alijtaylor
Contributor
In response to one of my admiring comments on his photgraphic work Gilligan commented that living in the Solomon Islands must give me access to some of the best diving left on the planet. I believe it does but I've never felt my photos could do it justice. In the hope that I might inspire others to consider diving this part of the world (water temp 29C and viz generally 25m+) I thought I'd post a few.
The Solomon's are a couple of hour's flying east of Brisbane Australia (connections most days of the week) or alternatively a couple of hours north of Fiji. The battles of Guadacanal were fought here in WW2 and less than an hour from the capital Horiara there are several wrecks including a full sized submarine, diveable from the shore. These photos were all taken on shore dives around Honiara.
This is the Kinugawa Maru shelled to the bottom while unloading troops.
This cuttlefish was at the same site
As the wrecks have been down over 65 years the encrusting coral is pretty good.
The wreck of the Hirokawa Maru is a favourite hangout for Little Blue Spotted rays
And finally what looks to me like an unexploded torpedo on the Japanese Submarine 1-23
Alison
The Solomon's are a couple of hour's flying east of Brisbane Australia (connections most days of the week) or alternatively a couple of hours north of Fiji. The battles of Guadacanal were fought here in WW2 and less than an hour from the capital Horiara there are several wrecks including a full sized submarine, diveable from the shore. These photos were all taken on shore dives around Honiara.
This is the Kinugawa Maru shelled to the bottom while unloading troops.
This cuttlefish was at the same site
As the wrecks have been down over 65 years the encrusting coral is pretty good.
The wreck of the Hirokawa Maru is a favourite hangout for Little Blue Spotted rays
And finally what looks to me like an unexploded torpedo on the Japanese Submarine 1-23
Alison