff and all gear is stored and washed by the operator for in between dives. As well as this, each staff member is highly experienced and knowledgeable with a friendly, fun approach to diving.

The shop offer a range of courses from open water to advanced. Subject to space on the boats, non-divers can also come along and snorkel at each site!

OPERATOR TIP
If you dive from November to April during the surf season, gear hire is free of charge!

Scuba Ventures – Wreck Diving

DIVING

Papua New Guinea offers some of the most pristine and diverse diving. Diving can be done all year round with water temperatures consistently around 30 degrees. Expect close encounters with pelagics, drifts along plunging walls, a myriad of photogenic macro life, spectacular drop-offs and deep passage entrances! Fresh water cave dives are also available for those suitably qualified and experienced, but must be organised in advance. See a small sample of some of the dive sites below:

Wreck: Der Yang
Der Yang, once a Taiwanese fishing vessel is now an incredible artificial reef. She sits in 30m on top of Echuca Patch, a large coral ridge. She is covered in widespread brightly coloured soft coral, hard corals and sponges. As a result, there is an abundance of marine life in the surrounding waters. See schooling barracuda, tropical reef fish, and the occasional passing pelagic.

Reef: Namnamin

Scuba Ventures – Coral Reef

This dive site is named after a legendary shark that is believed ti live under one of the ledges of the wall. It is said that if the Nusa Islanders are to get lost at nights whilst fishing, Namnamin will help them. Starting at 8m, the reef drops to 22 m with numerous overhangs, gorgonian fans, black coral trees and coral whips. It is a popular site for macro lovers with regular spottings of spindle cowries, Zanzibar shrimp and nudibranchs.

Cave: Liga Onui
This large cave system has immaculately decorated chambers and has a maximum depth of 16 meters. As you dive downwards, you move from fresh water to salty. You will notice a refraction similar to a thermocline that can be seen in the ocean when there are two distinct layers of water with different temperatures. With average visibility of about 40 metres, Liga Onui (meaning place of drinking water) makes for an incredible dive!

DAILY RATE INCLUSIONS

• Use of a Professional Dive Guide
• Tanks, weights and Airfills
• Light Snacks, Fresh Fruit, Coconut and Biscuits Between Dives

DIVE EQUIPMENT

Scuba Ventures – Jetty

• Nitrox
• Aluminium 95 and 80 Cuft Cylinders
• 3lb and 2lb Weights
• Full Gear Hire

BOAT FEATURES

• Full Safety Gear
• Sun Cover
• Ladder Seat For Easy Boat Entry

Contact us at Allways Dive Expeditions to organise your Kavieng dives with Scuba Ventures!

Find out more about Papua New Guinea here.