Koro Sea Diving Sites

Wakaya Island - Blue Ridge

Located about 300 metres from Wakaya Island, where the rich and famous come to relax, you know that many an 'A list' celebrity has blown bubbles here and when you see the beautiful reef and impressive array of life on this dive site you will think the red carpet has been rolled out just for you.

This dive begins by dropping down onto a section of the wall at about 10 metres or less, and as the dive proceeds you will likely be leaving the wall to your left shoulder. The top of the reef is a sort of plateau around 12 metres during the early part of the dive, and the wall drops to around 30 metres where there is a slope down into the abyss of the Koro Sea.

The plateau and the higher sections of the wall are home to plenty of hard and soft corals in a multitude of colours, and there are times when you are met with so much incredibly beautiful scenery that it can be a photographers dreamland. If there are many cameras in your group those divers may not get past the initial area such are the vibrant patches of reef. Many think your main concern will be your choice of lenses as both macro-wonders and impressive pelagics both compete to grab the headlines. It pays to have at least one diver scanning the blue as the rest poke around in the wall. Leaf fish, ribbon eels, fire gobies and dartfish, including the decorated variety and the common elegant dartfish, have all been spotted regularly.

As the wall decreases in height it allows you to then swim away from it to the right over a large sandy area which features a few rocky outcrops and coral heads which have their own character; but here you should be on the look out for some bigger stuff. Barracuda in schools of up to 60 are frequent visitors, as are whitetip reef sharks and even hammerheads.

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Wakaya Island Reef Basics: Sloping coral wall
Depth: 10 - 30m
Visibility: 15 - 40m
Currents: None to gentle
Surface Conditions: Mainly calm but can be choppy
Water Temperature: 23 - 29°C
Experience Level: Beginner - intermediate
Number of dive sites: 1
Diving Season: All year round
Distance: 120 km north east of Suva on Viti Levu
Access: Bligh water and Koro Sea liveaboards

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