Steps

★★★★★ (20)

8 minutes away from the resort this dive site steps down as you dive it deeper reason being its called steps as it steps up and down looking like some steps.

Many different hard corals, eagle ray, white tip reef sharks, black tip reef sharks, grey reef shraks.

Dive Activity

Dive Centers Catering This Dive Site

MANTARAY DIVE LTD

MANTARAY DIVE LTD

PO Box 42 PD, 1234 NADI, Fiji

Dive Sites Nearby

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The Awakening Bull Shark Dive (★4.9)

The Awakening Bull Shark Dive (★4.9)

10 minutes boat ride from Barefoot Kuata, this reef starts shallow at only 3m and slowly descends to 22m with shark feeding stations at both 12m & 22m. The Only dive site in the world where beginners can dive with bull sharks!
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Pandora Reef (★4.8)

Pandora Reef (★4.8)

A fun explorative Dive Site just around the corner from Barefoot Kuata Front Beach reachable by a 3 minute boat ride. Depending on the direction of the current either way along the winding wall is mesmerizing. Swim throughs and caves are a possibility to explore. Reaching from 3 meters to 15 meters maximum depth.
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Pinnacle (★4.4)

Pinnacle (★4.4)

Just a 5 minute boat ride away, this coral tower emerges from the depth of 30 meters. As you freefall to 30m beside the pinnacle, you’ll often descend through a wall of small fish before reaching a sandy base. You will then slowly spiral up to explore each level of this under-water multistory hotel.
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Kuata Back Reef (★4.7)

Kuata Back Reef (★4.7)

Only a 3 minute boat ride from Barefoot Kuata resort, Back Wall is a reef wall dive from the fringing reef on the west side of Kuata Island. Ranging from 4 meters down to 20, you can pick your path as you drift down the wall.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic
Kuata Beach (★4.6)

Kuata Beach (★4.6)

Kuata Front Reef, is a Marine Protected Area. With acess just off the beach, it is perfect for all levels. It is home to an abundance of Reef Fish and the Corals are spectacular.
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Kuata Front Reef (★4.7)

Kuata Front Reef (★4.7)

The shallow Coral Wonderland just off the shore of Barefoot Kuata Resort is the best spot to start your diving adventures or for a Refresher Course. Not deeper than 10 meters, plenty of coral bommies stretch along the whole shore, part of this a coral nursery and coral restoration sites.
Scubapro
Namualevu Wall (★4.3)

Namualevu Wall (★4.3)

Namualevu is a 5-minute boat trip from Kuata Island and is located southwest of Wayalailai Island. The dive is easy to access on high tide if you are interested in going through caves.
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Sea Fan City (★4.6)

Sea Fan City (★4.6)

About a 10 minute boat ride from Barefoot Kuata Resort you can discover the impressive wall covered in as many Sea Fans as you have never seen before. Drifting along a wall reaching from 3m beneath the water surface all the way down to 28 meters will be an adventure you don´t want to miss out on.
Mares
Watogo Point (★3.7)

Watogo Point (★3.7)

Watogo is located East of Wayalailai. Easy access during low and high tide. Have significant cultural sites for the locals. have a lot of coral formations that resemble meeting areas.
Aqualung
Cannon Cove (★5.0)

Cannon Cove (★5.0)

Ten minutes from Kuata Island and located east of Wayalailai. Access the dive site when there is a Northern swell on the other side of Wayalailai.
Mares
Joe’s Farm (★4.6)

Joe’s Farm (★4.6)

10 mins boat ride away from Mantaray Island. Submerged reef with bommies and pinnacles scattered along the south side. Different topography from most other dive sites.
Mares
Brown Trousers (★4.5)

Brown Trousers (★4.5)

One of our farthest dive sites. 20-25 minute boat ride away. It is on the outer reef of this Yasawa chain. Need good conditions to get out there.
Mares
Stepping Stones (★4.5)

Stepping Stones (★4.5)

One of our furtherest dive sites away. This dive spot is in the channel between 2 large reefs. The spot is loaded with bommies as the name stepping stones as it looks like stepping stones.
Mares, Janez Kranjc
No Man’s Land (★4.6)

No Man’s Land (★4.6)

A site with multiply ’valleys’ between large coral structures, with many hard corals and soft corals along the peaks and troughs. The site walls off at a certain point making it possible to see deeper pelagic fish at the base of the wall.
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Tavaniko Point (★4.7)

Tavaniko Point (★4.7)

Tavuniko Point is a dive site boasting multiple large cleaning stations along a ledge and wall to increase the opportunity to see Reef sharks having their mouth and gills cleaned. The wall has many fan corals and a maximum depth of around 40m at the bottom and 12m at the top.
Scubapro, Stephen Frink
Vatu Dromu (★4.6)

Vatu Dromu (★4.6)

5 minutes away. Located on the point of Narara Island. A chip of the island broke and sunk on the point providing new reef habitat for marine life. 3 topographies on this dive. Sandy bottom coral garden on one side, boulders around the point with wall, crevices & bommies on the other.
Mares, Janez Kranjc
Crazy Reef (★4.8)

Crazy Reef (★4.8)

Crazy reef begins with a beautiful reef wall, that extends out to multiple coral bommies which are surrounded by a sandy bottom. The highlight of the site is the huge array of pavona coral, that covers huge lengths of the site, welcoming schools of fish to live in the area.
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Picasso (★4.5)

Picasso (★4.5)

Picasso has a large reef top, with many swim throughs, along with cracks and crevices that break up the reef structure. The dive site slopes down to a sandy bottom, with the reef wall becoming steeper at portions of the site.
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Fantastic Wall (★4.6)

Fantastic Wall (★4.6)

Perfectly named, this wall dive is teeming with lots of soft coral. This site has the highest chance of spotting turtles in our area. It is very diverse with many bends and highs and lows. The highlight is the wall itself.
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Glory Wreck (★4.5)

Glory Wreck (★4.5)

Glory Wreck is a 43 meter, Chinese long liner, sunk on purpose, that sits above the sandy bottom slowly becoming an artificial reef. Multiple rooms can be entered, including the captain’s wheel house. Other rooms can be observed through torch light, looking at the old boat system.
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Caves of Babylon (★4.7)

Caves of Babylon (★4.7)

A system of large swim throughs, all linking into one central ’cave’. The walls extend up around 20 meters, to reef wall cracks allowing the sunlight to peep inside. Smaller swim throughs branch away from the large path, allowing a variety of options to explore the surrounding reef.
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Garden of Eden (★4.6)

Garden of Eden (★4.6)

Garden of Eden has a large reef top, with different crevices and cracks that extend to either the sloping or steep drop off, with multiple little swim throughs along the way. The reef wall has a slight current that runs along it, but pockets to tuck into as the wall bends, extending down to a sandy bottom.
Mares, Janez Kranjc
Three Kings (★4.7)

Three Kings (★4.7)

This is where 3 dive sites merge in one spot. ’Coral Awegasm’ to ’The Pass’ to ’Garden of Eden’. Great spot for getting the best of everything in terms of topography. From garden, to wall, to caverns and archways. Great for macro.
Aqualung
Coral Awegasm (★4.7)

Coral Awegasm (★4.7)

8 minute boat ride away. Fringing reef. Situated amongst 9 other dive sites, Coral Awegasm is great for beginner divers to advanced. Filled with coral garden, sheer walls and caverns.
Scubapro
Crossroads (★4.6)

Crossroads (★4.6)

This dive spot is 6 minutes away. This spot has swim throughs shear wall drop offs, this is a shallow dive as it ranges from 12-15 meters but also drops off to 30-40 meters.