NEPTUNE (POSSIBLY)
Protected Area
Ringi te Extension Reserve
Why dive here
With 280+ marine species recorded in the area - including blacktip reef sharks, dugongs, dwarf minke whales, octopuses and pygmy seahorses - NEPTUNE (POSSIBLY) offers some of Espiritu Santo's richest wreck diving. Water sits around 29°C.
We love a good mystery, and Neptune, or what we *think* is Neptune, delivers. This isn’t a pristine wreck, perfectly upright and preserved. It’s a mess of twisted metal, scattered across a shallow reef, which is precisely its charm. The story goes it ran aground in 1973, suffered a holed engine room, and slowly disintegrated. Now, at just 10 metres, it’s a brilliant, easy dive, perfect for a long bottom time, hunting for macro life amongst the debris. You'll spend your time here exploring chunks of hull and superstructure, completely encrusted in hard corals. Schools of fusiliers dart over the wreckage, and we always spot a few clownfish defending their anemones. Look closely in the crevices; we’ve had some fantastic encounters with moray eels and the occasional reef shark cruising by. It’s not the SS President Coolidge, but for a chilled-out dive with a sense of history and plenty of interesting nooks to poke around in, it’s one of our favourite spots.
Typical NEPTUNE (POSSIBLY) Dive Profile
Illustrative profile based on site depth and type. Actual dive profiles vary - always follow your dive computer and training.
Safety Notes
Wreck site - avoid penetration without wreck diving certification. Watch for sharp metal and entanglement hazards.
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Conditions
Ocean conditions, forecast and tides for NEPTUNE (POSSIBLY)
NEPTUNE (POSSIBLY) Ocean Conditions
Monthly averages for NEPTUNE (POSSIBLY), sourced from NOAA buoy data - nearest station: Open-Meteo grid (-15.51, 167.17) (0km away)
August Averages
Sea Temperature
29.21°C
85°F
Air Temperature
23.74°C
75°F
Wind Speed
5 m/s
9.7 knots
Atmospheric Pressure
1014.2 hPa
Based on 5 years of monitoring data · Data sources: NOAA NDBC
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