Rainbow Reef

Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australiareef30 m maxbeginner

Conditions & tides

Rainbow ReefGreat Barrier Reef

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 7 AM–5 PM.

Wind11 kn ESE

Current~0.2 kn NNW · model

Swell

0.7 m · 5s · E

Water

28 °C

Max depth

30 m

Conditions through the day

6 AM6 PM

Calmest current near slack — 14:30 & 02:15 local

Sunrise 05:50 · Sunset 18:26 local

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Tide · local

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On-face swell 0.4 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. Current is a regional model value (Copernicus, ~9 km grid) — a guide to the area, not a precise reef measurement. Imagery © Esri · not depth or visibility.

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Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.

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About this site

Rainbow Reef is a dive area in the Somosomo Strait, between Taveuni and Vanua Levu in Fiji, known for its coral diversity. Depths range from 15 to 30 metres, over coral gardens of hard and soft coral, and part of the system is the Great White Wall, where soft white corals glow in sunlight.

Anemonefish are common among the anemones, and manta rays are occasionally seen, mostly between May and October. Currents are light and visibility is great, with the dive best timed for slack water because the flow changes with the tides and the lunar cycle. Water temperature sits around 26 to 30°C.

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