Explore Savusavu

Diving in Savusavu, a friendly town on the unspoilt tropical paradise of Vanua Levu, offers all the most iconic Fiji dive experiences: encounters with sharks, colorful schools of fish and blooming soft corals. Savusavu town is conveniently located for trips to dive sites in Savusavu Bay, along the coastal Hibiscus Highway, in Namena Marine Reserve, and even in the Somosomo Strait. Savusavu’s local diving highlights include a year-round residential school of scalloped hammerheads, interactive landscapes with swim-throughs and caverns and healthy, colorful coral reefs.

Savusavu’s relaxed tourism scene offers a handful of dedicated dive resorts and dive shops which are highly rated by travelers. Excellent accommodation and dive packages can be booked with varying numbers of days. Fiji hosts a few well-reputed liveaboards which visit nearby Namena Marine Reserve.

Dive Activity

Diving in Savusavu

Diving in Savusavu is all about beautiful reef scenery and a wide range of large and small marine animals. Within the protection of Savusavu Bay, calm water conditions allow for relaxed diving. At walls and pinnacles outside the bay, there are plenty of drift diving opportunities. Some Savusavu dive sites are famous for swim-throughs and caverns. Liveaboards visiting Savusavu bring divers to Namena Marine Reserve, which is considered the top Savusavu dive area. Savusavu also offers the opportunity to enjoy shark diving with schools of scalloped hammerheads.

Dive courses are easy to find in Savusavu, from beginner through divemaster.

Dive Sites

Dive Savusavu, Fiji, PO BOX 013 Cakaudrove
Dream House (★4.5)

Dream House (★4.5)

Dream House is a seamount the size of a football field. The northern edge has a drop of from 40ft to 250ft. Currents flowing over the seamount attracts many species of pelagic and brings in nutrients which soft coral and other specie of coral feed off.

The best Months to Dive in Savusavu

Savusavu diving can be enjoyed year-round. The Savusavu rainy season runs from December through April, with brief episodes of heavy showers or thunderstorms. However, the water is calm and warm, up to 30°C. The southeast trade winds may make the water choppy from June through October, when water temperatures can sink down to 22°C, but visibility during this winter season is very good. In general, visibility ranges from 15 to 40 meters.

Savusavu’s hammerheads and other marine life can be seen year-round.

Top Wildlife Sightings in Savusavu

Scuba divers in Savusavu usually consider the local school of hammerhead sharks to be the stars of the show when it comes to Savusavu marine life. However, hammerheads aren’t the only sharks in Savusavu waters. Grey reef sharks and white-tip reef sharks are commonly found at many dive sites. Other large marine animals include barracuda, turtles and humphead wrasse. When scuba diving in Savusavu, divers will also understand why Fiji is called the ‘soft coral capital of the world.’ The local sea-floor blooms with soft corals of diverse shapes, sizes and colors, decorated by swarms of shimmering anthias and damselfish, and patrolled by surgeonfish, batfish, tuna and snapper. Benthic (sea-floor) marine life includes nudibranchs, flatworms, garden eels, blue ribbon eels, giant clams, popcorn shrimp and anemones with their guardian families of anemonefish.

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Green Turtle

Green Turtle
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Total number of species approx.: 27

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Barracuda

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Total number of species approx.: 600

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Wrasse

Wrasse
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Total number of species approx.: 200

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Moray Eel

Moray Eel
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Hawksbill Turtle

Hawksbill Turtle
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Scalloped Hammerhead

Scalloped Hammerhead
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Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle
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Great Hammerhead Shark

Great Hammerhead Shark
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark

Oceanic Whitetip Shark
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Total number of species approx.: 90

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Angelfish

Angelfish
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Total number of species approx.: 28

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Clownfish

Clownfish
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Total number of species approx.: 100

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Parrotfish

Parrotfish
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Total number of species approx.: 130

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Butterfly Fish

Butterfly Fish
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Total number of species approx.: 40

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Triggerfish

Triggerfish
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Whitetip Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark
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Total number of species approx.: 85

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Surgeonfish

Surgeonfish
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Total number of species approx.: 8

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Bannerfish

Bannerfish
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Total number of species approx.: 3000

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Nudibranch

Nudibranch
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Total number of species approx.: 150

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Sweetlips and Grunts

Sweetlips and Grunts
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Total number of species approx.: 130

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Pufferfish

Pufferfish
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Total number of species approx.: 3

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Trumpetfish

Trumpetfish
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Total number of species approx.: 250

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Grouper/Basslets

Grouper/Basslets
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Total number of species approx.: 350

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Damselfish

Damselfish
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Total number of species approx.: 40

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Jackfish

Jackfish
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Total number of species approx.: 60

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Soldierfish

Soldierfish
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Total number of species approx.: 90

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Goatfish

Goatfish
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Total number of species approx.: 110

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Snapper

Snapper
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Grey Reef Shark

Grey Reef Shark
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Total number of species approx.: 15

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Tuna

Tuna
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Total number of species approx.: 30

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Sand Eel

Sand Eel
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Total number of species approx.: 250

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Scorpionfish

Scorpionfish
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Total number of species approx.: 25

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Boxfish

Boxfish
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Blacktip Reef Shark

Blacktip Reef Shark
3 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 80

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Stingrays

Stingrays
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Total number of species approx.: 80

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Emperor

Emperor
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Total number of species approx.: 7000

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Crab

Crab
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Total number of species approx.: 30

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Stonefish

Stonefish
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