Up Kadavu Lau Group Lomaiviti Group Mamanuca Islands Taveuni (East) Taveuni (West) Vanua Levu Viti Levu Yasawa Group

Diving in Fiji
Dive Sites in the Lau Group wpe5.jpg (17927 bytes)
In the Lau group, you'll find dive sites featuring spectacular hard coral gardens, along with some huge orange seafans and a gigantic patch of cabbage coral. The area is also known for its stunning visibility and pelagic encounters such as a variety of sharks and on occasion, even sailfish.
The reefs found in this isolated group consist of some of the most pristine hard coral gardens in the world. Soft corals and sea whips occur in some of the deeper sites, but are less common than elsewhere in Fiji.

Due to Lau's remoteness, most reefs are only reached by live-aboard. Here, you'll find dive sites such as Walagi featuring spectacular hard coral gardens, along with some huge orange seafans and a gigantic patch of cabbage coral. The area is also known for its stunning visibility and pelagic encounters such as a variety of sharks and on occasion, even sailfish.

Dive Sites
1. Wailangilala Passage: Count on hundreds of small barracuda at 70 to 80 feet kept in tight formation by dogtooth tuna. Larger barracuda at 90 feet. Golden trevallies and African pompano. Reef fish include emperor angels, clown triggerfish, anemonefish and spotfin lionfish. If you're lucky, you'll see - Whitetip reef sharks and bronze whalers, maybe even a whale shark. Moderate to strong current. 60 - 110 feet. 2. Lewis Bank: Visibility in excess of 150 feet. Lyretail grouper, huge tridacna clams, unicornfish and a dozen or more bronze whaler sharks. Strong current. 60 - 90 feet. 3. Boehm Rock: Flashlight fish with luminescent bacteria in pouches beneath their eyes - flitting about in the cracks and crevices of the undercut walls in the evening at depths below 40 feet. Latticed butterfly fish, anemone fish, hawk fish, sunburst basslets, wrasses and crinoids. Night divers also will see shrimp, lobster and decorator crabs. Light Current. 20 - 80 feet.
4. Trigger Rock: Another spectacular pinnacle rising from the seafloor. The bommie lacks the extraordinary density of life found on E-6, but is frequently visited by hammerheads. Schooling barracuda, batfish and turtles. Light to Moderate Current. 30 - 130 Feet. 5. Navutu Atoll: A true atoll surrounded by miles of open ocean. A school of up to 300 barracuda, bronze whaler sharks, jewfish, trevallies and colorful tridacna clams. Moderate Currents. 20 - 100 feet.