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The coral inside the lagoon of Kadavu and its northern islands is mediocre, so we didn't have high expectations for the famous barrier reef that stretches out about 60 nm from the northern tip of the lagoon, along the east side and down the southern side of Kadavu. But it's mindboggling: a great variety of healthy coral and tons and tons of fishies!! We used the calm summer weather to anchor on the outer reef and enjoy the passes.

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1/40: First we took Pitufa up to the northernmost corner of the lagoon and anchored on a sandy spot just next to the N pass.
2/40: We were fascinated by the underwater landscape there: a very structured outer reef with bommies and deep canyons
3/40: Then we sailed down to the Southeast corner of Kadavu!
4/40: Beautiful conditions to anchor on the outer reef in very light winds.
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6/40: Naigoro pass has a sheer drop-off and goes on forever :-)
7/40: A great variety of coral
8/40: And tons of fishies!!
9/40: charset=Unicode Diese zwei Tintenfische gaben sich als Mangrovenschößlinge aus und änderten sogar die Farbe entsprechend
10/40: charset=Unicode Auch tief unten schöne Korallen
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12/40: Dropoff innerhalb des Passes ins tiefe Blau :-)
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14/40: Leider sahen wir fast nur kleine Fischis. Einen Riffhai zu treffen ist ein seltenes Ereignis hier...
15/40: These parrotfish had a spawning event going on!
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17/40: Christian free diving
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25/40: Wir sahen viele verschiedene Quallen, wurden aber von nichts genesselt.
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27/40: A rare giant clam (rare here)
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29/40: More parrot fish than we've seen in one spot in a long time!
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31/40: An incredible variety of coral
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33/40: Christmas tree (worm) forest
34/40: Anemones growing inside this cabbage coral!
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