Kabaira Diving

Papua New Guinea's hottest new destination is near Rabaul, the wreck diving capital of the Bismark Sea. Critters, W.W.2 wrecks - ships and planes, adventure diving to remote islands and exciting Papua New Guinea reef dives - Kabaira Dive Rabaul offers you exclusive personalised diving, all from our laid back beachfront resort. After that, please let us show you what is above the high tide line and explore the history of Rabaul town as it continues to rise from the ashes of the 1994 twin volcanic eruptions.

Kabaira Dive Rabaul is the place to be, with everything for everyone. The History of wrecks from World War 2, abundant reefs from one end to the other and muck dives with critters galore. Places still being discovered and adventures waiting to be experienced, a place of true beauty, but don’t just read about it come and see for yourself. I invite you to step out and be spoilt at Kabaira Dive Rabaul.

Activities

• meet the friendly Tolai & Baining people
• visit the hot sulphur springs
• Do a harbour cruise to the live smouldering volcano
• learn about the diverse history of the Gazelle Penisula
• discover the unique Tolai & Baining customs
• soak up the spectacular scenery
• Have a unique Island Experience. You can have the experience of a life time with our remote island camping trip and dive reef only a hand full of divers have seen before.
  

Accommodation

• beachfront accommodation
• one hour drive from Tokua Airport
• It is the gateway for diving to our reefs with the closest dive only 10 minutes away
• The house reef provides great snorkelling or an excellent late afternoon or evening dive
• The beach house has 3 twin share and 2 single rooms with shared bathroom facilities including hot water.

Kabaira Dive provides transfers from Tokua Airport, Kokopo and Rabaul Town.

Meals

• are provided in the Beach Lounge only meters from the beach
• Our menu takes on a Rabaul flavour which is a blend of local, European and Chinese cuisine
• Vegetarian meals are provided when requested.

Diving

Our Wreck Dives are found from Rabaul Harbour to Kokopo. Located at varying depths they offer a choice of dives for different levels of dive experience. The wide choice of Reef Dives allows us to organise your diving with your particular interests in mind.

The Lighthouse
On the southwest side of Ura Island is a small lighthouse, below which there are huge coral rock bommies standing at least 6-7 metres tall. There are resident double-headed maori wrasse, coral trout, crayfish as well as heaps of critters like nudibranches. We swim down through the bommies until you get to a flat bottom where there are barrel sponges, sea whips, lettuce leaf coral and schools of reef fish, all just in 16-20m of water. One of my most talked about dive sites.
Lloyd Woo, Dive Guide

Tom's Knob
A small seamount just a short swim from the main reef Tom. This outcrop of hard and soft coral is an nice point to hover in the on-coming current to see the world pass by...

Dick
Being between it's two brothers - Tom and Harry, Dick is generally a start or finish point when the current is a bit too fast for the divers. On finishing here in the shallows, Dick consists of an apparently barren field of rock and some clusters of coral. Taking the time to peruse this field will pay off with nudi's and shells.

Harry
This is the longest of the three reefs (Tom, Dick & Harry) and has a much deeper flat than the other two reefs.(12m). Harry is 90 % live coral, from staghorn to large plates and barrel sponges.Having a high likelihood of seeing pelagic species pass by makes this one of my favorites to dive...

Yogi’s Knob
Named after the photographer's nickname, this site is only 5 minutes from Kabaira. Mainly a hard coral reef, it has large plate corals - some the size of a double bed - with its own collection of fusiliers and other marine fish. It makes for a nice relaxing dive to end the day or the week. Oh, and it's the only spot so far that we've had an 11ft tiger shark say hello.

Pigmie Point
As the name suggests, this is the closest site to Kabaira where I have found a small cluster of Pigmie seahorses. They were nestled under an over hanging branch of coral fan amongst other fans and black coral trees. This reef also has a deep wall for you to peruse to your hearts content. It would be classed as a classic wall dive.

Hannah’s Hot Spot
This is a small sunken reef that rises up from a deeper coral ride. With the right moon and tide this site is amazing with dozens of different fish species going for broke in the current. Even when the time isn't right this site still produces something interesting either large or small.

Reimer's Wall
This wall has over hangs, short swim-throughs, and canyons spread right the way round the open side of the reef. The drop-off plummets to 50m before easing away. Many small schooling fish travel the wall, rainbow runner's and blue fin traveally to name two, but the wall is also covered with smaller and cryptic creatures.

East Point
A fantastic dive, with lots of colourful corals ranging from the 3m to the 30m depth mark. With hard and soft corals, barrel sponges, olive sea whips and more on site, you'll be definitely happy with this dive and relaxed. It is also great for the snorkeler as there is plenty of colour in the shallows and has it's fair share of marine life to be seen.

Submarine Base
This sheer drop off (250 meters or more) located meters from the shore line, was used in World War 2 for Japanese submarines to unload and load cargo with a quick escape plan. Straight down! Its natural sheer wall is the edge of a vast submerged caldera, with many soft and small corals growing from the wall, barrel sponges and sea fans and sea-whips decorating the wall. Entry here can get a bit awkward at low tide especially if you don't have your booties but once in, it is like you are falling into the abyss. A must dive.

The Hump
It is said to be the outer edge of the Tavui Caldara, which stretches into the Saint George's Channel. This sea mount rises in the middle of the channel, from the depths to the shallowest point at 30m. It is not dived a lot. I have only dived it once. Because of the extreme current, you just hang onto the rope and watch the world go by.

Diver or traveler we offer something for everyone with land tours including a plantation and of “Volcano Town”, bush walking, camping and or just taking time out to relax in tropical idyllic surroundings.

Dive master and owner
Stephen Woolcott

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