Efate
Vanuatu · Pacific Islands & PNG
Efate is Vanuatu's capital island and home to Port Vila, offering accessible wreck diving, vibrant macro reefs, and exceptional night dives all reachable within minutes of the harbour. The island's volcanic geology creates dramatic underwater formations that shelter an extraordinary diversity of nudibranchs, frogfish, and crustaceans alongside the island's celebrated WWII wrecks.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Fewer fish than a healthy reef of its kind.
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is fairly quiet.
Sources · Reef Life Survey · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
22 species across the dive sites here
Chocolate Chip Sea Star
Seen 22 days ago
at MV Konanda
Blackback Anemonefish
Seen 1 month ago
at MV Konanda
Least concern
Clark'S Anemonefish
Seen 1 month ago
at MV Konanda
Least concern
Peacock Mantis Shrimp
Seen 1 month ago
at Port Vila Bay Night Dive
Loch'S Chromodoris
Seen 1 month ago
at MV Konanda
Blue Linckia
Seen 1 month ago
at Hidden Garden
Sixbar Wrasse
Seen 2 months ago
at Port Vila Bay Night Dive
Least concern
Regal Angelfish
Seen 2 months ago
at Nambatu Reef
Least concern
Lionfish
Seen 7 months ago
at MV Konanda
Least concern
Titan Triggerfish
Seen 7 months ago
at Nambatu Reef
Least concern
Napoleon Wrasse
Seen Jun 2024
at MV Konanda
Endangered
Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse
Seen year round
at Hidden Garden
Least concern
Blue-ringed Octopus
Seen year round
at Port Vila Bay Night Dive
Least concern
Denise's Pygmy Seahorse
Seen year round
at Hidden Garden
Least concern
Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Seen year round
at Hidden Garden
Frogfish
Seen year round
at MV Konanda
Least concern
Mandarinfish
Seen year round
at Port Vila Bay Night Dive
Least concern
Pinnate Batfish
Seen year round
at MV Konanda
Least concern
Bumphead Parrotfish
Seasonal visitor
at Nambatu Reef
Vulnerable
Mimic Octopus
Seasonal visitor
at Port Vila Bay Night Dive
Least concern
Ornate Ghostpipefish
Seasonal visitor
at Hidden Garden
Least concern
Spotted Eagle Ray
Seasonal visitor
at Nambatu Reef
Endangered
Dive sites
MV Konanda
pinnate batfish · lionfish · napoleon wrasse · frogfish
Hidden Garden
denise's pygmy seahorse · ornate ghostpipefish · flamboyant cuttlefish · bargibant's pygmy seahorse
Port Vila Bay Night Dive
mandarinfish · blue-ringed octopus · mimic octopus · peacock mantis shrimp
Nambatu Reef
spotted eagle ray · titan triggerfish · regal angelfish · bumphead parrotfish