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August 2013 IMG 3369 Centrepoint, Honiara
Honiara, the nearest town, 10 km away. Photo: Jenny Scott from Adelaide, Australia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Bonegi 1 Wreck

Dive site · Solomon Islands

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

74Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

6 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
26°C

Thu 5 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
28°C

Tue 10 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
29°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 373, good
  2. Wed 470, good
  3. Thu 574, good
  4. Fri 674, good
  5. Sat 774, good
  6. Sun 874, good
  7. Mon 974, good
  8. Tue 1074, good
  9. Wed 1173, good
  10. Thu 1273, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 55 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 30 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces NEswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Bonegi 1 Wreck
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Tue 3Nov73, good0.1 mflat3 kn4kn29°C
Wed 4Nov70, good0.2 mflat1 kn7kn26°C
Thu 5Nov74, good0.2 mflat1 kn4kn28°C
Fri 6Nov74, good0.1 mflat2 kn4kn29°C
Sat 7Nov74, good0.1 mflat1 kn7kn28°C
Sun 8Nov74, good0.1 mflat2 kn7kn28°C
Mon 9Nov74, good0.1 mflat1 kn8kn28°C
Tue 10Nov74, good0.2 mflat1 kn7kn29°C
Wed 11Nov73, good0.2 mflat5 kn12kn29°C
Thu 12Nov73, good0.2 mflat5 kn13kn29°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Tue 3 NovLow 06:19 −0.3 mHigh 17:04 +0.2 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 07:08 −0.3 mHigh 15:57 +0.2 m
  • Thu 5 NovLow 07:38 −0.2 mHigh 15:16 +0.2 mLow 22:00 −0.1 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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About

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About Bonegi 1 Wreck

A wreck dive. It goes down to 55 m. You get in from the shore. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 29°C in July, its coldest month (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm), and 30°C in January, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Honiara. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 55 m: technical diving, past the 40 m recreational limit.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 30°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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$2,420 each

about US$1,230–US$2,420 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to HIR, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and BNE, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$792–US$1,640
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$34
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$329
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$416
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,420

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: Honiara

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Closest

Honiara

about 20 min by car · 26 places to stay

See 26 places to stay in Honiara · Booking.com

About Honiara 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 32h 25m

About 32h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → HIR, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Brisbane International Airport (BNE), then 25 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Animals divers and surveys have recorded within 2 km of this site in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it here, not that you will.

  • Sixbar wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke

    Seen in 7 records.

  • Clown Tang Acanthurus lineatus

    Seen in 6 records.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; Royal Ontario Museum - Ichthyology. Credits

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