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Tufi Dive: "Nice Resort; Good Diving; Great Staff", Apr, 2018, by Michael J. Millet, CA, US ( Top Contributor 96 reports with 59 Helpful votes). Report 10251 has 4 Helpful votes.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Spent 10 nights with 9 days of diving at the Tufi Resort. This resort can be a bit of a challenge to get to due to the rather limited flights from Port Moresby. PNG Air flies to Tufi only 3 days per week and if it is raining at Tufi, flights are often cancelled due to the unpaved airstrip. The resort is quite spacious and comfortable. The managers, Brian and Roya (sp?), make one feel quite welcome. I had a deluxe room overlooking the bay. It had a queen and a single bed. I used the single bed for the camera table. The room had plenty of electrical outlets and storage space. It was a short walk to the main lodge that included a bar and dining area. Meals were also served on a veranda, weather permitting. The bar had a limited but adequate choice of adult beverages. Breakfast was basically and cold continental. A made-to-order breakfast could be had for an additional charge. Lunch was buffet and dinner was either buffet or plated. The food was plentiful and generally quite tasty with a nice variety. The soups were quite good. The dive operation was down the hill from the main resort so a truck ride was provided mornings and afternoons. The diving consisted of a 2-tank AM trip and a 1-tank dive after lunch. In the morning, we usually dived the outer reefs; about 10 miles and a 40-minute boat ride away. These reefs provided the best diving with schools of bigeye and yellowtail barracuda. The tops of the bommies were covered with an abundance of smaller reef fish. We also encountered an occasional shark --- white-tip, grey reef and hammerhead. The visibility on these reefs is quire good. The reefs are mostly hard corals that appear quite healthy. There were a couple of days that choppy seas with high swells limited us to one dive or no dives on the outer reefs. When the outer reefs were not accessible or most often for the PM dive, we dived the local sites in the “fjords”. Here the visibility is much less (30’- 45’) with different marine life mainly smaller critters such as nudibranchs, crabs, shrimp and anemonefish. The dive team was quite friendly and helpful always ready to assist. Andrew, Diaz, Glenn, Wesley and Manuel did a great job. The biggest negative about this trip was the air travel within PNG. It can be unreliable and expensive (excess baggage fees). However, the folks at the resort are great and the diving is worth the hassle. I will give serious consideration to returning.
Websites	Tufi Dive
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All over the Caribbean; Galapagos, Socorro, Fiji, Solomons, GBR, Vanuatu, PNG, Philippines, Indonesia, Palau, Yap, Kosrae
Closest Airport	Tufi has an airstrip	Getting There	Must go thru POM with flights only 3 days per week
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	82-85°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No Deco
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The resort has no separate camera room. Carried camera to/from dive boat daily. Rinse tank on dive boat was mostly inadequate. Rinsed camera at dive shop with fresh water hose. Resort provided daily transportation to/from dive shop due rather steep hill with uneven surface.

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Dive Review of Tufi Dive in Papua New Guinea/Tufi

Tufi Dive: "Nice Resort; Good Diving; Great Staff", Apr, 2018,

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