Staying Home Sucks, home
Port Vila - Iririki Island resort - panoramio
Port Vila, the nearest town, 7 km away. Photo: Jean Van Jean, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ollies Lolly

Dive site · Vanuatu

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

91Good out of 100 for your dates

Usually home sucks

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 91 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 91 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 91 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 91 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 91 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 91 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Mon 9 · 91 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The site in five facts

  • Down to 9 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 28 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces SWswell from there reaches it

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual dive conditions at Ollies Lolly, each day of your trip
DayAir
Tue 3to 9usually26°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Visibility over 30 m, usual for the month.

Water about 28°C: 3 mm wetsuit.

Map

the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Ollies Lolly

A reef dive. It goes down to 9 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.9 km away. The sea is about 26°C in July, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Port Vila. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 3 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 9 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 3 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.9 km away.

Water about 28°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility over 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Sep and Oct (over 30 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,230–US$2,410 each

about US$1,230–US$2,410 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to VLI, estimated from distance and season, changing at DFW and AKL, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$784–US$1,630
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$328
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$415
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,410

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Port Vila

Closest

Port Vila

about 15 min by car · 53 places to stay

See 53 places to stay in Port Vila · Booking.com

About Port Vila its beds, food and every spot near it

Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 31h 10m

About 31h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → VLI, changing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Auckland International Airport (AKL), then 25 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Hideaway Dive Shop 0.9 km

  • Big Blue Dive Shop 6.9 km

  • Proper Dive Zone 7.1 kmPADI

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.