Coral Gardens (Fathers #2)

Manta Cleaning Station (Fathers #3)

Pinnacle (Fathers #1)

The Fathers Reefs are a liveaboard-only destination, so all dining happens on board vessels such as the MV FeBrina. Meals are hearty and designed around diving schedules, with breakfast before the first dive, a hot lunch between dives, and dinner after the final session, plus snacks and fruit throughout. The chef works with fresh provisions loaded at Kimbe, and dietary needs are accommodated. With no land bases nearby, the boat is entirely self-sufficient, and the communal dining area is where the day's big-animal stories are swapped.

MV FeBrina

Walindi Plantation Resort

Rapopo Plantation Resort

Kimbe Bay Hotel

The Fathers Reefs are a chain of isolated seamounts strung between New Britain and New Ireland, famous among experienced divers for their extreme pelagic action and biganimal encounters. The flagship Pinnacle (Fathers #1) is a deep-water seamount where, in season, scalloped hammerheads school in the blue alongside silvertip sharks, dogtooth tuna, and barracuda tornadoes, all set against a backdrop of massive gorgonians and roaring currents. Coral Gardens (Fathers #2) offers a gentler contrast with vibrant hard and soft corals, turtles, and snappers, while the Manta Cleaning Station (Fathers #3) delivers reliable manta encounters over the cleaning hosts. These sites are almost exclusively the domain of liveaboards such as the MV FeBrina, and they demand respect for depth, current, and the open ocean.

Fathers Reefs (between New Britain & New Ireland)

The Fathers Reefs lie in open ocean between New Britain and New Ireland and are reached only by liveaboard, most commonly the MV FeBrina out of Walindi. The seamounts are a long run from the mainland, so trips are scheduled around slack-tide windows and can involve early starts and blue-water crossings. Domestic flights from Port Moresby to Hoskins connect with the liveaboard embarkation.

Dive Sites in Fathers Reefs (between New Britain & New Ireland)

Coral Gardens (Fathers #2)

Manta Cleaning Station (Fathers #3)

Pinnacle (Fathers #1)