About White Beach
White Beach is located off Hanasivi Island, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, and was an American military base during WWII where troops pushed equipment into the sea upon departure. The site features wreckage, including open barges, a small ship, and scattered debris like trucks, jeeps, bulldozers, and landing barges, alongside a scenic reef with diverse corals. It is known for interesting macro life in the shallows and is considered a good night dive site due to its navigability.
Dive site facts: White Beach
- Depth
- 5–29 m
- Current
- Mild
- Entry
- Liveaboard or dayboat
- Level
- Intermediate
- Dive type
- Muck diving, Reef, Wreck
- Region / port
- Solomon Islands
- Coordinates
- 8.7813° S, 158.2544° E
Conditions & Currents
Currents are usually mild, which makes this a relaxed dive suitable for most certified divers. Dive profiles here run between roughly 5 and 29 metres, so plan your gas and no-decompression limits around the deeper part of the site. It is usually briefed as a dive for intermediate divers. It can be dived from a liveaboard or a day boat, depending on where you start the trip. Tide, wind and season all shift the picture from day to day, so the crew's briefing on the boat always overrides any general description.
Why dive White Beach from a liveaboard?
White Beach is one of Solomon Islands's signature dive sites. A liveaboard sleeps you on the water and puts you in the water for three to four guided dives per day, including dawn and night dives that day-boat operators rarely offer. You skip the daily commute back to port and reach quieter, less-crowded sites in the same region on a single trip.
Below are the liveaboards that include White Beach on their Solomon Islands itineraries.
Liveaboards diving White Beach
These liveaboards may visit White Beach on selected itineraries — the exact dive sites depend on departure, weather and conditions.
Solomons Master
Solomon Islands
16 guests
$401/day
Emperor Bilikiki
Solomon Islands
20 guests38 m
$569/day
Pacific Master
Solomon Islands
20 guests30 m
$268/day
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