Barefoot Kuata Resort - Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef
Barefoot Kuata is our pick for divers chasing a specific thrill: bull sharks. They’ve really dialled in their approach here, running dives where you’re almost guaranteed a close encounter with these powerful animals. It’s not just a quick glimpse either; we’ve had groups spend a good chunk of their bottom time just watching them cruise by. If the idea of big shark action gets your pulse up, this place should be high on your list for a Fiji trip.
- Location
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji, Central & South Pacific
- Coordinates
- -17.700000, 177.200000
Dive Sites Near Barefoot Kuata Resort
Barefoot Kuata Resort provides access to 15 dive sites in Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef.
- 3 Sisters - 23m
- Always Cool - 19m
- Amazing Maze - 19m
- Annie’s Bommie - 20m (reef)
- Anytime - 22m
- ANZAC - 22m
- Aquarium - 17m
- Arch - 20m (cave)
- Backyard Beach - 13m
- Barracuda Drift - 18m (drift)
- Barracuda Hole
- Base Jump - 20m
- Bats Reef - 18m (reef)
- BAWAQA - 0m (wreck)
- Beqa Lagoon (reef)
Other Dive Centres in Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef
- Aqua-Trek Denarau - ["PADI"]
- Aqua Trek - Mana Island - ["PADI"]
- Aqua-Trek Pacific Harbour
- Barefoot Kuata
- Barefoot Manta
- Beqa Adventure Divers Ltd - ["PADI"]
- Beqa Dive Adventures
- Beqa Lagoon Resort - ["PADI"]
- Blue Lagoon Beach Resort
- Castaway Island Resort - ["PADI"]
Marine Life in Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef
Home to 385 recorded species including 289 reef fish, 66 hard corals, 12 sea snails & nudibranchs, 3 clams & mussels, 3 sharks & rays, 2 other.
Notable Marine Life
- Bullethead Parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) - Reef Fish
- Parrotfish (Thalassoma hardwicke) - Reef Fish
- Parrotfish (Thalassoma lutescens) - Reef Fish
- Roundhead Parrotfish (Scarus globiceps) - Reef Fish
- Dusky Parrotfish (Scarus niger) - Reef Fish
- Dot and dash Butterflyfish (Chaetodon pelewensis) - Reef Fish
- Bird wrasse (Gomphosus varius) - Reef Fish
- Schlegel's Parrotfish (Scarus schlegeli) - Reef Fish
- Lineated Butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifasciatus) - Reef Fish
- Banded Goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) - Reef Fish