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Solomon islands Underwater Photo Sites
A variety of walls, caves and wrecks to see at the Russell Islands.
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Diving the Solomons only exceeded by Raja Ampat for variety, viz, and beauty
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Diving on the Bilikiki live aboard
| Facts about Little wreck It is in Solomon islands- Little wreck is in the Solomon Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
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All the islands in the two week dive had numerous and many wonderful dive sites. Only exceeded by Raja Ampat
| Facts about Maralauin- It is in Solomon islands
- Maralauin is in the Solomon Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Not much current. Very silty bottom. Good bouyancy and fin tecinque a must not to have a silt out. Up in the shallows is a nice reef.
| Facts about B-17 Bomber- It is in Solomon islands
- B-17 Bomber is in the Coral Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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Good dive. Not much life inside the cut but the light can be incredible at the cut or the back end.
| Facts about Leru Cut- It is in Solomon islands
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Far out island with many large palagics.
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American Hellcat from WW2 in 9m. Accessed from Gizo.
| Facts about Hellcat- It is in Solomon islands
- Hellcat is in the Solomon Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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Dove from MV Bilikiki during a 13 day cruise, on November 2010. Outstanding diving, crew, and food. Camera Nikon D700, lens Nikkor 60mm f2.8. Camera Settings: Manual exposure, continuous auto-focus, shutter 1/250th of a second, f 5.6 ISO 400. Average water temperature 86 degrees F.
| Facts about Marovo Lagoon- It is in Solomon islands
- Marovo Lagoon is in the Solomon Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Dive this site with Dive Munda. It is about 20 minutes boat ride from Agnes Lodge. A spectacular wall dive, plunging down to 70 meters. There is a good chance of seeing hammerhead sharks, silver and black tip sharks, and the occasional oceanic white tip. Along the wall there are huge gorgonian sea fans and lush soft corals and thick whip corals. This makes an amazing early-morning dive as visibility can exceed 40 meters and the chance to see those big fish increases greatly. Although typically this is a deep dive to see the larger species of shark, the novice diver can enjoy this site as well at a shallower depth. The wall extends so close to the surface that it is possible to snorkel the site.
| Facts about Shark Point- It is in Solomon islands
- Shark Point is in the Solomon Sea.
- The typical depth is 50+ Metres 160+ Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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- Leru Cut
is a geologic formation where the solid
limestone of an island has a section cut into it. The top of the cut was open
to the sky, but it was only about 5 meters across at the widest. We dropped
down to about 15 meters and swam into the cut. It was like going into an unlit
alleyway between two large buildings at night. Although there was light
outside on the reef and up above at the top of the cut, down in the cut itself
it was quite dark. This made for some interesting lighting effects.
- The Toa Maru
is a 400ft+ Japanese cargo ship that was attacked and
sunk during WWII. The ship rests on its starboard side on a slope with the bow
in the shallows starting at about 25ft and the stern ending below 120ft.
Artifacts included fuel drums, ammo, saki bottles, and a motorcycle. The big
surprise was the condoms that Danny had previously found on one of his many
dives there. To preserve them, he placed them in a jar and hid them in the
wreck to show to his guests. I never laughed so hard through a reg when the
divemaster pulled that jar out of its hiding place.
- One Tree
I caught this dive at a good time as a school of Spotted
Eagle Rays performed an acrobatic display for over twenty minutes with a few
of them checking me out at very close distance.
- The Hell Cat
- A shallow dive; 30ft, this American fighter plane was
perfectly intact. Ammo still found in its wings. Amazingly, this fighter was
accidentally shot down (pilot survived and was rescued) by WWII ace Greg
'Pappy' Boyington of the Black Sheep Squadron. One of Pappy's
bullets hit the engine and the fighter had to ditch due to loss of oil
pressure.
- Japanese Zero
This is a shallow dive that is only a stones throw from
the market in Gizo. It is an intact plane that, although interesting on its
own, had a beautiful florescent red anemone. The two anemone fish that called
it home were 'tinted' in the same color of red. A few fin strokes
away are the broken pieces of a Japanese Float plane.
| Facts about Reefs and wrecks- It is in Solomon islands
- Reefs and wrecks is in the Pacific.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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There is diving for every level here, with reef and wall diving along with numerous wrecks. There is endless opportunities for the underwater photographer. Brilliant soft corals, huge sea fans and hard corals, along with turtles, shoals, manta rays and the occassional hammerhead.
Wrecks are most prolific on the seabed in Guadalcanal, and Gizo also has many wrecks. The wet season here is November to April when severe storms can arrive, but diving is available all year round although the best time is from April - October.
For protection against sharp coral etc. a lightweight wetsuit or lycra suit is advised.
| Facts about Solomon Islands- It is in Solomon islands
- Solomon Islands is in the Pacific.
- The typical depth is 0-40 Metres 0-130 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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