Scuba Diving Regions in The Solomon Islands
From world-class walls to muck diving havens, discover the unique character of each regional cluster.
Regional Diversity
Diving in the Solomon Islands is excellent year-round. The main season is from April to December when the weather is more stable and visibility is at its peak. July to September is often the best time for visibility. The wet season (January to March) can bring more rain and humidity, though diving continues and many sites are less crowded. Water temperatures are consistently warm, between 27°C and 30°C.
Planning Tips
Many regions are seasonally dependent. For The Solomon Islands, the best diving conditions are usually spread across different months depending on the archipelago or coast.
Gizo, the lively capital of the Western Province, sits among a scatter of islands and reefs that deliver the Solomon Islands' most celebrated shark action and s...
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Guadalcanal and its capital Honiara sit above Iron Bottom Sound, one of the most historically charged bodies of water on Earth, where the 1942–43 Guadalcanal Ca...
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Makira and Ulawa, in the remote Southern Province, are among the least-explored dive frontiers in the Solomon Islands, prized for pristine outer reefs that see...
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Mborokua, widely known as Mary Island, is a remote volcanic island south of New Georgia that delivers some of the most exhilarating big-animal diving in the Sol...
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Munda, on the western tip of New Georgia, is the laid-back adventure capital of the Western Province, a place where WWII wrecks, mushroom-coral fields and thril...
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Ontong Java and the Stewart and Sikaiana Islands are the far-northern atolls of the Solomon Islands, a near-mythical diving frontier reached only by the longest...
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The Temotu Province and the Reef Islands form the far eastern extremity of the Solomon Islands, a remote frontier reached only by long liveaboard voyages from t...
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The Tulagi and Florida Islands group, part of Central Province, is the Solomon Islands' other great wreck-and-macro theatre, a short hop across Iron Bottom Soun...
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Uepi Island sits on the barrier reef at the mouth of Marovo Lagoon, the largest double-barrier enclosed lagoon in the world and a UNESCO-listed treasure of the...
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