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Fiji Scuba Diving Regions 10. Vanua Levu

Light House
Large aggregation of fish - groupers and snappers. You can see spawning of these large fish at this site. Very large group spawning site of other smaller reef fish. OCtopus. Good deep dive - 100ft - you will see large fish.

Alice in Wonderland
Open water large patch reef at 40 ? 60 feet. Large mushroom-shaped corals underneath which you can often see small reef sharks. Upcurrent end has good flow and huge aggregations of reef fish and larger pelagic life.

Shark Alley

A maze of swim throughs, overhangs and chambers hiding white tip reef sharks resting on sandy bottoms. Giant Mouri wrasse and grouper can be found hiding around the next corner

Mystery Reef
An isolated reef scattered with coral heads covered in multi-colored soft corals, spanish mackerels, coral trout and unicorn fish.

Canyons
Swim through beautiful grottos of hard coral extending into vast unexplored underwater canyons at 15 ? 80 feet. Reef Sharks rest in the grottos

Nugget
Two coral heads - one a myriad of soft corals surrounded by schools of fairy basslets, masked banner fish, leaf fish, with jacks and barracuda circling. The second coral head is covered in golden soft corals. Lion fish, scorpion fish with nesting trigger fish and moray eels are abundant.

Goldilocks
Great diversity of hard and soft corals. Very abundant reef fish population. Nice dive because you can swim completely around the edge of the reef in a 30-40 minute dive.

Jacksons
Spectacular wall with gigantic sea fans at depths of 90 feet. Finish the dive among luxurious purple soft corals at 40-60 ft.

Fingers
Beautiful spur and groove reef system, jutting fingers of hard coral alternating with high flow grooves. Painted crayfish, giant tridacna clams, and eagle rays. Dive ranges from 20 ? 70 feet.

Hole in the Wall
Vertical drop off supporting huge gorgonian fans. Large tuna, spotted sweetlips, mackerel, barracuda, with bronze whalers lurking in the depths below.

Big Blue
Spectacular drop off with giant gorgonians covered with feather stars. Perfect place to watch for sea turtles and large fish.

Nsonisoni Pass
Drift dive along a wall covered with every variety of pristine hard and soft corals imaginable. Swim across the passage to the purple bommies, a mass of purple soft corals fed by the nutrient-rich Koro sea waters. Large barracuda, circling grey reef sharks and white tips cruise everywhere.

Dakuniba Pass
Dakuniba Pass is a 100 foot maximum wall dive where you'll see pelagics such as barracuda, sharks and tuna. There are also some beautiful gorgonian fans at this site, which is best done on outgoing tides.

Magic Mountain
A coral pinnacle, 80 feet in diameter, rising from the bottom to within 10 feet of the surface. Even at the top, it's about 50 feet across. At about 40 feet, a soft coral- and sponge-covered tunnel pierces the "mountain." Flashlight fish can be found on night dives. Black coral, scarlet sea fans and soft corals. Orange anthias, basslets and purple baitfish. Trevally, coral trout, butterflyfish, golden damselfish, long-nosed hawkfish and spotted sweetlips. A resident school of batfish patrols the edge of the drop-off.

Namena Island
A small island 20 miles to the south of Savusavu surrounded by mile after mile of unexplored reefs. Seemingly borttomless drop-offs, multi-colored soft corals and perfect coral gardens support an abundance of marine life.

This is the place to see the big fish cruising in from the depths of the Koro Sea. Barracuda, spanish mackerel, dog-tooth tuna, mantas and large sharks can patrol these reefs at any time.

Canyons
Swim through beautiful grottos of hard coral extending into vast unexplored underwater canyons. See Reef Sharks resting in the grottos.

Shark Alley
A maze of swim-throughs, overhangs and chambers hide white tip reef sharks resting on sandy bottoms. Giant Mouri wrasse and grouper can be found hiding around the next corner.

Nuggets
The nuggets are two coral heads. One is a myriad of soft corals surrounded by schools of fairy basslets, masked banner fish, leaf fish, with jacks and barracuda circling. The second is covered in golden soft corals. Lionfish, scorpion fish, nesting trigger fish and moray eels are abundant.

Goldilocks
This site is a favorite because you can swim completely around the edge of the reef. It offers great diversity of hard and soft corals, with a very abundant reef fish population.

Jacksons
This spectacular wall features gigantic sea fans at depths of 90 feet. Divers finish among luxurious purple soft corals at 40-60 ft.

Fingers
This site is known for a beautiful spur and groove reef system, jutting fingers of hard coral alternating with high flow grooves., plus painted crayfish, giant tridacna clams, and eagle rays.

Light House
This is a good, deep dive -- 100 feet -- with a large aggregation of fish, such as groupers and snappers, and octopus. This is an active spawning site of both these large fish and smaller reef fish.

Mystery Reef
This isolated reef is scattered with coral heads covered in multi-colored soft corals, spanish mackerel, coral trout and unicorn fish.

Hole in the Wall
This vertical drop off supports huge gorgonian fans. Large tuna, spotted sweetlips, mackerel, barracuda, with bronze whalers lurk in the depths below.

Big Blue
This spectacular drop off features giant gorgonians covered with feather stars. It's a perfect place to watch for sea turtles and large fish.

Alice in Wonderland
This site is an open water large patch reef, where small reef sharks often lurk underneath large mushroom-shaped corals. The upcurrent end has good flow and huge aggregations of reef fish and larger pelagic life.

Nsonisoni Pass
This is a drift dive along a wall covered with every variety of pristine hard and soft corals imaginable. Divers can swim across the passage to the purple bommies, a mass of purple soft corals fed by the nutrient-rich Koro Sea waters. Large barracuda, circling gray reef sharks and white tips cruise everywhere.

Barracuda Point

Beginning on a reef wall just off the coast of the resort, this dive involves swimming along a hard-coral reef finger to join a school of 50-60 resident barracuda. Be on the lookout for hammerheads and schools of batfish as well.

Dreadlocks
In the middle of Savusavu Bay, this site is home to a lavish array of multicolored hard and soft coral as well as lionfish, harlequin filefish and butterfly fish.