Dive the Toa Maru and downed fighter planes in warm, clear water off Gizo, with reef and war history in the same descent.
The waters around Gizo in the Western Province hold some of the Pacific war's most accessible wrecks, from the Japanese transport Toa Maru to fighter aircraft lying in clear shallow water, alongside reef walls and the small island where John F. Kennedy's crew came ashore in 1943. Dive operators in Gizo run them as day trips and multi-day packages.
Fly Honiara to Gizo (Nusatupe airstrip), then a short boat transfer into town.
No operators for this route yet. New expeditions are added by operators regularly — check back soon, or browse everything on BukNau.
It depends on who you go with. Each operator runs its own itinerary, pace and support, so the length and how demanding it is vary from trip to trip. The operators on this page list theirs.
Diveable year round; the calmest seas are in the drier months, roughly May to October.
Fly Honiara to Gizo (Nusatupe airstrip), then a short boat transfer into town.
No operator has listed this route on BukNau yet. New expeditions are added by operators regularly — check back, or browse everything else on the site.
