Dive Tonga - Swim With Whales

Tonga Activities

When to Travel to Tonga

Tonga enjoys a more comfortable climate and is slightly cooler than that of most tropical areas. It receives less rain than other tropical areas with an temperature average of 26°C from May to October. The wetter more humid season lasts from November to April with temperatures rising up to 32°C.

Scuba Diving in Tonga

Humpback Whales
Tonga is one of only 3 places on Earth where swimmer and snorkellers can get up close to humpback whales. Humpback whales migrate from their feeding grounds in Antarctica, along the New Zealand coast, to the Kindom of Tonga where they stay from July through September to court, mate and calve. This represents an incredible and unique opportunity to witness these enormous and majestic creatures in their natural environment.

Best season: July - September

Caverns and Wrecks
Vava'u has many interesting and unique cavern dives with spectacular underwater archways, tunnels, large black coral trees and wall dives that vanish into the inky darkness. There is little in the way of currents and most dives are leisurely swim throughs. For wreck dive enthusiasts the 122 metre wreck of the Clan McWilliam that sank over 50 years ago, sits upright and is still intact.

The Tongan Islands are surrounded by beautiful white coral sands and lagoons simmering with marine life. Come and dive in this relaxed and timeless island paradise, where the weather barely differs.

The average air temperature in the northern islands is 27°C, while the southern islands average 23°C and the high 20s in the summer. By November, the water temperatures reach as high as 28°C, and then drop down as low as 21°C during their winter months.

Tonga offers you the opportunity to dive near volcanoes, shipwrecks, canyons and coral reefs. There are stunning fish and visibility of up to 70m.