Fiji's warm translucent South Pacific water is equally inviting and home to some of the best
soft coral dive sites on the planet.
Somosomo Strait offers magnificent
soft coral dives and Beqa Lagoon, a shark encounter like no other.
Soft coral dives take place at more than 20 sites around Pacific Harbour.
Not exact matches
But for a brief moment every day, the current slows down — the perfect time to
dive in and check out this diverse underwater world of electric yellow sponges, lurking lingcod, and vibrant red
soft corals.
Everybody loves a free go at something new and nothing compares to taking a proper
dive out on our magical reefs around Senggigi with our
soft, hard
corals and amazing marine life including moray eels, shrimps, crabs, octopus, cuttle fish, lobsters and a whole range of colourful reef fishes.
The main part of the bay is quite shallow so an excellent place to complete a safety stop at the end of the
dive amongst some of the clearest waters and most profuse hard and
soft corals around Nusa Penida.
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.
Soft coral and sea fan enthusiasts will love this
dive.
The most popular
dive spot around here is Misool where you can expect to see hard and
soft coral, huge underwater beasts and amazing macro life.
Highlights: With so many unusual critters and beautiful
soft corals decorating the seabed, this
dive spot is a perfect location for those divers who love photography!
Covered in masses of
soft coral which provide a rich macro life, this great rock is one of the most popular
dive spots in Nha Trang because of the diversity that it boasts.
With the skill - based
dives behind us, our decompression
dives in the Sekotong area revealed gentle slopes covered in
soft coral and current - swept plateaus with large barrel sponges.
Soft Coral was a first for me and a truly beautiful dive site with schools of reef fish, Pygmy seahorse, squat lobsters, bat fish and a colourful range of soft and hard corals covering boulders and rocks, a great dive site to conduct the Advanced Navigation d
Soft Coral was a first for me and a truly beautiful
dive site with schools of reef fish, Pygmy seahorse, squat lobsters, bat fish and a colourful range of
soft and hard corals covering boulders and rocks, a great dive site to conduct the Advanced Navigation d
soft and hard
corals covering boulders and rocks, a great
dive site to conduct the Advanced Navigation
dive.
Most of the
dive sites are pristine
coral reefs with colorful
soft corals and crinoids, vast staghorn
coral fields and huge table
corals in the shallow parts, giant elephant ears in the deeper parts, giant sponge barrels along the slopes.
An exciting pinnacle
dive, draped in
soft corals and absolutely heaving with fish life.
Among the experienced divers can expect are sheltered
coral gardens, fish - laden offshore pinnacles, high - energy drift
dives and walls and slopes covered in profusions of hard and
soft corals.
Most of the
dive sites are pinnacles sticking out of the surface of the ocean and covered with bright
soft corals.
Among the top
dives, is the 442 - foot Toa Maru, littered with artifacts from sake bottles to ammo, and covered in substantial hard and
soft corals.
Strong current, drift
dives, cathedral swim - throughs, WWII shipwrecks, manta rays, dugongs, sharks, large pelagics, and a kaleidoscope of colorful
soft corals.
You can
dive on the world - famous Namena marine reserve sites and explore the waters surrounding the resort which offer the largest variety of fish and
coral on the planet; seemingly bottomless drop - offs, multi-colored
soft corals, and perfect
coral gardens supporting an abundance of spectacular marine life.
Our third
dive for the day was a place called Blue Caves, incredible ledges off of a spectacular wall with tons for
soft coral colored bright, intense blue.
One
dive site not to be missed, Ko Bida Nok, has outstanding hard and
soft coral with lots of marine life.
Most of our
dive sites are hard and
soft coral fringing reefs which surround the islands,
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.
Two
dives can be done here, one around the rock, watching barracudas, turtles, batfish, stonefish, porcupine fish, stingrays and morays amongst both hard and
soft corals.
• Phi Phi Islands
dive resort packages Manta rays at Hin Daeng, Kingcruiser Wreck and Shark Point, and some terrific local
soft coral wall
dives - is what Phi Phi is all about.
