Dive Review of Spirit of Niugini in
Papua New Guinea/Milne Bay

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Spirit of Niugini: "Spirit of Niugini Liveaboard", Sep, 2017, by Christopher Bartlett , London, UK ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 10044 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	A 9-night trip to the seldom-visited Engineer Islands, Samarai, and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands in Milne Bay. Service on the boat was good, but it was only half full, food was excellent and varied, and the dive sites were very very fishy. Even with a full capacity of 12 divers, there would be plenty of space, with a comfortable sun deck, outdoor and indoor lounges on the top deck, and a large salon that can seat 16 on the main deck. Calypso yielded two lacy scorpionfish, Wampas had over a dozen juvenile grey reef sharks on it, we dived a P-38 Lightning at Basilaki Island 25 metres deep. We found Milne Bay Epaulette sharks 4 times, and the "Milne Bay' pygmy seahorse, like Severn's but different colours. Doublet's Reef and Pelagic Point, both out in the middle of nowhere, even by PNG standards, were swarming with barracudas and jacks, and on the reef top we found three large stingrays. The mantas showed up fleetingly at Gona Bara Bara, and the fish on Little China made the sun set early. We did four dives a day, and a few night dives, more would have been possible, but mot of us weren't that keen after four 70-minute-plus dives in the day. There was also excellent macro at Samarai Wharf and Lawadi, Deacon's Reef is as surreal as ever, diver under the lee of the island with trees visible overhead as you marvel at the shallow gorgonian fans. Images can be found here [bartlettimages.com link]
Websites	Spirit of Niugini
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]
Closest Airport	Alotau (GUR)	Getting There	Via Port Moresby
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	28-29°C / 82-84°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-40 M / 66-131 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Diving on Nitrox, so depth limit was MOD. No time limits.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Big camera rinse tanks, plenty of tables on the top deck for cameras, charging station in the top deck lounge got rather cluttered (due to our poor use of space rather than lack of it).

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By Ellen Marie Smith in MN, US at Jan 16, 2019 19:01 EST

Thanks for sharing the photos! Hope to get there someday!

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Dive Review of Spirit of Niugini in Papua New Guinea/Milne Bay

Spirit of Niugini: "Spirit of Niugini Liveaboard", Sep, 2017,

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Dive Review of Spirit of Niugini in
Papua New Guinea/Milne Bay