Febrina

Bateau

Febrina est un yacht en acier de 22 mètres conçu pour le confort, la sécurité et la stabilité. Febrina (Fe=fer et Brina=eau salée) fut construit en 1972 dans l’ouest de l’Australie. Il fut d’abord utilisé de 1977 à 1991 pour la plongée et la pêche aux abords de Gladstone en Australie. En 1991 il fut complètement réaménagé pour les plongeurs et les photographes sous-marin et fut livré à l’hôtel Walindi Plantation Resort en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée. D’autres aménagements et rénovations furent effectués en 2010 et 2013. L’électricité à bord est de 110/220v.

Le pont principal a une belle salle à manger climatisée, un bar, une chaîne stéréo et un choix de livres.

Le pont arrière, dédié à la plongée, est spacieux et bien équipé avec des boîtes individuelles de rangement, un compresseur et une table pour les appareils photo.

La plateforme arrière a des échelles et des douches d’eau douce.

Cabines

Febrina a 7 cabines confortables qui peuvent accueillir jusqu’à 12 passagers.

Toutes les cabines sont équipées d’une salle de bain privée, de la climatisation, d’une armoire et d’un sèche-cheveux.

• 1 Cabine Double (n°7) : Lit double et hublot.
• 2 Cabines Twin (n°3 & 4) : Lit double et lit simple en style lits superposés et hublot.
• 2 Cabines Twin (n°5 & 6) : Lits jumeaux superposés et hublot
• 2 Cabines Simple (n°1 & 2) : Lit simple et hublot.

Plongée

• Jusqu’à 5 plongées par jour (sauf le dernier jour), incluant une plongée de nuit, sous réserve des conditions.
• Toutes les plongées se font depuis le bateau et sont accompagnées par des guides expérimentés.
• Bloc 12l avec robinetterie internationale, plombs et ceinture sont inclus.

Autres Informations

• Nitrox : Disponible, tarifs sur demande et doit être réservé à l’avance.
• Location d’équipement : Disponible à bord, tarifs sur demande et doit être réservé à l’avance.
• Assurance Plongée : Chaque plongeur doit avoir une assurance plongée valide.
• Assurance voyage : Recommandée.
• Wi-Fi Internet : Pas disponible à ce jour.
• Paiement à bord : En espèce (USD et monnaie locale PGK : Kina de Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée).
• Pourboires pour l’équipage: Selon votre satisfaction (moyenne de 5 à 10% du prix de la croisière).
• Blanchisserie : Disponible avec frais supplémentaires.

FeBrina Itineraries

MV FeBrina dives the areas of Kimbe Bay, the surrounding waters along the northern coast of New Britain such as Witu Islands to the north west and Fathers Reefs to the east, the Rabaul area and the Southern Coastline of New Britain. For selected departures, MV FeBrina also travels to other dive areas in Papua New Guinea.

The areas MV FeBrina dives are home to prolific and diverse marine creatures and corals. Each area has it's speciality and as most of our cruises cover at least two and often more destinations, we can offer many different types of diving in the one voyage.

Signature Itinerary

FeBrina's Signature Itinerary covers three areas of diving on the Northern Coast of New Britain Island. Working out of Walindi Resort in April, May, June, September, October and November, FeBrina visits the "must dive" sites in Kimbe Bay, at Witu Islands and also the Fathers Reefs area. Signature Itineraries are typically 9 and 10 nights.

With an eight to ten hour steam between all three areas, you will be truly "getting away from it all" on a Signature Itinerary departure. Very rarely will you see another diver on a reef while at Witu islands or Fathers Reefs, other than your fellow FeBrina guests.

This itinerary gives a fantastic cross-section of many different dive types, from coral gardens, seamounts, reef walls, arches and overhanging ledges, to muck diving in rubbly black sand bays. Experience shark life up close with a shark attraction dive, watch from the water as dolphins play in the FeBrina bow wave or interact with the ever curious turtles at Fathers.

Mid Year Itinerary

FeBrina operates several 8 and 9 night Mid Year Itineraries during the year. During July and August, FeBrina operates itineraries from Walindi Resort to Rabaul and then from Rabaul to Walindi. These trips include diving at the Fathers Reefs area, in Kimbe Bay, around the Bainings area and in Rabaul Harbour.

Rabaul is well known for it's wreck dives, however FeBrina doesn't do the wrecks as they are specialty dives best covered by the local Rabaul dive operators. If you are particularly interested in exploring these wrecks, we recommend you stay a few days in Rabaul before or after your FeBrina trip and the dive operators at Rabaul-Kokopo Dive will be able to give you the full wreck experience.

Rabaul Mask Festival is held in July each year. FeBrina endeavours to operate two trips to coincide with this festival. One trip departs Walindi and finishes in Rabaul, arriving at the start of the festival. And the second trip departs from Rabaul at the end of the festival and returns to Walindi. As we schedule our trips many years in advance, sometimes the trip dates work and sometimes they don't. Contact our reservations staff for more information on whether our July trips will work for the festival in any given year.

South Coast New Britain

During March every year, MV FeBrina relocates to Rabaul and dives the Southern coastline of New Britain and New Ireland. FeBrina travels as far as Lindenhaven and Gasmata along the South Coast of New Britain.

South Coast New Britain diving is a wonderland of rare and unusual critters and this itinerary will suit those divers who really enjoy macro diving, although there are some spectacular wide angle dives as well. Most of the diving is on fringing reefs and channels coming into lagoons. This is quite different diving to the seamounts and deep drop-offs of Kimbe Bay and our North Coast itineraries.

This itinerary includes a day of critter diving around the Rabaul Harbour jetties. Rabaul is also well known for its wreck dives, however, FeBrina doesn't do the wrecks as they are speciality dives best covered by the local Rabaul dive operators. If you are particularly interested in exploring these wrecks, we recommend you stay a few days in Rabaul before or after your FeBrina trip and the dive operators at Rabaul-Kokopo Dive will be able to give you the full wreck experience.