Year-round diving, cool-season visibility, and regional gorgonian reef context.
New Caledonia · Poindimie
Boat-access tunnel and cave dive with gorgonians.
Boat-access tunnel and cave dive with gorgonians.
The site is run as a guided boat dive from Poindimie.
This site is a boat-access outside-reef tunnel-and-cave dive in the Poindimie area. The route threads through faults, canyons, and narrow passages covered in gorgonians, with giant anemones, shrimps, gobies, surgeons, jacks, and sharks clustered around the structure. It is a slow, light-dependent dive that rewards calm buoyancy and good trim more than speed.
Site Conditions
Safety Notes
Use a torch, keep trim tight, and treat the tunnels as true overhead terrain rather than casual swim-throughs.
Access Restrictions
Requires lights and precise buoyancy in overhead sections; boat access is the normal way in.
Community notes to help plan your visit.
Scuba Diving
Guided boat dive through outside-reef tunnels, faults, and canyons with lights and careful buoyancy.
Freediving
Not suitable for freediving because the site is an overhead tunnel-and-cave system.
Snorkeling
Not a snorkeling site; the overhead passages require scuba and lights.
Species commonly reported at this site, with direct links into their wildlife guides.
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Year-round diving, cool-season visibility, and regional gorgonian reef context.
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