Wall
down to 50 m
Fish Factory
A soft-coral wall with schooling bannerfish and batfish, where eagle rays and reef sharks pass the deeper wall sections.
- Advanced
- Reef sharks
Advanced≤30 m
The Zoo
Dive site in Taveuni & Rainbow Reef, Fiji
A wall dive with grey and whitetip reef sharks, schooling barracuda and bigeye trevally.
- Usual dive
- 30 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Apr–Oct
- Current
- Strong
The dive
A wall dive. Known for grey reef sharks, whitetip reef sharks and barracuda.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: paradiseinfiji.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wall
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Grey reef sharks
- Whitetip reef sharks
- Barracuda
- Trevally
Season in Taveuni & Rainbow Reef
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Apr–Oct.
Source: dive-the-world.comWhere is Taveuni & Rainbow Reef?
The point shows the Taveuni & Rainbow Reef area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Taveuni & Rainbow Reef
Wall
Great White Wall
A swim-through full of soldierfish and sweepers drops onto a steep wall covered in pale Dendronephthya soft corals.
- Advanced
- Manta rays
Drift
Jerry's Jelly
A drift at about 18 m past rising garden eels, Spanish mackerel, dogtooth tuna and whitetip reef sharks.
- Advanced
- Whitetip reef sharks
Reef
Blue Ribbon Eel Reef
A gentle coral slope named for its resident blue ribbon eels, with whitetip reef sharks napping on the deeper sand flats.
- Whitetip reef sharks
Drift
Rainbow Passage
Drift in from the deep onto a sloping reef to look for juvenile blue ribbon eels, leaf scorpionfish and banded sea snakes.
- Scorpionfish
Reef
The Corner
A sloping reef beside Annie's Bommie where whitetip reef sharks rest on the bottom and hawksbill turtles are sometimes seen.
- 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.