Madang
Papua New Guinea · Pacific Islands & PNG
Madang is PNG's macro diving capital, offering extraordinary critter-rich muck sites alongside healthy coral gardens, with year-round warm water and best visibility from May through October.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is fairly quiet.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
26 species across the dive sites here
Singing Starling
Seen 6 months ago
at Planet Rock
Least concern
Mantis Shrimp
Seen 6 months ago
at B-25 Bomber Wreck
Willie Wagtail
Seen 7 months ago
at Planet Rock
Least concern
Lionfish
Seen 8 months ago
at Henry Leith Wreck
Least concern
Varied Honeyeater
Seen 8 months ago
at Eel Garden
Least concern
Black Kite
Seen 8 months ago
at Planet Rock
Least concern
Feather Star
Seen 8 months ago
at B-25 Bomber Wreck
Torresian Imperial Pigeon
Seen 9 months ago
at Planet Rock
Least concern
Banggai Cardinalfish
Seen year round
at Pig Island
Endangered
Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse
Seen year round
at Pig Island
Least concern
Bluestreak Wrasse
Seen year round
at B-25 Bomber Wreck
Least concern
Bobbit Worm
Seen year round
at Henry Leith Wreck
Chromodoris Nudibranch
Seen year round
at Eel Garden
Encrusting Sponge
Seen year round
at Henry Leith Wreck
Flatworm
Seen year round
at Henry Leith Wreck
Glassfish
Seen year round
at Henry Leith Wreck
Least concern
Grey Reef Shark
Seen year round
at Planet Rock
Endangered
Halimeda Ghost Pipefish
Seen year round
at Eel Garden
Least concern
Painted Frogfish
Seen year round
at Pig Island
Least concern
Pegasus Sea Moth
Seen year round
at Eel Garden
Least concern
Robust Ghost Pipefish
Seen year round
at Eel Garden
Least concern
Sea Fan
Seen year round
at B-25 Bomber Wreck
Sea Fan (Gorgonian)
Seen year round
at Planet Rock
Soft Coral
Seen year round
at Henry Leith Wreck
Yellowfin Barracuda
Seen year round
at Planet Rock
Least concern
Pygmy Cuttlefish
Seasonal visitor
at Henry Leith Wreck
Dive sites
Eel Garden
halimeda ghost pipefish · robust ghost pipefish · chromodoris nudibranch · pegasus sea moth
Planet Rock
grey reef shark · yellowfin barracuda · sea fan (gorgonian) · varied honeyeater
Pig Island
bargibant's pygmy seahorse · painted frogfish · banggai cardinalfish · varied honeyeater
Henry Leith Wreck
lionfish · glassfish · chromodoris nudibranch · pygmy cuttlefish
B-25 Bomber Wreck
yellowfin barracuda · grey reef shark · robust ghost pipefish · chromodoris nudibranch