ISLANDS AND LIVEABOARDS
FIJI
Fiji Siren
Liveaboard
Text by RENSKE LAUTERBACH
Images by SIMON LORENZ
Fiji is often referred to as the “soft coral capital
of the world”. Healthy reefs thrive and burst
with a kaleidoscope of pristine soft corals which,
along with untouched hard corals, guarantee
unsurpassed diving experiences in Fiji’s
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underwater world. However, this is certainly not
all that Fiji has to offer. In Namena Marine Reserve
and Nigali Passage there are sharks – grey reef,
silvertip and whitetip sharks, and more. During Fiji
Siren’s liveaboard cruise in July 2016, the guests
were absolutely thrilled by a school of no fewer
than 40 scalloped hammerhead sharks cruising
along with them on their dive.
More than 1,000 different species have been
identified living in and around Fiji’s reefs. Turtles,
dolphins and eagle rays cruise around the Siren’s
dive sites, while May and October are manta ray
months. Key to this varied abundancy of fish and