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chris007 Aug 24th, 2010 09:50 AM

Pacific Islands in December
 
I am planning a trip from Canada to Australia leaving Nov 15 and returning Dec 15. I would love to stop at one of the Pacific Islands and was wondering about the rainy season/typhoons. Is it worth a stop or would it be too wet. Also, which island would off the best scuba diving. (Fiji, Cooks, Samoa). I could also stop in Bali on the return and wondered about the weather there also. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

peterSale Aug 24th, 2010 05:38 PM

I'm no diving expert butI would say they would all offer great diving. Raratonga is the smallest of the islands so you will achieve a lot more there.

Rain will be in the afternoons and cyclones are random and rare.

Why are you coming to Australia? What do you want to do here? There is great diving here.

DownUnder Aug 24th, 2010 09:36 PM

Also do a bit of research on Vanuatu. It has some of the best scuba diving in the Pacific.
http://www.bigbluevanuatu.com/

peterSale Aug 24th, 2010 10:13 PM

Active volcano too. Great to see.

chris007 Aug 25th, 2010 06:39 AM

Thanks for the info, so I am assuming that the rain should not stop us from going. Peter, I am making a fourth trip to Australia, Perth actually. I am looking for some warm water diving---not too keen about the full wet suits. We will likely visit the Great Barrier this trip as well. I will check out Vanuatu as well.


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