Dive Pacific 171 Oct- Nov 2019

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Solomon Airlines flies directly every week from Brisbane to Munda Magical Munda -Dive the unexplored www.divemunda.com Dive Munda is a multi award winning SSI Instructor Training Centre in the Western province of Solomon Islands committed to sustainable dive eco-tourism. Scuba dive unexplored reefs, WWII history, Kastom culture, hard and soft coral, cuts and caverns along with pelagic life and shark action, all in one of the last wild frontiers left on planet ocean. Experience Magical Munda at Agnes Gateway Hotel Award winning service and pristine diving SSI Instructor Training Centre WWII wrecks, caves and reefs – untouched and unspoilt Winner 30 Dive New Zealand | Dive Pacific divemunda@dive-solomon.com Find us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram
New discoveries in the Solomons Tulagi’s reefs unexpected wow factor Story and photos by Nigel Marsh and Helen Rose www.nigelmarshphotography.com With a wealth of World War II ship and plane wrecks Tulagi rightfully has a reputation as a wreck diver’s heaven. But on a recent visit we discovered the area also offers a rich collection of reefs, as good as those anywhere in the Solomon Islands. Tulagi is just an hour’s boat ride from Honiara, one of the easiest dive destinations to reach. Taking divers to the wonderful reefs and wrecks there are the Raiders Hotel and Dive, a small hotel run by expat Kiwis Bob and Yvie Norton who daily offer visits to their lovely array of dive sites. On our four day stay we dived four seaplane wrecks; amazing. Plus a large American fuel tanker, the USS Kanawha, a Kiwi minesweeper HMNZS Moa, a scuttled fishing trawler and a vast pile of World War II junk at Base One. While all that was totally fascinating, what surprised us most was the reef diving - we simply hadn’t expected it! Our first reef dive was on a large pinnacle called Twin Tunnels Reef. Rising from 60m to 12m, the top is covered in hard corals with walls of lush, soft corals - a great place to see sharks and pelagics. But the main feature is an L-shaped cave starting on the top and exiting on the reef wall at 33m. Equally good was Tanavula Point. Coating this wall were beautiful soft corals, sponges and gorgonians - a truly sensational drift dive; reef sharks, humphead parrotfish and schools of fusiliers. The most surprising reef though was right A large map pufferfish at Tanavula Point in front of the hotel, the Raiders House Reef. Only 10m deep, this reef and muck site was a delight, full of critters - shrimps, pipefish, gobies, anemonefish, scorpionfish, nudibranchs and even a pair of common seahorses. We always thought Tulagi was just for wreck divers, but discovered this wonderful destination was something else again - with something for everyone. www.raidershotel.com Helen with a group of pink anemonefish at Twin Tunnels Reef. Gorgonians and soft corals decorate the wall at Tanavula Point www.dive-pacific.com 31
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