Fiji's warm translucent South Pacific water is equally inviting and home to some of
the best soft coral dive sites on the planet.
It is worth going fairly deep here, 24 - 30 meters, since this is where
the best soft coral colonies are found.
Richelieu offers some of
the best soft coral growths around, with some trees growing over knee high.
Some of
the best soft corals in Fiji can be found on the reefs and bommies to the north west of Viti Levu off the coast of Rakiraki diving in Vatu - I - Ra and Bligh Water.
Not exact matches
The green, topped with some
soft sun - rays in the late afternoon, compliments the
coral makeup I had going on so
well!
It is
better to use neutral
soft tones like
coral and champagne for blue eyes.
Pink Grapefruit is a cheery,
soft coral that would pair
well with white, ivory, grey, taupe, navy, denim and brown.
The
best thing about this scarf is that it isn't an obnoxious bright
coral, but rather a
softer, more romantic hue.
Explore rich, diverse
coral gardens that help form these protective ocean walls, filled with hard and
soft corals as
well as the reef's most iconic species such as sharks, stingrays, turtles, whales *, groupers and cods, maori wrasse and parrotfish.
The new dive site is nicknamed THREE CORNERS and is a very
good dive, the bottom is around 35m and starts out as white sand & rubble, it then turns into really pristine
coral wall with lots of sea fans and many whip
corals as
well as lots of hard &
soft corals.
There, I found both hard and
soft corals, as
well as many small reef fish.
The impressive wall is covered in beautiful hard and
soft corals as
well as sponges and sea fans.
With these
soft corals we often find our macro like Squat lobsters both hairy and common, squat shrimps, translucent anemone shrimp, nudibranchs, orangutan crabs, hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, mantis shrimps and flatworms as
well as isopods.
We have a
good variety of
soft colourful
corals around the north Gilis such as anemones, bubble
coral (a favorite turtle food), Daisy
coral, whip
coral, feather stars, sea fans, sea pens, leather
coral, sponges, barrel
coral and in some spots we get
soft coral colonies.
Surrounded by over 190 miles of spectacular
coral reef on one of the world's largest barrier reefs, Beqa Lagoon Resort offers divers a gateway to a wonderland of marine life and some of the
best diving in Fiji, the
soft coral capital of the World.
A gently sloping reef on the south side of Gili Trawangan with a
good variety of hard and
soft corals, bommies and large table
corals sheltering reef fish.
True
corals have forms with a relatively
soft flexible skeleton as
well as the very familiar hard
corals with a very rigid skeleton.
The diving and snorkelling is really first rate — the combination of
soft and hard
corals and fish is probably
better than any we have seen around Asia and on the barrier reef.
On Klein Bonaire, Monte's Divi is a
good bet for seahorses and Forest offers thick growths of
soft corals and black
coral trees.
With white
soft sand, crisp sunshine, coconut palm trees and a pristine
coral reef, Danang is one of the
best Vietnam beaches for sunbathing, surfing and scuba diving.
2 great pinnacles break the surface — excellent dive sites due to the amount of schooling fish as
well as the healthy state of the
soft corals.
Cannibal Rock - A kaleidoscope of color, Cannibal Rock is world renowned for its rich and abundant
soft coral proliferation and a magnitude of invertebrate life that rivals the very
best dive destinations on the planet.
Both sites were
good for an amateur photographer like myself and I took plenty of shots of colourful
soft corals and Christmas tree worms.
Zanzibar boasts amongst the
best beaches in the world, with coconut palms and powder
soft coral sands washed by shimmering clear seas.
These undersea islands are covered in
soft tree
corals, sea fans and wire
corals, as
well as, multitudes of colorful tropical fish.
Raja Ampat is very
well known for it's density of colourful
soft coral.
Access: about 15 minutes by boat Experience: beginner, training dives, advanced diver Depth: 5 - 15 meters Visibility: 10 - 30 meters Current: low - moderate
Best months: November - May Characteristics: reef with see grass,
soft corals, hard
corals, stony
corals, leather
corals, sea cucumbers, anemones
good for night dives and snorkeling
Location: southeast of Boracay, in the Tabon Strait Access: about 25 minutes by boat from White Beach Experience: advanced divers Depth: 5 - 20 meters Visibility: up to 30 meters Current: strong Characteristics: 2 dive sites (small Laurel and big Laurel) with walls, tunnel, reef, many fish species, sponges, sea cucumbers, sea stars, sea snakes, nudibranchs,
soft corals, hard
corals, black
corals, leathery
corals good for photography
They often contain a surprising diversity of
corals, especially
soft corals which survive
better than hard
corals in water with a high sediment load.
