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Papua Passage
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The traditional name of the passage is Avaiti. Starting on the outer coral reef, you will dive through the passage and into the lagoon. This is the shallowest and shortest of the south-coast passages. Steep walls, swim-throughs and shallow, light indulged caverns make this a very special dive.
Turtles and whitetip reef sharks are often seen here. The giant resident star puffer fish seem to have fallen for this site too. Fish life is often improved by strong currents.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
15 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
8 Sightings
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Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
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Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
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Total number of species approx.: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
10 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
9 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
6 Sightings
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iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
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Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 8
Alamy-Reinhard Dirscherl
Bannerfish
4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 85
iStock-mirecca
Surgeonfish
3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 40
iStock-wrangel
Triggerfish
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