The warm, fertile waters that surge through the many passages and channels in the barrier reef around Madang make the ideal environment for a vast range of marine life. Marine Biologists from all over the world make pilgrimages to the Madang waters to study their wonders. For sheer colour and diversity of life, the seas around Madang have no rival.

Although you can enjoy world-class diving only minutes from the MADANG RESORT, the best spots are a little more remote and require more effort to get to. Undoubtedly, the most exciting destination is Bagbag Island, lying 32 nautical miles off the coast. This small island has several excellent harbours that were put to good use by the Japanese Navy during WW2.

These were the only foreign people to inhabit the island in any numbers and today there are only the delightful village people to greet you. Approximately 10km in length and 25km wide, the island was one of many peaks of a long mountain range pushed up from the sea floor by cataclysmic volcanic forces thousands of years ago - the peaks surround an extinct volcano.

Niugini Dive Adventures is bases at the Madang Resort Hotel in Madang and Malagan Lodge in Kavieng. The PADI facility provides instruction, equipment hire and daily excursions to the many spectacular sites in Madang and New Ireland. In addition to the land based dive services, NDA operates a dive shop aboard the 'Melanesian Discoverer' on all island cruises, combining the best of two worlds - above and below. The 'Aqua Venture' also is available to undertake over night dives to the offshore islands of Kar Kar, Bagabag and Long Island.