From our Spearfishing Tonga base at Eua Island we can offer a great diversity of spearfishing.
Spearfishing Tonga offers a wide range of all inclusive spearfishing packages. Our packages include stay in the Blue Water Resort on Eua, and we run our charter vessels with our own trained staff. The resort offers convenient accommodation and chef prepared meals.
Here we can offer world class blue water hunting sites such as pinnacles and sea mounts that rise out of the depths through to reef spearfishing in sheltered bays and reefs. The diver’s skill set and aims along with the weather will dictate where we dive on any given day. Below are a few of our more popular dive sites and locations.
Vercoe’s Pinnacle
“Vercoes Pinnacle” is named after legendary Australian blue water hunter Brett Vercoe who accidently found this pinnacle whilst filming humpback whales. Brett was filming humpbacks when he was constantly being schooled by wahoo. A little bit more research on the GPS and sounder and he discovered a wahoo hot spot, a pinnacle that rose from about 80 meters to 17 meters that held lots of baitfish!
This Pinnacle is a drift dive in an open offshore area that holds lots of baitfish. Fortunately, it is on the “lee” side of the island and can be dived most days. We start the drift up current from the bait in 60-80 meters of water and drift along waiting in anticipation. Here we have seen sailfish and marlin and of course massive schools of wahoo to 50+ kg! Once of the shallower ground the reef appears and the baitfish continues in 20-30 meters. The high point is in about 17 meters of water and it is here the big schools of dogtooth tuna aggregate. A fun and relatively easy dive site this is suitable for most divers regardless of their depth diving ability.
The FADS
The FADS (Fish Aggregation Device) are located at various strategic spots around our home base at Eua Island and can be dived in almost any weather conditions. There are several FADS operating at present and Spearfishing Tonga together with the local fishing community plan to set up more FADS in the near future for a sustainable fishing alternative.
These again are drift dives and the usual suspects can be found here, big wahoo and mahi mahi, yellow fin tuna, blue marlin, rainbow runners, barracuda and occasionally sharks. Like most FADS they can be a “day to day proposition” but they are well worth a look and offer an exciting dive option. You just never know what might appear at these oceanic dive sites. This dive site can be fished by most divers, (regardless of their dive skills) and is an exciting and fairly easy option as we are only slowly drift diving.
Dogtooth City
Dogtooth City is a very exciting and productive dive site especially if you’re comfortable diving down to 20+ meters of water. This secret destination is a natural aggregation spot for Dogtooth tuna and other pelagic such as wahoo, sailfish, barracuda, rainbow runners and large schools of surgeon fish. With the use of chum and flashers this place always produces some good fish even though the sharks can be a bit feisty at times. It is current prone at times but with the current comes the good fish species.
The Dogtooth varies between smaller specimens in the 5-10 kg range through to 60 plus kg jumbo versions. This site has produced schools of big wahoo, sailfish and even marlin. Expect the unexpected. A more advanced dive with a bit of depth required to safely and successfully fish this area successfully. At times the Dogtooth can be very thick here, especially around the 20-25 kg mark.
Rugged Cliffs, Along the East Side of The Island
On the eastern windward side of the island there are a select few “hot spots” that have prominent drop offs that can produce an amazing array of both pelagic species and reef fish. This area ideally requires a light wind and low swell to dive effectively as the back wash off the cliffs can take its toll on even the most seasoned “sea dog”. However, when the conditions are right and the stars line up this area is a must see and dive location with large schools of sailfish, wahoo, mahi mahi, yellow fin tuna frequenting the drop off.
Move in closer along the cliffs and you will find some quality reef species such large as coral trout, large job fish and some thumping big dogtooth tuna. These tuna can either appear out wider on the drop off or hard in against the cliffs. Weather permitting, this in shore cliff diving is well worth a look and always produces some nice species.
This is a very exciting dive site that has produced world record sailfish, along with numerous 40 kg plus dogtooth tuna. Sharks can prove a problem whilst spearfishing here and this dive site requires a reasonable amount of stamina and experience.
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