Alotau is a popular tourist destination. Regarded as a peaceful relaxing place it is also renound for its scenic diving in and snorkeling.

Today thousands of tourists arrive to enjoy diving around the wreckage left behind from the war. There are 160 named islands and 500 cays and atolls scattered over 250,000 square kilometres of ocean. In many parts of Milne Bay, the reefs are characterised by dramatic drop-offs, clefts and overhangs.