Scuba Season
Underwater reef at Great White Wall
Stable

Great White Wall

Fiji · Somosomo Strait

The Great White Wall in Fiji's Somosomo Strait (Taveuni) is one of the world's premier soft coral dives — a vertical wall blanketed in white soft coral that blooms in current, with sharks and big pelagics overhead. Often called the soft coral capital of the world.

How this reef is doing

ⓘ How we measure this

Reef state

Stable

Iconic soft coral wall in Somosomo Strait. Currents drive vivid soft coral cover; bleaching impact moderate.

Coral cover

HEALTHY RANGE60%2002now
Improving

Fish life

Not surveyed

Heat

SafeBleaching

No unusual heat right now.

Safe now

Fishing

QuietBusy

Some fishing is allowed here, in marked zones.

Limited

Sources · MERMAID and the survey teams · NOAA Coral Reef Watch · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity

Coral cover over time

Live coral cover, by survey year

Across 15 survey years from 2002 to 2026, live coral cover here has risen from 5% to 60%. Every point is a real survey reading, never a projection.

Live coral cover, percent by year

60%0%region avg 31%200220062009201220172026
15 surveys, 2002 to 2026
Pacific average (GCRMN)
MERMAID and the survey teams, within 56 km

What you will see

11 species across the dive sites here

Dive sites

What divers say

A wall of white soft coral pulsing in current is one of the prettiest sights underwater. Fiji owns it.
— Underwater photographer

Good to know

Current timing

Soft coral blooms only with current. Dive guides time the slack carefully.

Gear & getting wet

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 3mm full wetsuit · warm water
    • Dive computer

  • For specific sites

    • Reef hook · Great White Wall
    • SMB · Great White Wall