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Taveuni is home to many famous dive sites, including
'Rainbow Reef' and the 'Great White Wall', both
of which are just a five minute boat ride away from
the dive center on Taveuni Estates.
Below is a description of some of the dive sites.
If you would like any further details please feel
free to contactTaveuni Dive. |
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Rainbow
Passage
A submerged reef with a depth ranging from 15-120
feet, Rainbow Reef has a variety of soft corals,
and large bommies can be seen at the end of the
dive. The fish life includes a variety of pelagics
such as barracuda, mackerel, travelly, white tip
sharks, the occasional leopard shark, stone fish,
clown trigger, long nose hawkfish, clown fish, anamones,
damsel fish along with a variety of butterfly fish.
| Marine
life includes: |
Soft
corals, tube corals (grey), nudie branches,
flat worms, feather stars and sea whips |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle, macro, and video camera |
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The
Great White Wall
This site has an outer wall with a tunnel at 20
feet and another dramatic white soft coral covered
wall wall at 90 feet dropping away to 240 feet.
| Marine
life includes: |
Mostly
white soft corals with a few large sea whips
sticking off the end of the wall, fish life
includes a variety of pelagics ranging from
the occasional barracuda to mackerel, eagle
rays, manta rays, also on the top of the wall
is a variety of reef fish primarily coral
trout, lion fish and a small variety of hard
coral |
| Best
time to dive: |
Falling
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle and video camera |
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The
Purple Wall
This site has an outer wall with a reef top starting
at 20 feet, dropping away to about 200 foot plus.
The wall is covered with purple soft corals, sea
whips and large gorgonia fans.
| Marine
life includes: |
Includes
a variety of pelagics ranging from barracuda
to travelly (jacks), mackerel, sea fans, variety
of nudie branches, anthiases, fusiliers, basslets,
white tip sharks and manta rays occasionally |
| Best
time to dive: |
Falling
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle and video camera |
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Fish
Factory
A wall with depths ranging from 20-500 feet and
a variety of soft coral on the top and side of the
wall. Tons of fish, occasional sharks and lots of
pelagics cruising by.
| Marine
life includes: |
Schools
of parrot fish, rump headed, spanish, mackerel,
angel fish, travelly’s, cod, moray eel,
manta rays occasionally, also stone fish and
leaf scorpion |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle, video camera and macro |
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Mini
White Wall
A submerged reef with a mini wall and a depth ranging
from 30-100 feet covered with mostly white soft
coral. There are also a large variety of other soft
corals.
| Marine
life includes: |
Sharks,
barracudas, Jacks, stone fish, snapper, leopard
sharks often seen, variety of nudie branches
and Spanish dancers |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle, video, macro and close up |
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Annie's
Bommies
A submerged reef with big bommies allowing divers
to weave between them at a depth ranging from 15-70
feet. Includes plenty of soft coral and a variety
of hard coral.
| Marine
life includes: |
Schools of fusiliers, basslets, anthiases,
Jack travelly, moray eels, leopard sharks
occasionally, stingrays and pipefish, are
often seen. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Falling
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle, macro and video |
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The
Zoo
Has a depth ranging from 30-300 feet with average
visibility of 70-80 feet. Includes tons of fish,
mackerel, barracuda, jack travelly, sharks (usually
in schools), pelagics and there is a large range
of soft corals.
| Marine
life includes: |
Marine
life include moray eels, manta rays, potato
cod, fusiliers, basslets, anthiases, flat
worms and nudie branches |
| Best
time to dive: |
Falling
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle and video camera |
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Rainbow
Passage 1
A submerged reef with depths ranging from 25-120
feet covered with a large variety of soft coral,
sea fans, whips, schools of fusiliers, basslets,
anthiases and a few bommies towards the end.
| Marine
life includes: |
Has
a variety of hawk fish, pipe fish, clown trigger,
schools of Spanish mackerel, barracudas, stone
fish, nudie branches, Spanish dancer and clown
fish. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle and video camera |
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Rainbow
Passage 11
A submerged reef with depths ranging from 25-120
feet with gradual slope, has a few coral heads along
the way with sweet lips as their habitats
| Marine
life includes: |
A
variety of soft coral |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle, macro and video camera |
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Great
Yellow Wall
Description: An atoll
| Marine
life includes: |
Includes
beautiful coral, fans, whips, sharks, barracuda,
travelly, tuna, mackerel, unicorn, puffers,
anemonies and fusiliers. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Falling
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
Angle Macro |
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The
Edge
An atoll that has a vertical drop from 30-1000 feet
plus.
| Marine
life includes: |
Has
a combination of soft and hard coral, barracuda,
unicorn fish, clown fish, anemones, clown
trigger fish, groupers, fusiliers and occasionally
white tip sharks. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Falling
tide |
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For photographers: |
Close
up macro |
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Golden
Dream
An atoll with a vertical drop from 15-1000 feet
plus with a mild current which opens up the Golden
soft coral, also cannons at 50 feet.
| Marine
life includes: |
Golden
soft coral, sea whips, anemones, clown fishes,
unicorn fish, occasionally schools of barracuda
and white tip sharks. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle and underwater video camera |
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Noel's
Wall
An atoll 15 miles off Matagi Island with a vertical
drop from 30-1000 feet plus cannons and a swim-through
at 30 feet with beautiful hard coral at 30-40 feet.
