Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
    Povilla Forest Reserve

    tombant 60

    Best months: May

    Protected Area

    Povilla Forest Reserve

    Why dive here

    With 116+ marine species recorded in the area - including dugongs, eagle rays, great white sharks, manta rays and mobula rays (devil rays) - tombant 60 offers some of Loyalty Islands's richest reef diving. Water ranges 24-29°C, warmest January, February, March.

    Best timeMay
    WetsuitA 3mm shorty or thin full wetsuit
    Marine lifeDugongs, Eagle Rays, Great White Sharks, Manta Rays and Mobula Rays (Devil Rays) · 116+ species recorded
    Water24-29°C · warmest January, February, March
    CharacterReef dive
    StandoutRich in charismatic marine life

    Tombant 60 is one of those spots we love to tell our friends about, especially those with a bit of tech training under their belt. You drop into this incredible blue, aiming for around 40m, and then the real show starts as you approach the drop-off. It just plummets, down to over 120m, a proper vertical world. We’re talking some seriously huge gorgonians here, not just big, but some easily pushing past four metres. And no, we weren’t narced when we measured them, they’re genuinely massive. We’ve seen golden-yellow cones tucked into the crevices and the occasional dorado zipping past in the blue. For certified advanced nitrox divers, this wall offers an amazing sense of exposure and depth, with pristine visibility usually around 30m. It’s a site for those who appreciate the vastness of the ocean and the thrill of a deep wall dive, but you can also stay shallower and admire the honeycomb corals if you prefer.

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    Conditions

    Ocean conditions, forecast and tides for tombant 60

    tombant 60 Ocean Conditions

    Monthly averages for tombant 60, sourced from Open-Meteo marine data + Copernicus Marine (EU) - nearest station: Open-Meteo marine grid (-20.94, 165.47) (8km away)

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    October Averages

    Sea Temperature

    25°C

    77°F · Range: 23.4–27.1°C

    Current Speed

    8.06 cm/s

    Direction: S (187.1°)

    Chlorophyll-a

    0.052 mg/m³

    Very clear (oligotrophic)

    Salinity

    35.08 PSU

    Based on 4 years of monitoring data · Data sources: Open-Meteo marine data + Copernicus Marine (EU)

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