Purple Turtle - Matamanoa - Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef
The team at Purple Turtle Matamanoa are our kind of people. They understand that a dive holiday should feel like a holiday, not a military exercise. We always appreciate a dive operation that can strike that balance between professional safety and laid-back island vibes. They’re set up for easy diving right from the beach, which means no long boat rides eating into your surface interval. We love their focus on personalized experiences; none of that sardine can feeling with too many divers on one boat. The guides know these reefs like the back of their hand, so expect to be pointed towards well-camouflaged stonefish or tiny nudibranchs you’d otherwise swim straight past. Our favourite tip? Ask them about the night dives here. The bioluminescence can be incredible, and seeing the reef's nocturnal shift is an entirely different world. If you’re looking for unhurried dives, good humour, and a genuine connection to the local environment, these are your folks.
- Location
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji, Central & South Pacific
- Coordinates
- -17.641964, 177.063420
- Phone
- +679 896 5317
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.deepbluefiji.com/
- Certification Agencies
- ["PADI"]
- Courses
- PADI 5 Star Dive Resort [padi:8417]
- Address
- Matamanoa Island Resort, Fiji, Fiji
Dive Sites Near Purple Turtle - Matamanoa
Purple Turtle - Matamanoa 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
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