Dive Solomons Master

General itinerary outline

Over the course of 9 days, you can expect to spend a total of 5 days diving at various locations around the Florida and Russell Islands, 2 days in Marovo Lagoon, 1 day at Mary Island, and 1 diving around Guadalcanal.

The order in which each area is visited, and how many dives are offered at each location are determined by a variety of factors and may vary from one trip to the next.

Your cruise director will schedule up to 4 dives a day: 3 day dives followed by either an afternoon land visit, a sunset dive or a night dive (if cruising schedules allow), typically scheduled as follows:

- Light Breakfast followed by a briefing and dive 1
- Full Breakfast and relaxation
- Briefing and dive 2
- Lunch and relaxation
- Briefing and dive 3*
- Snacks and relaxation
- Briefing for Sunset or Night dive**
- Dinner

*On days where island visits are arranged, dives 3 and / or 4 may not be possible
**A night dive may be offered on selected days, but is not guaranteed

Day 1 - Embarkation

- Embarkation is at the main port in Honiara at 18:00
- Pick up and transfer from hotels in Honiara is between 17:00 and 17:30
- Embarkation is followed by introductions, boat and safety briefings and dinner.
- There is no diving on embarkation day.
- Solomons Master will cruise overnight to the location of the following day's first dive.

Example Days 2-10

PLEASE NOTE: The following outline is an example only. The order in which each area is visited, and the number of dives each day are determined by weather, sea conditions, and cruising times.

Days 2-4: Florida Islands - Up to 4 dives each day

Day 5: Russell Islands - Up to 4 dives

Days 6-7: Marovo Lagoon - 3 dives per day

Day 8: Mary Island - 3 dives

Day 9: Russell Islands - 3 dives

Day 10: Guadalcanal - Up to 3 dives (2 morning dives and an afternoon*) before the boat commences the cruise back to Honiara port where she will remain at anchor overnight.

*We kindly request that guests check their flight departure times to ensure they leave a minimum of 24 hours between their final dive and their flight home.

Day 11 - Disembarkation

Breakfast on board followed by disembarkation no later than 09:00 and transfer to Honiara Airport, or your hotel.

Day 1 - Embarkation

- Embarkation is at the main port in Honiara at 18:00
- Pick up and transfer from hotels in Honiara is between 17:00 and 17:30
- Embarkation is followed by introductions, boat and safety briefings and dinner.
- Overnight cruising to the Florida or Russell Islands

Days 2-6

Typically spend 3 days diving various sites around the Florida Islands, and 2 days in the Russell Islands.

Your Cruise Director will schedule up to 4 dives per day; 3 day dives and either a sunset or a night dive. On certain days, a village visit or land-based excursion may be offered instead of one or both afternoon dives.

A typical day is scheduled as follows:
- Light Breakfast followed by a briefing and dive 1
- Full Breakfast and relaxation period
- Briefing and dive 2
- Lunch and relaxation period
- Briefing and dive 3*
- Snacks and relaxation
- Land Tour or Late Afternoon Dive**
- Cocktails and Dinner
- Cruise overnight to the next location

*On days where island visits are arranged, dives 3 and / or 4 may not be offered
**A night dive may be offered on selected days but is not guaranteed

Day 7

For your last full day on board, we schedule 2 morning dives* before the boat commences the cruise back to Honiara port where she will remain at anchor overnight.

- Light Breakfast followed by a briefing and dive 1
- Full Breakfast, relaxation followed by briefing and dive 2
- Lunch and relaxation
- Afternoon village visit
- Cocktails and Dinner
- Cruise back to Honiara

*We kindly request that guests check their flight departure times to ensure they leave a minimum of 24 hours between their final dive and their flight home.

Day 8 - Disembarkation

Breakfast on board followed by disembarkation no later than 09:00 and transfer to Honiara Airport, or your hotel.

General itinerary information

This itinerary offers the opportunity to explore some of the WWII wrecks within recreational depth limits around the Florida Islands, Russell Islands and Guadalcanal as well as stunning caverns, walls, cuts and pinnacle dives.

Over the course of 6 days, you can expect to spend a total of 3 days diving at various locations around the Florida Islands, 2 days in in the Russell Islands, and 1 diving around Guadalcanal.

The order in which the areas are visited, and how many dives are offered at each location are determined by a variety of factors and may vary from one trip to the next.

Your cruise director will schedule up to 4 dives a day: 3 day dives followed by either an afternoon land visit, a sunset dive or a night dive (if cruising schedules allow), typically scheduled as follows:

- Light Breakfast followed by a briefing and dive 1
- Full Breakfast and relaxation
- Briefing and dive 2
- Lunch and relaxation
- Briefing and dive 3*
- Snacks and relaxation
- Briefing for Sunset or Night dive**
- Dinner

*On days where island visits are arranged, dives 3 and / or 4 may not be possible
**A night dive may be offered on selected days, but is not guaranteed

Day 1 - Embarkation

- Embarkation is at the main port in Honiara at 18:00
- Pick up and transfer from hotels in Honiara is between 17:00 and 17:30
- Embarkation is followed by introductions, boat and safety briefings and dinner.
- Overnight cruising to the Florida or Russell Islands

Days 2-6

Typically spend 3 days diving various sites around the Florida Islands, and 2 days in the Russell Islands.

Your Cruise Director will schedule up to 4 dives per day; 3 day dives and either a sunset or a night dive. On certain days, a village visit or land-based excursion may be offered instead of one or both afternoon dives.

A typical day is scheduled as follows:
- Light Breakfast followed by a briefing and dive 1
- Full Breakfast and relaxation period
- Briefing and dive 2
- Lunch and relaxation period
- Briefing and dive 3*
- Snacks and relaxation
- Land Tour or Late Afternoon Dive**
- Cocktails and Dinner
- Cruise overnight to the next location

*On days where island visits are arranged, dives 3 and / or 4 may not be offered
**A night dive may be offered on selected days but is not guaranteed

Day 7

For your last full day on board, we schedule 2 morning dives* before the boat commences the cruise back to Honiara port where she will remain at anchor overnight.

- Light Breakfast followed by a briefing and dive 1
- Full Breakfast, relaxation followed by briefing and dive 2
- Lunch and relaxation
- Afternoon village visit
- Cocktails and Dinner
- Cruise back to Honiara

*We kindly request that guests check their flight departure times to ensure they leave a minimum of 24 hours between their final dive and their flight home.

Day 8 - Disembarkation

Breakfast on board followed by disembarkation no later than 09:00 and transfer to Honiara Airport, or your hotel.