Jerry's Jelly

Jerry's Jelly is a reef dive site on Rainbow Reef, located in the Somosomo Strait off Taveuni Island, Fiji, and is one of more than twenty named sites along this soft-coral-rich reef system. The site is sheltered by Taveuni Island, making it diveable across a broad season running from May to November. It reaches a maximum depth of 10 m and the bottom is reef.

The reef carries a dense growth of soft corals, including white, pink, and yellow Dendronephthya and sea whips, along with red sea fans. Fish life at the site includes red soldierfish, orange anthias, garden eels, and barracuda. Whitetip reef sharks, reef sharks, and eagle rays are also recorded here. Visibility can be poor, and currents run medium to strong, consistent with conditions across Rainbow Reef generally.

The site is rated intermediate, reflecting the strong current that is the primary hazard. Diving is boat-based, as is standard for the Somosomo Strait sites. A manta ray was recorded at Jerry's Jelly shortly after Tropical Cyclone Winston in February 2016, demonstrating that larger pelagic visitors do pass through even during unusual conditions.