Fiji Snorkeling Travel Guide

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Fiji Snorkeling Travel Tips

By Matt Link
  • Fiji is chockfull of warm lagoons that make for bathtub-perfect snorkeling with calm waters. Just watch out for low tide, since the lagoons are shallow and are not swimmable at certain times of day.
  • Every experienced snorkeler knows that bright sunshine makes for the best underwater viewing, and thus the best times for snorkeling are during Fiji’s sunnier and drier winter season from June to September.
  • The narrow passage between the isles of Vanua Levu and Taveuni, called the Somosomo Strait, is Fiji's most famous site for soft corals, especially its Great White Wall and Rainbow Reef. The snorkeling is very good here, but watch for strong currents and sharks.

Beach Overview: Fiji

By Matt Link
The perfect setting for a Blue Lagoon holiday (both the 1949 and 1980 movie versions were shot in Fiji), this postcard-ready South Pacific archipelago encompasses over 300 islands. It's estimated that over a third of Fiji's isles are uninhabited, and 87 percent of the country’s population inhabit only two of them (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu). That all adds up to an incredible array of remote, empty, and palm-lined beaches for a die-hard beach lover to choose among. Water sports are also the great attraction here: swim, surf, snorkel, kayak—and especially scuba—to your heart's content. Share the waters with soft corals, manta rays, and hundreds of different kinds of fish in a spectacular underwater show. Inland, the islands are smothered with emerald rainforest, extinct volcanic craters, and giant waterfalls. Read More

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Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort

Savusavu
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Distance: 74.6 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 5 class stars

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5.0

The Wakaya Club & Spa

Wakaya Island
Lomaviti Islands

Distance: 38.7 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
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5.0

Turtle Island

Nanuya Levu Island
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Distance: 78.2 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
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Good For Snorkeling
Expert Rated & Recommended
5.0
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Attractions

Long Beach

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Good For Snorkeling
Matacawalevu Island
Kadavu


Distance: 79.4 mi. (from destination center)
Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0

Tui Tai

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Nakama
Savusavu


Distance: 89.6 mi. (from destination center)
Expert Rated & Recommended
5_0

Beach Bar at the Malolo Island Fiji Resort

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Mamanuca Islands
Malolo Island


Distance: 86.1 mi. (from destination center)
Expert Rated & Recommended
4_0
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Bureta Levuka Airfield 30.5 map
Suva Nausori Airport 41.4 map
Nadi International Airport 68.8 map

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