Most famous for soft corals and pelagics.
| Marine
life includes: |
Plenty
of soft coral, fusiliers, schools of barracudas,
occasionally surgeon fish, schools of bronze
whalers, golden anthiase, unicorn fish, schools
of jack trevally at all times and queen angels
are seen quite often. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle and video camera |
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Corner
Located at the tip (Corner) at Laucala Barrier reef
ranging from 30-70 feet to the top of the wall and
a vertical drop off, with a variety of soft coral
and sea whips on the wall.
| Marine
life includes: |
Clown
trigger fish, unicorn, anemone fish, soft
coral, fusiliers, surgeon fish, sea whips,
sea fans, nudie branches and Spanish dancer,
occasionally schools of sharks and barracudas. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle, close up and video camera |
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Motui
1
An atoll 8 miles off Matagi Island with wall dives
and depths ranging from 15-1000 feet plus vertical
drop off with a variety of soft corals, long sea
whips on the side of the walls and tons of fish
life everywhere
| Marine
life includes: |
Fish
life of every kind and sharks, humb headed
parrotfish, tons of soft coral and beautiful
hard coral at 25-30 feet. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Either
falling or rising tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle and video cameras |
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Motui
11
Approximately 500 feet in distance from Motui 1
with almost the same reef structure, whereas Motui
11 has more beautiful hard coral at the top of the
wall
| Marine
life includes: |
Includes
schools of fish every kind, sharks, occasionally
soft and hard corals, surgeon fish everywhere,
long sea whips, nudie branches and flat worms
seen quite often. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Either
falling or rising tide |
|
For photographers: |
Wide
angle and video camera |
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Ledge
A submerged reef with depths ranging from 25-130
feet and a surrounding ledge at 45 feet with a variety
of soft coral, sea whips, flat worms. A couple of
lion fish are often seen hovering over the side
of the ledge and the site is also famous for soft
coral dives.
| Marine
life includes: |
Also
includes emperor angel, clown triggerfish
and titan trigger fish. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Either
falling or rising tide |
|
For photographers: |
Wide
angle |
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Cross
Channel
Located on Motui atoll, this has a vertical drop
off at 15-1000 feet plus and is famous for black
corals with long nose hawkfish and occasionally
beautifully untouched hard corals at 35 feet.
| Marine
life includes: |
Includes
soft coral, sea fans, sea whips, sharks, tuna,
travelly, king mackerel, tons of fusiliers
and carport anemones (rare ones). |
| Best
time to dive: |
Falling
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide-angle
video |
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Ringgolds
(Coral Garden)
Submerged reef on the inside of Ringgold’s
Reef with a depth ranging from 15-90 feet, it has
healthy hard corals, large variety of pelagics,
and famous for hard coral dive.
| Marine
life includes: |
Occasional
sweet lips, angelfish, clown trigger fish,
fusiliers, moray eels, and white tip sharks. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Either
falling or rising tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle, macro and video |
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Motui
Latai
An atoll 10 miles off Matagi with a depth ranging
from 10-200 feet plus. Has gradual slopes with tunnels
penetrating into the reef with beautiful sun rays
through the top opening of the reef also has a wide
variety of hard corals and fish of all kinds normally
in schools.
| Marine
life includes: |
Sharks
often seen, turtles, variety of hard coral,
schools of sweet lips, travelly, eagle rays,
clown trigger fish, sea whips, and variety
of beautiful brain coral |
| Best
time to dive: |
Either
falling or rising tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle and video |
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Sangrila
Located on Welagilala “BARRIER REEF”
with a variety of coral heads and pinnacles. Most
of the coral heads have swim through and tons of
sweet lips as their habitats, schools of hump headed
parrotfish and a variety of pipefish often seen.
