Yasawa Islands · Fiji · Wall · Drift
Sea Fan City
A drift along a wall carpeted in sea fans
Area photo: Rickard Törnblad · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sea Fan City is a wall dive about 10 minutes by boat from Barefoot Kuata Resort, dived as a drift. The draw is the sheer number of sea fans on the face of a wall that runs from the shallows into deep water.
0Where it is and how deep
17.3400° S, 177.0991° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
The wall starts 3 m beneath the surface and drops to 28 m, and the dive drifts along its face rather than swimming a set course. Sea fans cover the face along the whole drift, and they are what the dive is about from the shallow lip to the deep end.
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
- Sea Fan City dive site — ScubaGo
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