The Russell Islands lie about 70 miles ( 100 Km) west of Honiara. The town of Yandina on Mbanika Island is one of the Solomon's main deep-water ports.

These islands have a great variety of diving locations including sheer coral walls, a coastal trader, caves, old PT-boat bases and underwater mounds of WWII material

Along the northern edge of the Russell Islands facing New Georgia Sound (The Slot), lie a chain of small islands with superb reef systems, spectacular wall dives and several caves. There is a deep crevice running several hundred feet into Leru Island which is called "The Cutting".

During WWII there were two airfields, a major American supply base, and PT-boat bases on Mbanika Island. Near White Beach and Lever Point, there are artificial reefs created by dumping trucks, jeeps, tractors, bulldozers and large amounts of ammunition.

Flights to Russell Islands with Solomon Airlines

The deep Sunlight Channel separates the largest island Pavuvu from Mbanika Island. Just offshore, near the village of Linggatu, lies the former coastal trader Ann which sits upright at the edge of the channel. The ship was deliberately sunk a few years ago making a superb dive site. You can expect to see schools of pelagic fish near the wreck, several lionfish, crocodilefish and huge schools of tropicals in the wreck.

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