Papua New Guinea Liveaboard and Resort – Adventures in November 2026

Diving in Papua New Guinea, PNG, and Kimbe Bay

Papua New Guinea or PNG as it is called is an enormous country. The diving varies depending on which part you go to and what time of year. Kimbe Bay and Walindi Plantation have become a bit of a cult in the diving world and are one of the very first diving resorts in PNG. Here on the coast on an old coconut farm you will find a simple but family resort where nature is close and where the diving along the coast is absolutely fantastic. There are reefs along the coast and a number of small islands that stick out of the sea and the reefs are absolutely teeming with life. Corals in every conceivable color and shape, gigantic sponges, fan corals that can be up to six to eight meters in diameter, whip corals up to ten meters long and everything is covered in clouds of fish.

Here you will find everything from squid, crustaceans, ghost pipefish, frogfish and lots of nudibranchs to larger schools of tuna, barracuda, batfish, snappers, butterflyfish and many other species. Corals, sponges and hair stars color the reefs to an unlikely palette and an almost impenetrable wall in some places. All this to then plunge straight into the sea where along the walls you can see large animals such as hammerhead sharks, reef sharks and even different species of dolphins including killer whales if you are lucky.

These fantastic colors and shapes with the “fish soup” can then be alternated with sandy bottoms and classic macro diving or muck diving as it is often called. Strange fish species and invertebrates that have found their niche and are grateful photo subjects. Here in Kimbe bay there is also history with aircraft wrecks and boats from the Second World War.

The more remote reefs in the Bismarck Sea offer colors and shapes and pristine reefs, few have had the opportunity to experience these places over the years and you will feel like you are away from most things.

Papua New Guinea, diving for enthusiasts and for those who want to experience something unique

In addition to the large number of species and the fact that you are the only one in a place where not many people go, there are also species here that are rarely seen anywhere else. Nautilus, hairy pipefish, sailfin anthias and wobbegongs are regularly seen (Nautilus are fished up from great depths, however) and there are several endemic species here both in the sea and in freshwater rivers on land that are therefore only found or seen in PNG. Some different ladyfish, rays, blennies, longtail dragonets and gobies are some examples.

Amazing reefs and coral gardens with lots of marine life, fish and huge biodiversity. Turtles, stingrays, eagle rays, manta rays and whale sharks sometimes pass by if you are lucky.

Invertebrates such as octopuses, nudibranchs, crustaceans and echinoderms dominate along with sponges, sea squirts and various corals or cnidarians. The biodiversity is fantastic and all dive sites are normally within 30-45 minutes away, some are a little further but most are relatively close. PNG is really for connoisseurs and you can read more about different reefs and dive sites in the article here.