Fiji offers spectacular wall diving in waters that are crystal clear and intensely blue.

[photo: Jon Fellows]

Judy sizes up a huge wall coral.

[photo: Jon Fellows]

Crinoids decorate the branches of a coral tree.

[photo: Jon Fellows]

Schools of fairy basslets lend their magic to Chalice Reef.

[photo: Jon Fellows]

A hard coral with its polyps retracted suggests a lunar landscape.

Soft corals abound in Fiji. This one clearly shows its hard white spicules.

A starburst of coral polyps blazes forth on the reef.

A convenient hole in a hard coral provides a cozy home for a tiny fish.

Hard corals present a tremendous variety of shapes and textures in close-up views.

A diminutive tomato clown anemone fish snuggles in its protective anemone home.

A blue chromis provides a brilliant contrast against its orange coral background.

A nudibranch with a typically bold and bizarre color pattern.