Turtle Caves have plenty of sea life with hard and
soft coral as
well as turtles.
Watch this Krabi diving video with some of the
soft coral scenes and local marine life, such as lobsters, seahorses and porcelain crabs, as
well as underwater shots from the nearby Kingcruiser Wreck.
A steep wall follows the whole coastline, with tons of hard and
soft corals coating every inch, as
well as countless species calling it home.
Water conditions are not favorable to
soft coral growth, but hard
corals thrive from the surface to depths
well below 100 feet.
The
coral reefs around Nusa Lembongan and the other islands are very healthy, with an incredibly diverse variety of creatures offering a mixture of fantastic hard
corals, colourful
soft corals and a range of critters from macro to pelagics, as
well as huge schools of fish with visibility nearly always 20 - 25m.
Considered one of the
best dive and snorkel sites in the inshore islands, Manta Ray Bay has a
good coverage of hard and
soft corals and...
One of the Gili Islands dive sites with a
good variety of hard and
soft corals.
The South Gili's offer beautiful reefs with a mix of hard and
soft coral, great macro life as
well as reef fish and turtles.
However they are the
best place in the area to see large pelagics — big barracuda schools, reef sharks and tuna are common, with occasional dolphins, mola - mola and even hammerhead sharks if you are lucky, along with luscious hard and
soft coral gardens.
You can go diving in Beqa Lagoon at Pearl Rock, Joe's
Best, Glory Hole, Carpet Cove, Seven Sisters, Million Dollar Point, Frog's Leap,
Soft Coral Plateau or Turtle Head.
This reef is laced with a large variety of
soft corals, which makes it a
good spot to see feeding turtles.
Though the
soft corals and fish diversity are not quite as
good as some of the other Andaman Sea destinations in Thailand, you will find fish species here that you won't see in the Similan Islands, such as Napoleon wrasse, yellow - masked angelfish, bumphead parrotfish, tomato anemonefish and barramundi, as
well as lots of turtles.
While diving throughout the Turneffe Atoll, you will see a variety of hard and
soft corals as
well as all of the Caribbean tropicals, eagle rays, sharks, turtles, dolphins, moray eels, and occasionally a whale shark in addition to large schools of permit, horse eye jacks and dog snapper.
Coral reefs, which have been damaged throughout the world due to coral bleaching, have recovered very well on the whole and nowadays absolutely beautiful soft corals can still be found, particularly in deeper wa
Coral reefs, which have been damaged throughout the world due to
coral bleaching, have recovered very well on the whole and nowadays absolutely beautiful soft corals can still be found, particularly in deeper wa
coral bleaching, have recovered very
well on the whole and nowadays absolutely beautiful
soft corals can still be found, particularly in deeper waters.
Starting at 6m, this lovely reef of beautiful
soft corals and thriving hard
corals gives us clouds of anthias as
well as scorpionfish, moray eels, trumpetfish, puffers, and Giant trevally.
The prettiest
soft corals reefs in the world are located in Misool, as
well as having multiple pinnacles surrounded by masses of schooling fish, barracudas, jacks and snappers.
Coral Trout, Groupers, Barramundi, eels, sting - ray, estuary fish as
well as very colourful crustaceans, molluscs, hard and
soft corals, sponges and starfish are just a few examples of the vast array of sea creatures that may be discovered on the reef.
The visibility was unusually
good in the south and allowed the light to penetrate for many many meters, illuminating the brilliant colors of the
soft coral and layers of sea fans where we found dozens of pigmey seahorses!
The Oceanview Suites offer balconies looking out onto the
Coral Sea as
well as floor - to - ceiling windows, luxury
soft furnishings and a two - person tub.
While it shares some of Raja Ampat's
best features such as exceptional
soft coral growth, it also has some unique features, not least the vast forest - like swathes of black
coral.
From pristine
coral reefs that are condensed with thousands of species of hard and
soft coral, as
well a high concentration of fish and marine life, plus all the relaxing, tasty and exhilarating top - side adventures, it is easy to see why this tropical destination has been voted the world's
best island, time and time again.