Manta Rays also known as “devil ray” vary in color from back, red-brown to greyblue. Mantas are now thought to be a single species. These creatures can be found near the Kadavu Islands, Koro Sea and Bligh Water performing thier gracious somersaults that “awws” and captures an divers imagination. They can also be seen feeding in small groups or mostly alone near rocky reefs and shore waters near corals.

Often accompanying a manta ray is a remora fish that attaches itself to the host to feed. Adult manta rays go upto 4-5 metres and are capable of rapid speeds. Manta Rays visit “cleaning stations” near reefs where the cleaner wrasse remove parasites from skin and gill cavities.



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Fiji is considered amongst the worlds top diving spots since the archipelago is basically surrounded by a huge reef which caters for thousands of diving sites from shallow prestine lagoons to drop offs to ship wrecks, underwater caves and night dives at temperatures of around 25c to 31c. The Fiji waters highlight a wide array of corals, exotic and rare marine life such as the Humphead Wrasse, three species of sea snake, manta rays, moray eels, jelly fishes that do not have those nasty stings , sharks, whales such as the humpback whale which are occasionally seen near Taveuni and the Lomaiviti Islands. The Fiji waters host a total of five species of turtles of which three lay eggs on the shores during the month of November.

Top Diving Spots

The Fiji Island is known as the “Soft Coral Capital” of the world which hosts a wide array of marine life possibly with some that haven’t been discovered yet. The Mamanucas offer shallow lagoons to explore which can be easily accessed via a boat within 15-20mins whilst the Yasawas offer interesting Caves to explore in the Sawa-i-Lau. World famous Astrolabe Reef and Beqa Lagoon include a variety of soft coral, passages and reef bommies. The Great Astrolabe Reef is one of the world’s largest barrier reefs and encompases the Kadavu Island. Buliya is the highlight of Kadavu Island because of the popular Manta Ray Snorkelling. Beqa Lagoon can be accessed off Coral Coast where several resorts offer diving facilities and boats which lead to Beqa Lagoon within 1 hour. The Northern Islands offers the World famous Rainbow Reef can be found in the Somosomo Strait located between Vanua Levu and Taveuni. The reefs are provided with the abundance of soft and hardcorals with exotic marine life. The Great White Wall; possibly the most popular diving site which consists of white coral between 20 to 65m. The Lamaiviti region has two barrier reefs that is fed by Tradewind Currents and are accessible from the Lomaiviti Group and Nananu-i-Ra. These reefs boast a variety of marine life with hammerhead sharks and manta rays that are the major attraction with the passages and bommies.



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“Scuba” originally being an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Now everyone just prefers to use Scuba in short as it is simple and easier.

There are two types of Scuba Diving sets:

1) Open-circuit

Here the diver breathes in from the equipment and all the exhaled gas goes to waste in the surroundingwater. This type of equipment is relatively simple, making it cheaper and more reliable.

2) Closed-circuit

Here the diver breathes in from the set, and breathes back into the set, where the exhaled gas is processed to make it fit to breathe again.

Scuba is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater for recreation, commercial or industrial reasons.






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Some important pointers to be prepared for a while Scuba Diving
1. Have a well stocked first aid kit and know how to use it – it will be of no use if you have a first aid kit but don’t know how to use it.
2.Have an emergency oxygen delivery system available – just to be in the safe side when going for a dive
3.Check for weather conditions before a dive – currents can be very strong in some areas and can carry a diver away
4.Take precaution on what you can encounter when scuba diving – just to take precaution on how to deal or approach each of the species.
5.Prepare a suitable gear – is critical to the success and safety of a dive.
6.Determine how you will enter the water – there are generally two ways of entering the water for a dive: from a boat.

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