Each vessel has two, 21 foot, aluminium dive
tenders which drop the divers exactly on the
dive site and pick them up where they surface.
There is no need for lengthy swims back to the
vessel.
Bilikiki offers 10 deluxe cabins with a full
double bed and a single above, and all cabins
have private showers and toilets.
The Spirit of Solomon’s offers 7 cabins with a
full double bed and a single above plus 6
additional cabins, which have 2 single bunks,
and share 3 showers and 2 toilets. These
smaller cabins are often booked on a single
occupancy basis.
Both MV Bilikiki and MV Spirit of Solomon’s
operate from Honiara and explores the many
dive sites in the Florida Islands, Russell
Islands and Marovo Lagoon in the New Georgia
Islands.
Diving with
Bilikiki
The walls, reefs, pinnacles and coral gardens
of Solomon Islands support an amazing variety
and quantity of sea creatures. The varieties
of fish are staggering. Within a few yards of
each other, individually or in schools can be
seen anemone fish, angel fish, butterfly fish,
hump head parrot fish and other reef dwellers
while just a short distance away schools of
barracuda, big-eye trevally and other pelagics
cruise in the blue waters.
Popular with underwater photographers and
those with a keen eye for the small and
unusual critters are "muck dives". The amount
and variety of sea life is astounding. Manta
shrimp, ghost pipefish, and pygmy seahorses
are only a few examples of what you may find. |
