Dive Review of Tawali Resort in
Papua New Guinea/Milne Bay Province

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Tawali Resort, Nov, 2005, by James Jenkins, CA, United States . Report 2243.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	I had visited Tawali from the Chertan in 2002 when it was being constructed. The site was beautiful and the construction (about 3/4 done then) looked good. I wanted to go back and the results exceeded my expectation. The location and the way the main resort area and cabins are integrated into the hillside is spectacular. The construction and quality of materials & finish are first-rate. Tawali is situated on the northern side of the northern peninsula of PNG in Milne Bay Province, not far from East Cape. One of many, excellent dive sites, Sponge Heaven, is right at the resort; other legendary sites openned up by the Telita and Chertan (Diana's Beach, Michelle's Beach, Deacon's Reef, etc.) are a short boat ride away. The larger, fast boat does 3-dive day trips to the sites in and around the "mouth" of Milne Bay. Basically, you could easily spend 6 - 9 diving days visiting some of the best sites in the Milne Bay area as if you were on a liveaboard. The trade-off is you would do 3 dives instead of 4 but come back to a spacious, almost luxurious resort in the evening. (Night dives can be arranged from the resort.) I would return to Tawali and highly recommend it either as part of a liveaboard trip or as its own destination.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	PNG, Solomons, Fiji, Palau, Truk, Cocos, Galapagos, Hawaii, Sipadan, more
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	79-83°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Generally, none. We agreed, as a group, to dive lenght limits.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	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
UW Photo Comments

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Dive Review of Tawali Resort in Papua New Guinea/Milne Bay Province

Tawali Resort, Nov, 2005,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Tawali Resort in
Papua New Guinea/Milne Bay Province