Tokoriki Island Resort, Fiji

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Our travel advisors and trip leaders are always on the move, exploring the underwater world! Using their firsthand experience and feedback from our valued guests, we've curated a list that showcases the best diving in the world in 2026. Learn when to go, where to stay, top dive sites, and more. 

Beqa Lagoon’s shark dive is one of those experiences that gets talked about wherever divers gather. Dropping onto a reef ledge, watching the blue fill with sharks, and feeling that mix of awe and controlled adrenaline is something that tends to stay with you long after the trip is over.

On Fiji’s south coast, Waidroka Bay Resort is perfectly placed for divers who want to combine the famous Beqa Lagoon shark dives with colourful reef diving and a laid‑back, adventure‑style stay on Viti Levu. For many Bluewater guests, it has become the go‑to base for divers wanting sharks, but also want a proper holiday.

When divers talk about bucket list liveaboard routes, the same three regions keep coming up: Indonesia, the Maldives, and the Solomon Islands. They’re very different experiences, but they all have two things in common – serious diving and long memories.

We’re shining a spotlight on Emperor Liveaboards across the Indo-Pacific: Emperor Harmoni in Indonesia, Emperor Serenity in the Maldives, and Emperor Bilikiki in the Solomon Islands. Together they offer three very different ways to spend a week (or more) at sea – from classic Maldivian shark and manta channels, to Indonesian big fish and reefs, to remote tropical seascapes in the Solomons.

Tucked into the lush south coast of Viti Levu, Waidroka Bay Resort blends warm Fijian hospitality with easy access to some of the country’s most exciting diving – and a serious dose of topside adventure. Sitting within reach of Beqa Lagoon’s famous reefs and shark dives, as well as world‑class surf breaks, this is a great choice if you like your dive holidays a bit more active and off‑the‑beaten‑track.

Straddling the channel between Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, Fiji’s Bligh Water is the stuff of diver daydreams: current‑swept pinnacles smothered in soft corals, walls draped in fans, and clouds of reef fish swirling in the blue. Long known as one of Fiji’s most colourful regions, it’s easily accessible from VoliVoli Beach Resort on the northern tip of Viti Levu, making it a prime target for anyone chasing “soft‑coral capital of the world” diving without complicated travel. 

 From relaxed coral gardens to full‑on current dives with schooling fish, Bligh Water delivers a huge amount of variety in a relatively compact area – ideal for a week or more of intensive, high‑impact diving.

Perched on a palm‑fringed peninsula on the northern tip of Viti Levu, VoliVoli Beach Resort blends laid‑back Fijian hospitality with easy access to some of the South Pacific’s most vibrant reefs. It’s the sort of place where you roll out of bed, grab a coffee with an ocean view, and find yourself heading out to world‑class soft corals and fish life within minutes.