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Solomon Islands Liveaboard Circuit

A remote Coral Triangle liveaboard route of jungle cuts, fish-choked walls, village anchorages, and World War II wrecks

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Solomon Islands Liveaboard Circuit Activity Planning

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Scuba

What It Feels Like

Scuba is the main reason to book the circuit. Liveaboards can offer up to four day dives plus a night dive when conditions and itinerary allow, using tenders for easy entries and exits. The route moves from shallow aircraft wrecks and coral gardens to advanced walls, cuts, and deep wrecks. The best trips balance Russell Islands light-filled cuts, Mary Island fish schools, Tulagi and Guadalcanal World War II wrecks, and Marovo Lagoon reef and village time.

Signature Sites

Start Here

  • Mary Island

    Remote Mborokua often becomes a full day of diving for hard coral, jacks, barracuda, reef sharks, bumphead parrotfish, and bluewater watching.

  • Mbigo Mbigo

    A Mundaarea canyoned reef with snorkelable shallows, wall lines, hard coral, and pelagic potential when the surface approach is calm.

Advanced

  • Leru Cut

    A Solomon Islands classic in the Russell Islands, with a narrow reef cut, rainforest overhead, and light beams that are best planned for clear midday conditions.

  • Twin Tunnels

    A Florida Islands favorite where divers descend through twin openings before working a wall and reef system rich in fish life.

  • Japanese Mavis Seaplane

    A photogenic shallow aircraft wreck near Tulagi that gives less experienced divers a World War II wreck experience without deep technical planning.

Planning Playbook

Operator Checklist

Book the boat first, then build flights and land extensions around embarkation and disembarkation. Confirm whether marine, park, port, fuel, and kastom fees are included or paid on board. Ask about nitrox, tank valves, camera room power, night diving, rental computers, and insurance requirements. Avoid scheduling a flight right after disembarkation because repetitive multi-day diving needs a proper no-fly interval.

Conditions Fallback

  • Book the boat first, then build flights and land extensions around embarkation and disembarkation. Confirm whether marine, park, port, fuel, and kastom fees are included or paid on board. Ask about nitrox, tank valves, camera room power, night diving, rental computers, and insurance requirements. Avoid scheduling a flight right after disembarkation because repetitive multi-day diving needs a proper no-fly interval.

Avoid

  • Book the boat first, then build flights and land extensions around embarkation and disembarkation. Confirm whether marine, park, port, fuel, and kastom fees are included or paid on board. Ask about nitrox, tank valves, camera room power, night diving, rental computers, and insurance requirements. Avoid scheduling a flight right after disembarkation because repetitive multi-day diving needs a proper no-fly interval.