Instant Reader Report
on Dive Kadavu / [same] in
Fiji / Kadavu on
2002/11
by
Steve Evers , CA, USA
Report Number 030110165840477

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Dive Conditions

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Overall Rating

Dive Kadavu (formerly Matana Beach Resort) is run by a very pleasant and
enjoyable Australian couple, Bob and Rena Forster.  This was our second
visit in two years to this resort.  There are 10 bures most of which are
beachfront.  The bures at the end (number 9 and 10) are the best if you
want to get away from the main area where there is more foot traffic.   
The rooms are in good shape and are cleaned daily.  Food is served in a
main dining area.  Breakfast is buffet and you specify lunch and dinner
choices during breakfast from a limited menu which is posted each morning.
 Food runs from OK to quite good. The dive operation consists of two
pontoon boats which each handle no more than about 8 divers, including
guide, and are used for local diving.  There is also a fast boat, which
was recently upgraded by adding about 2 meters to the equipment/sitting
area and an additional engine, to get to the dive sites at the west end of
the island more quickly (this boat is also used to go to Astrolabe Reef
when there is enough demand and conditions permit). There are two dive
guides: Joeli, an indigenous Fijian divemaster, and Issac, a Kiwi dive
instructor.  For me it was Joeli, Issac, Bob, and Rena that made us want
to return to this resort for a second time.  These are some of the
friendliest people I have met in my travels.  I love to joke and goof with
people and these folks love that! The local diving has degraded in recent
years due to El Nino effects which have had a significant effect on the
hard corals.  Joeli, with his very thorough knowledge of the local dive
sites, has made the local diving very enjoyable in spite of the coral
damage.  Joeli will give detailed briefings before each dive telling you
where and when to expect many of the fish and critters on the dive.  He
carries an etch-a-sketch type writing tablet with him and will write down
the name of any interesting fish or critter that he encounters.  Diving on
either end of the island will generally reveal healthier coral and a higher
probability of big animals. 

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