Vitawatawa Channel

The way across

Begins at a shallow mooring ( 6 metres ). Home to lionfish, giant cod, trumpetfish, schooling baitfish and juvenile batfish. Turtles can be seen here. Moving with the flow; anemonefish colonies brighten the rocks and are great for photography. As we drop onto the channel floor at 12 to 14 metres white tip sharks and shovel nosed rays can be seen. Traversing the channel we can see blue spotted rays exploding from the sand. Barracuda and huge schools of unicorn fish appear. Large titan triggerfish build copius nests in the channel floor.

The eastern side of the channel is home to many resting leopard sharks and white tips are omnipresent. These provide excellent photographic opportunities. As the current picks up bronze whaler sharks can be seen. Huge nurse sharks lie in caves on this side of the channel. The dive ends on the outside wall where myriads of small colourful coral fish can be seen.

This is only one of the dives available in Vitawatawa. The level of dives here range from novice to advanced depending on profile and current.