Beqa Lagoon Diving Sites

E.T.

This dive is considered to be out of this world, hence the name, and you might well be rushing to phone home afterwards. The bommie that makes this site is in fact so large that it is unlikely you will see much more than about half of it on any one dive so it may be that during your stay you can return for the sequel.

The main feature of this Beqa Lagoon dive is an enormous tunnel which you make your way along into two separate chambers. All the while as you cruise along here, the walls are sprinkled with soft corals, sea fans, cup corals and just about every other type of sessile flora you can imagine. Especially under torch light this is an experience of beauty. There even seem to be different floors within these bommies with tunnels stacked upon each other and running parallel to each other at differing depths.

Because you will spend the vast majority of your time in tunnels here a torch is strongly recommended, otherwise the full effect of the colour that surrounds you may not be apparent. You may also fail to spot the residents of this marine system such as the occasional nurse shark or the smaller scale nudibranchs, sea slugs and lionfish. Also worth keeping an eye out for are gaping moray eels, red rock crabs and all manners of shrimp scuttling around over the splashes of colour.

Coming up to the surface after diving here is a bitter-sweet moment since you will wish you could stay and investigate the tunnels further. Commonly post-dive conversations in Beqa Lagoon involve resolving to return again to the site called E.T. which could equally stand for Extraordinary Tunnels.

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ET Reef Basics: Bommie riddled with tunnels
Depth: 15 - 21m
Visibility: 10 - 20m
Currents: Gentle
Surface Conditions: Can be choppy
Water Temperature: 24 - 28°C
Experience Level: Intermediate
Number of dive sites: 2
Diving Season: All year round
Distance: 7 km from Pacific Harbour on mainland Viti Levu, 10 km from Beqa Island
Access: Beqa and Viti Levu resorts

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