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Kadavu Island

443 km² rising to 838 m out of the Pacific Ocean.

When to go

Kadavu Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
N 10 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

443km²

Area

290km

Coastline

838m

Highest point

Mount Buke Levu

10,167

People

28°C

Warmest sea

February

2,708km

To the mainland

When to go to Kadavu Island

Best for the beach in January and from June to September.

The sea is warmest in February (28 °C) and coolest in August (25 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island of Fiji

Kadavu Island is an volcanic island in Fiji. It covers 443 km², with 290 km of coastline. Its highest point, Mount Buke Levu, rises to 838 m. About 10,167 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 2,708 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Nausori International Airport (SUV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 114 km in a straight lineCar hire in SuvaDiscover Cars · Affiliate link
  • 2,708 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • January and from June to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Kadavu Island.

  • 2named peaksBuke Levu, Koroniqala
  • 1restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Kadavu Island in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Kadavu Island, each with its own numbers.

  • 8beaches and covesCoastya
  • 20mountainsPeakyas

  • Highest point

    838m

    Mount Buke Levu

    prominence 838 m · according to Peakyas

  • Beach with the warmest sea

    28.6°C

    Weilagi Bay

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

8 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Nukulovulovu Beach28.5°C
  2. Navai Baycove28.5°C
  3. Nailuvea Baycove28.5°C
  4. Kama Baycove28.5°C
  5. Naturiva Baycove28.5°C
  6. Weilagi Baycove28.6°C
  7. Nayarabale Baycove28.6°C
  8. Solotina Baycove28.6°C

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20 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Mount Buke Levuprominence 838 m838m
  2. Nabukelevu805m
  3. Ndelainambukelevu
  4. Ndelaikalokalo
  5. Ndelaivasua
  6. Ndelaivuniivi
  7. Naisanggangga
  8. Naisulunga

12 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 156 m above the sea. 68 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 21 %0–50 m
  • 47 %50–200 m
  • 31 %200–500 m
  • <1 %500–1,000 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Kadavu Island443 km²
Madeira Island742 km²
Malta247 km²

20 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)282828282626252425252627
Night low (°C)272727272525242323242526
Sea (°C)282828282726252525262627
Rain (mm)2412403202481371097985105153152205
Wet days222225211715131313161820
Sun h/day7.47.26.76.15.95.45.85.86.36.56.97.1
Wind (km/h)202020222224242323232223

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020−0.2±0.0+0.2+0.1+0.3+0.4+0.5+1.4+0.8+0.9+0.5+0.3
2021+0.6−0.5−0.1+0.2+0.7+0.7+0.6+0.7+0.6+1.0+1.1+1.0
2022+0.7+0.6+0.9+0.8+0.6+1.0+1.3+1.6+1.6+1.4+1.5+2.0
2023+1.0+0.8+0.4+0.9+0.9+0.5+0.5+0.2+0.4−0.1+0.3±0.0
2024+0.6+0.5+0.5+0.4+0.8+0.5+0.5+0.4+0.4+0.8+0.5+0.9
2025+0.8+0.6+0.5+0.9+0.9+0.5+0.8+0.8+0.5+0.4+1.0+0.6

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Kadavu and Great Astrolabe Reef
Taken by Duncan Wright · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vunisea Kadavu Jetty front view 2014
Stemoc · CC BY-SA 4.0
Vunisea Kadavu Jetty 2014
Stemoc · CC0
Coral on Kadavu (7499479998)
Brian from California Coast, United States · CC BY 2.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Viti LevuFijiFiji10,531 km²1,324 m144 km awayGau IslandFijiFiji142 km²738 m148 km awayOvalauFijiFiji102 km²620 m158 km awayKoro IslandFijiFiji105 km²550 m223 km awayYasawaFijiFiji32 km²244 m267 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q1048944) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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