Bilikiki is currently getting her annual maintenance and the crew and managers are off on holidays in preparation for the 2013 season beginning in March. It’s our 24th year in the Solomons and sure to be as great as ever. It’s looking like a busy year, but there are still a few spots available throughout the year, there is space in April, if you’re looking for a trip in the immediate future with only a small number of fellow divers and the normal great April weather….
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- April is Also Prime Time
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April is Also Prime Time
We are often asked what is the best time to visit Solomon Islands. Being 9 degrees south of the equator the water and air temperatures vary only 2 – 3 degrees all year. But I just completed a 10 night trip on Bilikiki with on board managers Sam and Kellie, who are now completing their 7th season with Bilikiki Cruises and the subject of April and May came up. “Why is it that April and May are generally lightly booked when it is a great time of year? The seas are flat and the diving is great!” was the comment from Sam & Kellie. Well, I can’t really answer the why, and while May 2013 is fully booked there are 3 charters in April that only have a few divers on each. Bilikiki Cruises guarantees all departures regardless of numbers, so if you are looking for prime time with fewer divers on board, please contact us.
Like the Smaller Stuff?
The following are excerpts from Bilikiki’s Managers Log:
“Mbike wreck was outstanding, a pair of different colored ornate ghost pipefish & totally covered in Nembrotha nudis. Best cuttlefish show I have seen for a long time at Velvia with 1 female laying eggs while being protected by 1 male and another male lurking around. To top off the trip the Bargibanti Pygmy seahorses have returned to Petrol Point ( the dive site previously known as Patricks Point). I was so happy to see them as we have not had any pygmys there since March. 3 Barginantis seem to have made the fan their home; let’s hope they stick around for a while. Ornate ghost pipefish at the PT Base & wreck of the Ann. This trip was filled with awesome dives and great critters.”
Like the Bigger Stuff?
More excerpts from the Managers Log:
“The seas were so flat we got out to Curacao Shoals and the amount of fish out there was mind blowing! Schools of barracudas, jacks, oceanic triggerfish, surgeon fish, fusiliers, plus sharks and an eagle ray. 🙂 Mary Island continues to be magical with schooling jacks & barracudas posing for the photographers while Devils highway provided manta rays and (we saw) a huge tawny nurse shark at Velvia.”
PHOTOS EXCEPT HEADER COURTESY OF STEVE JONES