Dive Review of La Fabrina in
Papua New Guinea/New Britain

Other Papua New Guinea reports
Subscriber Content Preview
Active subscribers go here

La Fabrina: "La Fabrina from Papua New Guinea", Oct, 2016, by Anne Warburton, CA, US ( Sr. Contributor 24 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 9215.
No photos available at this time
Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Had thought that PNG was the Mecca of the dive community. DMs were very good but kept showing us the same fish or nudi that we had seen and also the smallest stuff they could find. Hard to see with old eyes. Accommodations on the La Fabrina were very small. Neither my roommate nor I could climb into the one person bunk so had to sleep in the bottom double bed. Bathroom was tiny. Breakfast was made to order - cold, eggs, cereal, toast and/or pancakes. Lunch had multiple dishes - at least 6-7. Dinner was served so one dish was available. Vegans were accommodated. Five dives a day: three in the am starting at 6:30, with two more in the am, one in the afternoon and ending with a dusk or night dive. Dives were at least 60 minutes with some extending to 85 minutes. Most depths about 60-80 feet. Water temp was an unbelievable 88 degrees with one day at 90 degrees. Fish life was prolific but really saw nothing new except for 6-8 new nudies and some crabs at night. We did NOT see any frog fish, puffer, porcupine fish, or many of the different kinds of eel. We did see crocodilefish, scorpionfish, pipefish as well as anthias, trumpetfish, three types of shark, butterflyfish, bumphead parrotfish, octopus,some blennies and gobies, white tip, silver tip and gray reef sharks. Little current except for one dive. We were on many bommies and sea mounts without much current. There was a lot of wall and muck diving. UWP facilities were two tables on the boat near the suit-up area.
Websites	La Fabrina
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Maldives, Indonesia, Caribbean, Mexico, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines
Closest Airport	Hoskins	Getting There	van for about 50 minutes
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	88-90°F / 31-32°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	30-40 Ft/ 9-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Come up with 300psi.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There was a rinse tank for cameras on the boat. No special facilities for cameras except the outside table on either side of the boat where we suited up.

Leave a comment (Subscribers only -- 200 words max)
Subscribers can comment here

Subscribers can post comments, ask the reviewer questions, as well as getting immediate and complete access to ALL 157 dive reviews of Papua New Guinea and all other dive destinations. Complete access to all issues and Chapbooks is also included.

All Papua New Guinea Dive Reviews and Reports
Diving Guide to Papua New Guinea
Diving Reviews for All Dive Destinations

Featured Links from Our Sponsors
Interested in becoming a sponsor?

Reef & Rainforest, Let our experience be your guide -- Reef and Rainforest

Reef & Rainforest is an agency for travelers that scuba dive. Want biodiversity, critters, tribal villages, birds of paradise? We specialize in Papua New Guinea.

Want to assemble your own collection of Papua New Guinea reports in one place?
Use the Mini Chapbook Facility to create your personalized collection.

Note: The information here was reported by the author above, but has NOT been reviewed nor edited by Undercurrent prior to posting on our website. Please report any major problems by writing to us and referencing the report number above.

Undercurrent Home

Page computed and displayed in 0.09 seconds

Get more dive info like these and other important scuba updates sent monthly to your email. And a FREE Recent Issue of Undercurrent
Get a free monthly email and a sample issue!

Dive Review of La Fabrina in Papua New Guinea/New Britain

La Fabrina: "La Fabrina from Papua New Guinea", Oct, 2016,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Dive Review of La Fabrina in
Papua New Guinea/New Britain