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About this site
Cascades is a reef dive site off Sandalwood Island, within Fiji's archipelago in Melanesia in the southwest Pacific, reached by boat from nearby Fijian dive operations. It reaches a maximum depth of around 30 metres. Divers have reported leopard (zebra) sharks, lionfish, nudibranchs, sweetlips, and triggerfish along the reef here.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
SweetlipsSweetlipsReported here · unconfirmed
LionfishLionfishReported here · unconfirmed
Leopard / zebra sharkLeopard / zebra sharkReported here · unconfirmed
TriggerfishTriggerfishReported here · unconfirmed
Spotted-cheek DamselfishPomacentrus spilotocepsReported here · unconfirmed
Fluted Giant ClamTridacna squamosaReported here · unconfirmed
Exquisite WrasseCirrhilabrus exquisitusReported here · unconfirmed
Loch's ChromodorisChromodoris lochiReported here · unconfirmed
Pacific TrumpetfishAulostomus chinensisReported here · unconfirmed
Pavona explanulataReported here · unconfirmed
Flat Lettuce CoralEchinophyllia asperaReported here · unconfirmed
Freckled HawkfishParacirrhites forsteriReported here · unconfirmed
Leopard WrasseMacropharyngodon meleagrisReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
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