Cabbage Patch - Back - rolling into the clear waters of the Somosomo Strait, which does much to justify Fiji's claim to be the
soft coral capital of the world, you might expect to be met with impressive views of
soft coral on every
dive.
A fine site to multi level
dive, the selection of
soft coral in the deeper section gives way to hard
corals as you ascend and in the shallows there are always several turtles totally unfazed by the presence of divers.
Koh Chang is slowly developing into becoming one of Thailands top 5
dive destinations where the reefs and
corals are abundant and untouched abundant with Cnidarians, Leather Corals, Tree Soft Corals, Spiny Gorgonians, Gorgonian Fan Corals and Whip C
corals are abundant and untouched abundant with Cnidarians, Leather
Corals, Tree Soft Corals, Spiny Gorgonians, Gorgonian Fan Corals and Whip C
Corals, Tree
Soft Corals, Spiny Gorgonians, Gorgonian Fan Corals and Whip C
Corals, Spiny Gorgonians, Gorgonian Fan
Corals and Whip C
Corals and Whip
CoralsCorals.
Characteristics: relaxing drift
dive with rock formations, plenty of
soft corals and hard
corals, clams, nudibranchs, feather stars, sea squirts, tropical fish
Location: about 600 meters opposite to the southern end of Bulabog Beach Access: either by boat or from the shore Experience: all divers Depth: 5 - 20 meters Visibility: up to 20 meters Current: low - moderate Characteristics: reef drift
dive with sea snakes, sea cucumbers, sea stars, moray eels, nudibranchs, anemones,
soft corals, hard
corals
Location: opposite White Beach, Station 2 Access: about 10 minutes by boat from White Beach Experience: advanced divers Depth: 18 - 36 meters Current: moderate - strong Characteristics: wall, reef
dive with
soft corals, hard
corals, sea fans, nudibranchs, moray eels
It is not unusual to see large turtles during this
dive and the wall is crammed with macro, colorful
soft and hard
corals Along the wall there are also some big Branching
corals with shoals of Razor fish hanging out around them.
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
With shores washed by currents from the South China Sea, most
dives are conducted as drifts, which carry divers along an underwater landscape covered with
soft corals and sponges and carved with small drop - offs and canyons.
Venture over to Ang Thong Marine Park to
dive among whale sharks, hard and
soft corals, stingrays, sea anemones, barracuda, lionfish, cuttlefish, and angelfish.
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...
Here our our South Lombok
dive sites are full of bright
soft corals.
One of the Gili Islands
dive sites with a good variety of hard and
soft corals.
Orpheus» local
dive sites are home to 1,100 of the 1,500 species of fish on the reef, 340 of the 359 varieties of hard
corals and some of the region's largest collections of
soft corals.
Level: beginner to experienced diver Type of
dive: off shore
dive 3 minutes from the beach, pinnacle, walls and slopes What to see: lion and scorpion fish, nudi branchs, butterfly and angel fish, emperor and trigger fish, morish idols, white tip shark, blue spotted sting ray, eels,
soft coral, gorgonian and whip
coral.
Owner - operator, George, is only to happy to show visitors these exciting and totally unspoiled
dive sites, abundant with hard and
soft corals and all kinds of tropical fish species.
Fiji is back on its feet after February's cyclone Winston so now is a great time to show your support, have a holiday among some of the friendliest people imaginable, and
dive the
soft coral capital of the world.
This
dive site got its name from the large amount of purple
soft corals that completely cover the rocks and can be seen throughout the
dive.
Hin Daeng boasts the deepest wall
dive in Thailand with a sparse coating of
soft corals and a few sea fans, it seems almost barren when compared with the rest of the site, but divers visiting this remote location are often rewarded by the presence of Whale Sharks and Manta Rays.
If you are looking for beautiful hard and
soft coral reef formations with numerous fish varieties, including the world famous underwater museum MUSA, then this is the right
dive location for you.
Our
Dive Site: Julian Rocks Here the reserve is home to three different species of sea turtle, an assortment of rays including mantas, hard and
soft corals, friendly wobbegong sharks and over four hundred different species of fish.
Plug Point offers divers the possibility to
dive at an exceptional healthy and shallow patch of
soft corals.