Staying Home Sucks, home
Magnificent Sea Anemone, Bootless bay imported from iNaturalist photo 472111780
Near Douglas A-20 Havoc, 2 km away. Photo: (c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Douglas A-20 Havoc

Dive site · Papua New Guinea

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

76Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 9: Sea 0.3 m, Visibility about 10 m, Water 28 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
26°C

Wed 4 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
26°C

Thu 5 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
28°C

Mon 9 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
28°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 276, good
  2. Tue 376, good
  3. Wed 476, good
  4. Thu 576, good
  5. Fri 676, good
  6. Sat 776, good
  7. Sun 876, good
  8. Mon 977, good
  9. Tue 1076, good
  10. Wed 1176, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 18 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 28 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces SWswell 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 Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Douglas A-20 Havoc
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov76, good0.3 m7 kn10kn26°C
Tue 3Nov76, good0.3 m5 kn7kn26°C
Wed 4Nov76, good0.3 m8 kn10kn26°C
Thu 5Nov76, good0.3 m9 kn11kn27°C
Fri 6Nov76, good0.3 m7 kn9kn27°C
Sat 7Nov76, good0.3 m9 kn11kn27°C
Sun 8Nov76, good0.3 m8 kn9kn28°C
Mon 9Nov77, good0.3 m7 kn9kn28°C
Tue 10Nov76, good0.4 m7 kn9kn27°C
Wed 11Nov76, good0.5 m7 kn8kn28°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

  • Mon 2 NovHigh 04:06 +0.1 mLow 09:32 −0.6 mHigh 16:33 +1.0 mLow 23:25 −0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:10 +0.3 mLow 10:43 −0.7 mHigh 17:22 +1.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 00:01 −0.8 mHigh 05:59 +0.5 mLow 11:40 −0.7 mHigh 18:03 +1.1 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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Photos of Douglas A-20 Havoc

Spotfin Lionfish, Bootless bay imported from iNaturalist photo 359987234
Near Douglas A-20 Havoc, 2 km away. Photo: (c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

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About Douglas A-20 Havoc

A wreck dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced 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. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 26°C in July, its coldest month (3 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in January, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Port Moresby. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, 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 28°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 10 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec (about 10 m).

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Where to stay: Port Moresby

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Closest

Port Moresby

about 30 min by car · 12 places to stay

about US$74/nightcountry average

See 12 places to stay in Port Moresby · Booking.com

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

About US$74 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. 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

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

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

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