Otto’s Point, Kimbe Bay

Site Overview
Dive Centres
Site Type: Point, sloping coral reef and macro wall
Depth: Median: 10M Bottom: 30M
Location: Otto’s Reef is almost in the centre of Kimbe Bay

Pitched as a macro-wall dive, Otto’s Point really has something for everyone. At the point proper, depending on how much current is running, pelagics will be feeding in the currents between 30 and 40m. The top sloping edge on the eastern side immediately south of the point has some of the best corals around.

Grouper in coral diving Ottos Point at Walindi Resort PNG by Diveplanit

Further south, the wall falls more steeply and is indeed covered with macro life.

Triceratops nudi diving Ottos Point at Walindi Resort PNG by Diveplanit

There are large and small barrel sponges all along the wall.

Sponge barrel diving Ottos Point at Walindi Resort PNG by Diveplanit

Which seem to hold a strange fascination for some of the fish.

Soldierfish and barrel diving Ottos Point at Walindi Resort PNG by Diveplanit

It really is a nooks & crannies dive as you follow the wall south. Around the 20m mark are a number of anemones.

Spotted sea star diving Ottos Point at Walindi Resort PNG by Diveplanit

On the return at 10m there are a number of caves, with the sun glinting through the crevices of the reef edge above.

Reef edge diving Ottos Point at Walindi Resort PNG by Diveplanit