Dive Review of M/V Oceania in
Papua New Guinea/Kimbe Bay

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M/V Oceania: "Nice Boat, Sad Reef", Sep, 2025, by Gary & Robin Schiendelman, PA, US ( Top Contributor 42 reports with 56 Helpful votes). Report 13723 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	After 10 incredible days in the Highlands of PNG attending two of the annual festivals, we made our way to Kimbe Bay to explore underwater. We flew to Port Moresby where we boarded an Air Nuigini flight to Hoskins. From there, we were picked up by Walindi Resort for about an hour drive. The boat is docked at the resort so you have a very nice place to spend a night before boarding or just the day as you can’t board until 4pm. We stayed at the resort for a week post liveaboard so see our separate review of Walindi. The boat MV Oceania is a large (27m) catamaran that was completely re done in 2019. The owner/captain Dan is also a diver so he designed the ship with divers in mind. The cabins are pretty spacious, all on the same level as the dive deck which was very convenient. Each cabin has a window and there are double bed cabins or twin bed cabins. The twin cabins also had a closet which the double did not. Bathroom was adequate. The only issue was the bathroom sink was so shallow that you had to squeeze ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	M/V Oceania
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, PNG, Solomon Isl, Red Sea, Maldives, South Africa, Mozambique, Cocos Isl, Galapagos, Socorro, Palau, Var Caribbean locations, New Jersey, Florida, No Carolina, Philippines, Fiji, French Polynesia
Closest Airport	Hoskins	Getting There	Flew via Cairns to Port Moresby to Hoskins
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	85-87°F / 29-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	50-90 Ft/ 15-27 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Time 60-70 minutes, no deco
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
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By David Marchese in PA, US at Dec 16, 2025 09:28 EST

This sounds similar to our trip in 2018. It's really unfortunate and sad to hear that it hasn't recovered. Thanks for the report.

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Dive Review of M/V Oceania in Papua New Guinea/Kimbe Bay

M/V Oceania: "Nice Boat, Sad Reef", Sep, 2025,

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Dive Review of M/V Oceania in
Papua New Guinea/Kimbe Bay