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Papua New Guinea is situated wholly within the tropics and offers diverse and spectacular diving countrywide.

Madang, on PNG's north coast, has the reputation of being one of the most ecologically diverse reef systems in the world. Within this tiny area exists an abundance of reef marine life such as anemones, ghost pipefish, feather stars, mandarin fish, barrel sponges and gorgonian fans to name but a few.

It contains up to 1000 fish species, 800 hard and soft corals, 400 nudibranchs and 9 species of anemones.

Madang lagoon is an area approximately 15km long and 4km wide, starting from Madang town at the south extreme and stretching to Alexishafen in the north, with the most eastern point being Pig (Tab) island. The outer perimeter of the lagoon consists of a series of islands connected by coral reef. This forms a mini barrier reef of steep walls with each dive site having variety coral structures. At several places the outer reef has breaks or passages, allowing for greater water flow on incoming tides and thus an increase in schooling fish life. Within the lagoon are sheltered wrecks and patch reefs which being shallower, allow for more bottom time to appreciate a variety of smaller fish life, shrimp and nudibranchs. A real muck divers paradise.

Our dive sites are close which means minimal time in boats and plenty of time for diving. Our water is warm, averaging 28’ C for most of the year. As the dive shop is located right on the water's edge there is no lugging of heavy dive gear and our house reef means shore diving whenever you like.

Our usual dive program consists of 2 morning dives and an afternoon dive with night dives available upon request. Dive sites are selected on the day based on weather and current conditions. We aim to offer the best site for that day, given the prevailing conditions.