Dive Sites

Taveuni is home to many famous dive sites, including Rainbow Reef and the Great White Wall, both of which are just minutes boat ride away from Taveuni Dive.

Below is a description of some of the dive sites. If you would like any further details please feel free to contact “Taveuni Dive.

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
For photographers:
Wide angle, macro, and video camera

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
For photographers:
Wide angle and video camera

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
For photographers:
Wide angle and video camera

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

For photographers:
Wide angle and video camera

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
For photographers:
Wide angle, video, macro and close up

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

For photographers:
Wide angle, macro and video

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

For photographers:
Wide angle and video camera

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
For photographers:
Wide angle, video camera and macro

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
For photographers:
Wide angle, macro and video camera

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
For photographers:
Wide Angle Macro

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
For photographers:
Close up macro

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
For photographers:
Wide angle and underwater video camera

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

For photographers:
Wide angle and video camera

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

For photographers:
Wide angle, close up and video camera

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

For photographers:
Wide angle and video cameras