Matangi Island Dive Sites.
Many dive experts consider the northern area of Fiji to be some of the best diving in the world. Matangi Island Resort is located right in the middle of it!
Most of Matangi's dive sites are within 20 minutes of the island by boat.
Fiji's warm clear waters are the perfect place for beginners or experienced divers to add adventure to their holiday at Matangi's luxury resort.
Never dived before? Beginners can learn to dive with a PADI Discover Scuba Course offered at Matangi Resort, so don't miss out.
The following are only a sample of dive sites easy accessible from Matangi Private Island Resort, Fiji Islands.
A Selection of Matangi's Dive Sites:
MOTUI I AND II - 10+ MILES DUE EAST OF MATANGI ISLAND
Name of Dive Site: GREAT YELLOW WALL
Description: An atoll 10 miles off Matangi with a vertical wall drop off starting around 15 feet. Visibility can be 100+ feet. Famous for its abundance of yellow soft corals, also present a variety of hard corals, fans, whips and basket stars. Likely to see sharks, barracuda, blue-fin trevally, tuna and mackerel in the blue whilst on the reef you can see black spotted toad fish, Vlamings unicornfish, surgeonfish, fusiliers, butterflyfish and many species of damsel. Easy to find nudibranchs on the wall at any depth.
For photographers: Wide angle macro
Name of Dive Site: EDGE
Description: An atoll 10 miles off Matangi. A vertical drop off from about 30-1000+ feet. It has a combination of hard and soft coral, anemones, clown fish, unicorn fish, groupers, fusiliers and occasionally white tip sharks.
For photographers: Close-up macro
Name of Dive Site: GOLDEN DREAM
Description: A vertical drop off 15-1000+ feet with a mild current which opens up the Golden soft coral. Beautiful anemones and clown fish, occasionally schools of barracuda.
For photographers: Wide angle and video
Name of Dive Site: NOELS WALL
Description: An atoll 10 miles off Matangi Island with a vertical drop off 30-1000 feet with cannons and swim-through’s at 30 feet. Spectacular colours with purple and white soft corals, red encrusting algae and bright yellow ascidians. Memorable site in that it offers the best of both worlds – a great detailed wall dive with nudibranchs, hard and soft corals, feather and sea stars and abundant reef fish as well as the pelagics swimming past throughout the dive, including trevally, barracuda and bronze whalers.
For photographers: Wide angle and video
QAMEA 5 MILES+ DUE WESTALONG QAMEA COAST – BETWEEN TAVEUNI/QAMEA
Name of Dive Site: SEVEN PEAKS
Description: Named after the seven coral peaks between which the dive is navigated. A stunning and exciting dive for the diversity of topography and marine life. A huge variety of fish species, notably the titan triggerfish, brushtail tangs, princess damsel, blue-lined surgeonfish, and the peacock grouper. Three spot dascyllus can be found amongst the Acropora heads. Patches of spectacular soft corals saturated by anthias and basslets. In the channels between the peaks, sightings of white tips, bronze whaler sharks, mackerel, banded sea snake, blue-spotted ray, giant clams and beautiful cowries.
For photographers: Wide angle and video
Name of Dive Site: STILL WATERS
Description: A submerged reef off the coast of Qamea with depth range of 15-100 ft. Predominantly a soft coral dive and beautiful structural architecture of the reef with arches and overhangs. Common fish are damsels, anthias, dottybacks, fusiliers, anemone fish, squirrelfish and big-eye bream. May also see corris, boxfish, nudibranchs and schooling barracuda.
For photographers: Mainly wide angle, also good close up and macro.
Name of Dive Site: ELBOW
Description: Drop in behind the shelter of the headland then as you swim around “the elbow” let the current drift you along the gentle slope which extends to 120+ feet. Combination of reef fish and pelagics. Abundant titan trigger, schooling pyramid butterfly fish and fusiliers with the occasional mackerel and spotted eagle ray. The shallows are teaming with different species of anthias, chromis and damsel fish, including the particularly attractive Johnston damsel (Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus).
For photographers: Wide angle macro and video
Name of Dive Site: HALF-WAY REEF (fish patch)
Description: A submerged reef exactly half way between the two islands Qamea and Taveuni. Beautiful hard and soft corals and a good variety of reef fish including trumpetfish and different species of squirrelfish.
For photographers: Wide angle and video.
Name of Dive Site: GORGONIAN GARDEN
Description: This reef has a vertical drop off with depths ranging 15-200 ft, it has a variety of sea fans and soft coral, anthias, basslets, damselfish, sweetlips and the occasional trevally.
For photographers: Wide angle and video
SOMOSOMO - TAVEUNI/VANUA LEVU 25+ MILES DUE WEST – DAY TRIP ONLY
Name of Dive Site: WHITE WALL
Description: The tunnel from 30-60 feet leads you to the outer reef wall which drops to over 240 feet. Below 70 feet the wall is covered with white soft coral giving it a completely white appearance. Long sea whips extend out from the wall, longnose hawkfish sit amongst the soft coral heads. On top of the reef there are spectacular overhangs, a number of tunnels to swim through and beautiful soft corals. A very exciting dive.
For photographers: Wide angle, macro and video
Name of Dive Site: PURPLE WALL
Description: It has an outer wall with the reef top at 20 feet dropping to over 200 feet. The wall is covered with purple soft corals, sea whips and large gorgonian fans. Trevally, mackerel, barracuda and white tips are quite common, manta rays less frequent. Also a variety of nudibranchs, anthias and fusilers.
For photographers: Wide angle and video
Special Dive Trips:
- Full day dive trip to Somosomo Straits - requires 6 divers minimum
