Yasawa Islands · Fiji · Coral garden · Reef
Kuata Front Reef
Coral bommies and a coral nursery off the resort beach
Area photo: Rickard Törnblad · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kuata Front Reef, known as Coral Wonderland, is the shallow reef just off the shore of Barefoot Kuata Resort. It never goes deeper than 10 m, which makes it the place where new divers start and returning divers do a refresher, and part of it is given over to coral restoration.
Also known as Coral Wonderland.
Where it is and how deep
17.3598° S, 177.1340° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
Coral bommies stretch along the whole shore in front of the resort, and the dive moves from one to the next without dropping below 10 m. Part of the reef is a coral nursery, with coral restoration sites set among the natural bommies along the route.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Good | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good |
Season follows Yasawa Islands: Mantas run from May to October, and June to August has the clearest and coolest water; the resort boats dive every day of the year.
Sources
- Kuata Front Reef dive site — ScubaGo
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap
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