Bass Reef

Black Rock

Loloata Island Reefs

The Wreck of the MV Pacific Gas

S.S. Pruth Wreck

Diving around Port Moresby is easy to combine with city life, with Loloata Island Resort providing full-board meals built around fresh seafood, tropical fruit, and PNG staples. Day boats and the house reef mean lunch is often taken at the resort or on the boat, and the city has a wide range of restaurants serving grilled fish, international cuisine, and curries. With the hyperbaric chamber close by, this is also a convenient place for training and checkout dives, and cold drinks and fruit keep divers comfortable between sessions.

Loloata Island Resort

Airways Hotel

The Stanley Hotel

Ela Beach Hotel

Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, and the nearby Loloata Island offer surprisingly rewarding diving just minutes from the city, built around colourful reefs, WWII wrecks, and accessible macro sites. The centrepiece is the MV Pacific Gas, a 65-metre LPG tanker scuttled as an artificial reef and fully penetrable from 12 to 30 metres, now home to dense batfish, barracuda, and giant trevally. The S.S. Pruth is a coral-encrusted 1930s steamer, Loloata's House Reef and End Bommie offer easy coral and turtle diving with macro, and Black Rock and Bass Reef add schools of jacks, eagle rays, and nudibranchs. With a hyperbaric chamber on the doorstep and short boat rides, this region is perfect for a quick dive fix, training, and underwater photography without leaving the capital.

Port Moresby & Loloata Island (Central Province)

Port Moresby is the international gateway to PNG, with direct flights from Australia and Asia, and Loloata Island is a short road and boat transfer from the city and airport. Daily boats from Loloata reach the MV Pacific Gas, the Pruth wreck, Black Rock, and Bass Reef in minutes to half an hour. The proximity of the hyperbaric chamber and the short transfers make this the easiest region to dive in the country.

Dive Sites in Port Moresby & Loloata Island (Central Province)

Bass Reef

Black Rock

Loloata Island Reefs

The Wreck of the MV Pacific Gas

S.S. Pruth Wreck