Snorkeling & Scuba Diving

Fiji is famous among divers as being the "Soft Coral Capital of the World" because of its enormous number and variety of colorful corals, which attract a host of fish: more than 35 species of angelfish and butterfly fish swim in these waters.
All but a few resorts in Fiji have dive operations on-site. Most of them have equipment for rent, but ask before coming out here what they have available.

Even the heavily visited Mamanuca Islands off Nadi have good sites, including the Pinnacle, a coral head rising 18m from the lagoon floor, and a W-shaped protrusion from the outer reef. A drawback for some divers is that they don't have the Mamanuca sites all to themselves.
In Beqa Lagoon, the soft corals of Frigate Passage seem like cascades falling over one another, and Side Streets has unusual orange coral. The southern coast of Viti Levu has mostly hard corals, but you can go shark diving off Pacific Harbour; that is, the dive masters attract sharks by feeding them.
South of Viti Levu, Kadavu island is skirted by the Great Astrolabe Reef, known for its steep outside walls dotted with both soft and hard corals. The Astrolabe attracts Fiji's largest concentration of manta rays.
The reefs off Rakiraki and northern Viti Levu offer many tunnels and canyons plus golden soft corals growing on the sides of coral pinnacles.
Ovalau Island and Levuka aren't beach destinations, but good dive sites are nearby, including at the shipwrecks near Levuka harbor, and soft coral spots nearby Wakaya Island.
Off Savusavu, the barrier reef around Namenalala Island is officially the Namena Marine Protected Reserve. Both hard and soft corals attract an enormous number of small fish and their predators.
Fiji's best and most famous site for soft corals is Somosomo Strait between Vanua Levu and Taveuni in northern Fiji, home of the Great White Wall and its Rainbow Reef. The Great White Wall is covered from between 23 and 60m deep with pale lavender corals, which appear almost snow-white underwater. Near Qamea and Matagi, off Taveuni, are the appropriately named Purple Wall, a straight drop from 9 to 24m and Mariah's Cove, a small wall as colorful as the Rainbow Reef.

Just in case, the Fiji Recompression Chamber Facility (tel. 336 2172) is in Suva near Colonial War Memorial Hospital. And remember, you will need at least 12 hours -longer after multiple dives- between your last dive and flying, so plan accordingly!.

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