Northern Mariana Islands

There are no facilities here, beyond the presence of a single guard and his radio.  Locals in this valley live without electricity and running water.  They have no phones.  Nonetheless, this is one of Saipan's 3 best shore-dives, and has at least 4 interesting points of entry.  Entry and exit are both the easiest you are likely to find for any shore dive.  A rope marks the 15'-deep exit channel.  Depths vary from 5' to 110'.  Current is nearly non-existent.  Likewise for waves, unless a typhoon is quite close.  Life is a fantastic assortment of hard and soft corals, large schools of fish, and frequent large life sightings:  turtles, rays, napoleon wrasses, and small white tip reef sharks.  Excellent as a day or night dive, and only slightly inferior to Obyan for visibility.  Viz ranges from near-zero at the rope exit point to >60' at greater depths.  Clown fish colonies abound.

An extremely poor washed-out dirt road leads down to this valley & wide, wide bay.  The road then loops up to the far side of the bay.  Consult local maps for the location of LauLau Bay, and simply search for the only road that leads down to this bay.  Parking is in a jungle adjacent to the road and beach.  Saipan employs a guard to watch over your car here.  DO NOT park on the beach, as you 1) may get shot at by angry locals, and 2) you may be parking on turtle eggs.

Lau Lau Beach, Saipan