Golden Dawn is 80 feet in length and 22 feet wide and is fitted for ten divers with three en suite twin cabins and two twin cabins sharing a bathroom. All cabins are fully air-conditioned. There is a spacious lounge area with a television and VCR for either watching underwater videos or movies at night. Between dives there is plenty of room to stretch out in either the sun or shade.

With the number of technical divers increasing and the interest in re-breathers, Golden Dawn has been fitted with specialized equipment and services to meet this need. In order to offer clients the kind of varied and exciting diving that is consistent with Papua New Guinea's reputation for world class underwater action, Golden Dawn moves between different locations in the country allowing divers to experience optimum diving conditions in each region.

Golden Dawn departs from Port Moresby and heads out 85 miles to reefs in the Eastern Fields and Northern Coral Sea between Papua New Guinea and Australia. Trips are for ten nights.

Golden Dawn is pioneering dive operations at the spectacular Eastern Fields, a submerged atoll covering over 400 square miles and teeming with beautiful flora and fauna including mantas, sharks and turtles. You may encounter the Great Hammerhead as well as his smaller Scalloped brothers or even Whale Sharks. Most of this reef system is still unexplored and in pristine condition. There is plenty of fascinating smaller fare, such as nudibranch and flat worms that have yet to be identified.

Being close to the eastern approaches of the Torres Strait the currents in this area attract the pelagic marine life such as schools of large dog tooth, yellow fin, and blue fin tuna. Eagle and manta rays can be found patrolling the walls, as well as schools of horse eye jacks and spiraling barracuda. The best time of the year for a visit is from October to January and from April to late May. In early November, you can witness the coral spawn, when plankton and algae bloom. Regardless of wind conditions, diving at Eastern Fields is always protected due to the reef system.

Mantas in Southern Milne Bay March, June & October. There are a number of varied dives on this itinerary, from strong current to 'muck' dives, although the highlight is the mantas. Large coral boulders, with a healthy cover of soft corals, are scattered over a sandy bottom, in shallow waters. Big sweet lips, groupers, humphead parrotfish and even dugong make an appearance and the giant mantas come in to be cleaned. There are at least a dozen individuals in the three to four meter range, and it is just unbelievable how close you can get.

Northern Papua New Guinea June to September from Madang or Wewak. Some great diving is to be done at the coastline and surrounding volcanic islands of Madang. One newly discovered site 'Julien's Reef,' is rich with corals and large schools of barracuda, mackerel and other pelagic species. Hammerhead and tiger sharks also appearances have been numerous. But that is not all. Night dives offer some truly great muck dives.

The Wewak itinerary starts with some coastal wreck diving, among vessels sunk in WWII. Continuing north the outer islands of Ninigo and Hermits provide true atoll style diving with great visibility and calm warm waters.