Fiji Dive Sites
Beqa Lagoon Dive Sites - Fiji Islands

Beqa Lagoon Dive Sites.

If you've ever had the desire to dive with the fishes, don't pass up this adventure in Fiji's Beqa Lagoon. Fiji's warm clear waters are the perfect place for beginners or experienced divers to add adventure to their holiday at our luxury resort.

Never dived before? Beginners can learn to dive with a PADI Discover Scuba Course offered at Lalati Resort, so don't miss out.

The following are only a sample of dive sites easy accessible from Lalati Resort and Spa, Fiji Islands.

Muck Diving

Jayne's Lane. For the little critter seekers and underwater photographers there is our shore dive, a beach dive right in front of Lalati's dive shop called Jayne’s Lane after owner and every day out front diver, Jayne Carlson.

Jayne's Lane is a treasure chest of the small and well hidden marine life. Take your time and you’ll discover everything from ghost pipefish to juvenile frog fish to sea horses.

Click on Jayne’s Lane for a underwater photographer's gallery of what Jayne is finding right out front!

Here is an abbreviated list of the critters found on Jayne's Lane:

• cluster anemones
• Blue Ribbon Eels
• Frogfish in shades of green, black, pink, orange, shaggy. Sargassum Frogfish, Painted Frogfish.
• Flame Scallops
• Nudibranchs and flatworms galore (some not in the ID books!)
• ghost pipefishes: Halameda, Ornate, Robust
• lionfishes: Dwarf, Shortfin (yellow & red)
• pipefishes: Bent Stick, Double Ended, pipehorses
• seahorses: adult and juvenile
• shrimps: Gorgonian, Imperial, Saw Blade, many commensal varieties

Reef Diving - Soft Coral Dives

Glory Hole. Pinnacles close together with swim throughs covered in sea fans and soft corals of red, yellow, purple.

This dive's maximum depth is 80-100ft. You can expect to see lionfish, angelfish, butterflyfish, octopus, clownfish (Nemos!)

Carpet Cove. Carpet Cove features not only brilliant soft corals but also a wreck.  An old Japanese fishing vessel is covered with soft corals and sponges, providing a habitat for a vast array of marine life. 

The wreck is at about 110ft. Look for a school of Chevron Barracuda and a large Napoleon Wrasse. White Tip Sharks cruise this area, so keep an eye out for sharks as well.

Near this wreck are many soaring pinnacles that come within 15 ft of the surface. These pinnacles are covered with life. This is a great place to see Blue Ribbon Eels, lionfish, leaffish and turtles.

Best of the Best. Near this wreck are many soaring pinnacles that come within 15 ft of the surface. These pinnacles are covered with life. This is a great place to see Blue Ribbon Eels, lionfish, leaffish and turtles.

Highway to Heaven. Highway to Heaven is a wall dive featuring a swim through at 80-100ft on the wall.

The wall is covered in sea fans and is a great place to search for nudibranchs and pipefish. A school of sweetlips hangs out near the swim-through where you should also watch for Black Tip Sharks and White Tip Sharks, schooling barracuda and turtles.

At 40ft the top of this dive site is covered with a hard coral garden with many anemones hosting a multitude of anemonefishes. Ask to see the giant clam.