Reef
down to 20 m
Coral Garden
A reef packed with healthy hard and soft corals from the surface down to about 20 m, popular with newer divers.
- Advanced
Advanced≤30 m
Sea Fans
Dive site in Vava'u, Tonga
- Max depth
- 20 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Jul–Oct
- Current
- Strong
The dive
A cavern and reef dive. Known for turtles and nudibranchs.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: hackingfamily.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- OverheadPart of the dive is under a ceiling, without a direct way up.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Cavern, Reef
- Environment
- Cavern (daylight visible)
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Turtles
- Nudibranchs
Season in Vava'u
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Jul–Oct.
Source: diveadventures.com.auWhere is Vava'u?
The point shows the Vava'u area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Vava'u
Cavern
down to 18 m
Swallows Cave ('Ana Pekapeka)
Light beams pour into this sea cave, where a huge school of small fish shelters; dives stay within 18 m.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 37 m
Clan MacWilliam wreck
- Experienced
- Turtles
Pinnacle
down to 15 m
Vaka'eitu Bommie
A 6–15 m bommie with bicolor angelfish, freckled hawkfish, puffers and several species of giant clam.
- Open Water
Rock formations
down to 27 m
China Town (Tu'ungasika Island)
Coral formations that look inspired by Chinese architecture, with tunnels, tubeworms and red anemones down to about 27 m.
- Advanced
- Anemones
Cavern
down to 25 m
Fingers
Canyon-like ridges, swim-throughs and small caves where Napoleon wrasse cruise and whitetip reef sharks rest on the sand.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.