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Pacific Islands, Honiara
Guadalcanal
Bonegi Beach transport wrecks
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Wreck timber
FossilsAlso reported: scattered wartime steel.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Japanese transports run ashore during the November 1942 reinforcement runs rust in snorkel depth along the coast west of Honiara, the dive sites called Bonegi I and Bonegi II
Shallow Japanese wrecks on this shore are documented in Honiara accounts; Bonegi I and II are the named entries used by local operators
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
sharp steel in surgeOccasional saltwater crocodile reports, strong afternoon chop
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