Tufi offers amazing marine diversity and a variety of diving 
experiences including fjord, reef and wreck diving.
The shallow water near the wharf has some incredible critter subjects, allowing for great photo shoots. The calm, clear and protected waters of the fjords offer excellent diving and snorkelling conditions. The amazing variety of life includes gobies, nudibranch, mandarin fish, ghost pipe fish, pigmy seahorses, shrimps, clams, and many other fascinating critters. Pelagics such as dog fin tuna, turtles and manta rays are also reported sightings. The lack of current movement in the fjords has produced spectacular coral growth. The sloping wall is covered with sponges and shelf coral species grow prolifically.
A 20-50 minute boat ride brings you to a string of reefs with bommies coming up from a depth of 50 to 600m, to a safe diving level of 7m. Visibility exceeds 30m with average year-round water temperatures of 26°C to 30°C. The abundance of marine life includes reef fish, barracuda, Spanish mackerel tuna, white tip and black tip reef sharks and the rare white hammerhead. Mantas, eagle rays and turtles are also often seen. WWII wrecks include planes, ships, tanks and P.T. boats. Dive the Dutch cargo ship “S Jacob” or the intact US bomber “Black Jack”
Some of our favourite sites:
PT Boats (Tufi Wharf)
Where our dive shop complex is today was a US base for P.T boats during WWII. Here you can dive in and around the remains of 2 PT boats, sunk during an air raid in 1942. There are still 2 live torpedoes down there completely intact. A couple of anti-aircraft machine guns and lots of ammo are scattered around and about. One of the highlights of this dive is a perfectly good ol' Landrover….. The secret of how it got to be 'parked' there so neatly will be revealed after you completed this dive! This is a decompression dive with Max depth 45m. Deco stops are compulsory and surface interval of 4 hours is mandatory before the second dive.
Cyclone Wall
Wall diving at its best! From 7m, vertical walls plummet down to beyond 40 m where it slopes down way beyond your vision. The walls are covered in colourful lichens, hard and soft corals. Nudibranchs of all sizes and varieties dot these walls. Macro or white angle lens now poses a difficult question. The top of the reef is exquisite.
Mulloway
Undoubtedly one of Tufi's best dive sites! The dive team swims towards the far point where the reef drops off to beyond 200 m. Generally the current is strong, bringing plankton and bountiful food for thousands of fishes. The place literally 'explodes'. Hammerheads, reef sharks, rays and schools of pelagic frantically are in search of food. You can 'hang on' a protruding rock or a submerged mooring rope and watch the show. Mulloway is named after one of the first guests who lives in Mulloway near Coffs Harbour in Australia. Great visibility caused by the ocean's current upwelling. A spectacular giant clam lives at the safety stop.
Wreck Of The S Jacob
Lying upright on the bottom in 60m of water, few divers go to this wreck. It is undoubtedly one of the prettiest wrecks accessible by only very experienced deep divers.
Many thousands of fish that inhabit the wreck including mantas, whale sharks, giant groper and sharks. The funnel is the most predominant feature towering above the rest of the vessel. Divers from this vantage point can look down on the rest of the ship and admire the fish life and soft corals. The Jacob's wheelhouse has been fortified against attack and her telegraphs and bridge machine guns are as they were when she sank. Its propeller is still intact.
The cargo holds are full of timber, ammunition weapons, food and fuel. Crockery is scattered throughout the wreck, several pieces showing the Dutch shipping company's emblem KPM. And below decks, Coca Cola bottles showing their place of manufacture and dating from 1938 to 1942.
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lounge area, library, gift shop, laundry, office and large deck area with BBQ. 
