Oceania and Pacific Scuba Diving

Due to the sheer scale of the area covered by the South Pacific, the nature of the diving does vary by location, and though most of the locations offer the mandatory good levels of marine life and coral, it is the opportunity to encounter some of the big animals that draws divers to the South Pacific Islands.

These large animals, such as manta rays, whale sharks, eagle rays and numerous different types of shark are all drawn to these islands by the high levels of nutrients which end up here after being washed in from the open oceans. These currents also ensure that a large percentage of the diving here is drift diving, sometimes in relatively strong currents. As such, it is always recommended that you speak with a local dive instructor before deciding where to go diving in the region.

Amongst the highlights of scuba diving in the South Pacific would be diving on the reefs and surrounding waters of the Solomon Islands, Bora Bora and Rangiroa, where encounters with the larger fish are highly likely. For those fans of wreck diving, a trip to Vanuatu should be considered, where the wreck of the SS President Coolidge provides one of the best wreck dives available.

As you can see there are a multitude of exceptional diving opportunities throughout the islands of the Pacific Ocean, indeed far too numerous to even summarise on one page. For those people wishing to visit the Pacific Islands to dive, it is certainly worth proper research, and you can look at each of the islands mentioned in greater detail on the island pages on the site.