Lumbaria Island
Protected Area
Rendova Harbor
Why dive here
With 391+ marine species recorded in the area - including barracuda, blacktip reef sharks, grey reef sharks, humpback whales and orcas - Lumbaria Island offers some of Iron Bottom Sound's richest reef diving. Water ranges 29-31°C, warmest January, April, December.
Lumbaria Island offers a mellow dive, perfect for a relaxed afternoon. We’ve found it’s a good spot for newer divers, or when you just want a long, shallow soak. The max depth is only 9m, so you get plenty of bottom time to poke around the scattered WWII metal. Visibility usually sits around 25m, revealing schooling rainbowfish and bluestripe pipefish darting among small coral patches. Keep an eye on the sand flats for crocodilefish and those shy ostrich gobies.
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Conditions
Ocean conditions, forecast and tides for Lumbaria Island
Lumbaria Island Ocean Conditions
Monthly averages for Lumbaria Island, sourced from Open-Meteo marine data - nearest station: Open-Meteo marine grid (-9.03, 159.16) (58km away)
October Averages
Sea Temperature
30°C
85°F · Range: 28.7–30.5°C
Air Temperature
27°C
80°F
Wind Speed
3.74 m/s
7.3 knots
Atmospheric Pressure
1010.5 hPa
Based on 4 years of monitoring data · Data sources: Open-Meteo marine data
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