It’s 29C in the water of the reef which frames Mangaliliu Village, home to 500 people on the western side of Vanuatu’s main island of Efate.
It’s so warm that most of the coral has been bleached white, a stark contrast to the brightly coloured tropical fish that dart about.
Angelfish with glowing yellow heads and bright blue bodies, black and white butterfly fish, and orange and black clownfish furiously fluttering around the anemones.
In terms of reef fish, snorkelling here rivals that along Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef 30 years ago.
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