Suva, Fiji

Suva, Fiji is a submarine cable landing point in Fiji (coordinates -18.1238°, 178.4374°). It serves 9 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Fiji's international connectivity infrastructure.

Suva is the capital and most populous settlement of Fiji. It is the center of Fiji's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Division. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Suva, Fiji

Cables landing at Suva, Fiji are operated by 9 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Digicel Tonga, Google, Government of Tonga, Interchange, OPT, SUBCO, Samoa Submarine Cable Company, Southern Cross Cable Network, Tonga Communications Corporation. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Suva, Fiji, international traffic can reach 14 countries through 9 cable systems. Destinations include Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands and 6 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 1 monitoring event on cables serving Suva, Fiji in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• APX East (2028) — APX East is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting United States, Fiji, Australia. Its 4 landing points at Kapolei, San Diego, Suva, Sydney bridge the networks of North America, Oceania, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Bulikula (2026) — Bulikula is a 21,600 km submarine cable system lit for service in 2026, connecting a geographically scattered set of Pacific landings: Kapolei in Hawaii, Piti and Tinian in the Mariana Islands, Natadola and Suva in Fiji, and Faratea, Papenoo, and Mitirapa in French Polynesia. Read more →
• Tabua (2026) — Tabua is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting United States, Australia, Fiji. Its 6 landing points at Kapolei, Los Angeles, Maroochydore, Natadola, Suva, and 1 more bridge the networks of North America, Oceania, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Gondwana-2/Picot-2 (2022) — Gondwana-2/Picot-2 is a point-to-point submarine cable linking New Caledonia and Fiji. Landing at Mont-Dore, Noumea, Suva, Tadine, Vao, and 2 more, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Southern Cross NEXT (2022) — Southern Cross NEXT is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 6 countries across Oceania, North America. With 7 landing points — including Alexandria, Hermosa Beach, Nukunonu, Savusavu, Suva, and 2 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Tui-Samoa (2018) — Tui-Samoa is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: Samoa, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji. With landing points at Apia, Leava, Mata-Utu, Savusavu, Suva, and 1 more, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• Interchange Cable Network 1 (ICN1) (2014) — Interchange Cable Network 1 (ICN1) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Vanuatu and Fiji. Landing at Port Vila, Suva, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Tonga Cable (2013) — Tonga Cable is the submarine cable that connects an entire country to the internet. Not a metro area, not a data center cluster — a sovereign nation of roughly 105,000 people, spread across an archipelago of more than 150 islands in the South Pacific, whose international connectivity depends on a single fiber link running 827 kilometers to Suva, Fiji. Read more →
• Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN) (2000) — Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Australia, United States, Fiji, New Zealand. Its 9 landing points at Alexandria, Brookvale, Hillsboro, Kahe Point, Morro Bay, and 4 more bridge the networks of Oceania, North America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.