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Albatross Passage, New Ireland Province The signature dive site in Kavieng is Albatross Passage, which is the first passage between mainland New Ireland and the island of New Hanover.

At an incoming tide, this narrow waterway is like fish soup. Eagle rays, mobula rays, big dogtooth tuna, barracuda, plenty of grey reef sharks and loads of other fish can be seen here on almost every dive. The wall itself is overgrown with big fan corals, black corals and sponges, and this is the home for small creatures like nudibranchs, leaf scorpionfish and pygmy seahorse.