It has a depth ranging from 15-90 foot slope.
| Marine
life includes: |
Includes
a variety of nudie branches, flat worms and
scorpion fish seen occasionally. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Includes
a variety of nudie branches, flat worms and
scorpion fish seen occasionally. |
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For photographers: |
Macro,
wide angle and video camera |
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Mariah's
Cove
Located on the coast of Qamea with depths ranging
from 15-80 feet. Best for second dives and perfect
night dives. A little ledge at 15-30 feet covered
with variety of soft red coral (called Red Wall)
is also accessible here.
| Marine
life includes: |
Includes
wrasses, blennies, puffer fish, garden eels,
sea whips, parrot fish, butterfly fishes,
variety of nudie branches, Spanish dancers,
moray eel and occasionally soft coral |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Macro,
close ups and video cameras |
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Still
Waters
A submerged reef off the coast of Qamea with depths
ranging from 15-100 feet, famous for soft coral
dives.
| Marine
life includes: |
Variety
of soft coral, tons of fusiliers, anthiases
basslets, occasionally white tip sharks, nudie
branches (flat worms) and schools of barracuda.
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| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Mainly
wide angle, also perfect for close up and
macro |
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Nukubalavu
Located on the coast of Qamea with depths ranging
from 10-120 feet with gradual slope, beautiful fish
life and a variety of soft coral. If dived with
a mild current it is a perfect night dive
| Marine
life includes: |
Moray
eels, variety of nudie branches, Spanish dancers,
blennies angel fish, stone fish, hawk fish,
variety of soft coral with schools of jack
trivially, Spanish mackerel and barracuda
with a slight current. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Best
during rising tide |
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For photographers: |
Macro,
close up and video camera |
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Mulomulo
Located on the coast off Qamea with depths ranging
from 10-120 feet with gradual slopes and beautiful
sea fans, soft coral.
| Marine
life includes: |
A
variety of nudie branches, flat worms, sea
whips, moray eels, fusiliers, wrasses, white
tip sharks and napoleon wrasses found occasionally |
| Best
time to dive: |
Either
falling or rising tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle and macro |
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Gorgonian
Garden
This reef has a vertical drop-off with depts ranging
15-200 feet, it has a variety of sea fans and soft
coral, more fish life and shark sightings.A mild
current from the beginning to the end of the dive.
| Marine
life includes: |
Includes sea fans, tons of soft coral, barracudas,
tuna, sharks (in schools), fusiliers, anamones,
sweet lips, travelly, anthiases and basslets |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle and video camera |
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Bonnie's
Boulder
Located between Laucala and Matagi, big bonnies
which divers weave between them. It has depths ranging
from 15-75 feet with a variety of soft corals on
the overhangs and untouched hard coral on the seabed.
| Marine
life includes: |
Variety
of nudie branches, occasionally sea snakes,
white tip sharks, leopard sharks at all times,
red anamones, stone fish hawk fish, emperor
angel and dragon masses. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Best
for rising tide but can be dived during falling
tide |
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For photographers: |
Macro,
wide angle and video |
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Backside
Located on the North side of Boulders which is about
100 feet away with depths ranging from 15-75 feet.
Big coral heads, a swim-through and a variety of
soft coral on the overhangs.
| Marine
life includes: |
Puffer
fishes, trunk fish, surgeon fish, variety
of nudie branches, trigger fish, stone fish,
file fish, red anemones, clown fish, soft
coral, sea fans and occasionally sleeping
leopard shark |
| Best
time to dive: |
Either
falling or rising tide |
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For photographers: |
Macro,
close up and video |
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Windseye
Passage
This is a passage at the Laucala barrier reefs with
depths ranging from 15-130 feet with gradual slopes
at the beginning of the dive and beautiful pinnacles
towards the end.
| Marine
life includes: |
Clown
trigger at all times, garden eels, angel fish,
anthiases, scorpion fish at all times, stone
fish, red anamones, leopard sharks, variety
of Spanish dancers with hard and soft coral |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle, macro and video camera |
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Joe's
Reef
Located outside Laucala barrier reef with depths
ranging from 15-100 feet, It has a variety of hard
soft corals. A few coral heads which come up to
about 15 feet and which divers weave between. Perfect
for safety stops.
| Marine
life includes: |
Marine life includes wrasses, moray eels,
gobi’s, puffers, clown trigger, occasionally
white tip sharks and sleeping leopard sharks. |
| Best
time to dive: |
Falling
tide |
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For photographers: |
Macro,
close up and video camera |
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Mini
Yellow Wall
This site is located outside the Laucala barrier
reef with depths ranging from 15-200 feet. It has
gradual slopes and a mini wall from 60-100 feet
covered with yellow soft coral.
| Marine
life includes: |
Wrasses,
parrot fish, tuna, sweet lips, moray and sharks
and occasionally soft coral |
| Best
time to dive: |
Rising
tide |
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For photographers: |
Wide
angle, close up and video camera |
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