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Dive Review of Dive Kadavu/Matana Kadavu Resort in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Kadavu

Dive Kadavu/Matana Kadavu Resort, May, 2006,

by Pam Rudy, CA, USA (Reviewer Reviewer 3 reports). Report 1696.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 4 stars Food 5 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity N/A
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving 2 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ N/A
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 5 stars
Comments Power at the resort was turned off from midnight to 0630, and for a few hours in mid afternoon. Bring mosquitoe lotion - Skin so Soft works just fine. Pretty beach at the resort. Meals were very good and are eaten either outside on the huge veranda, or inside the spacious main lodge family style. We stayed in a two bedroom beachfront bure with ceiling fans. There's a dive locker in front of each bure, where divers must stow their gear(including weights). Hot tea or coffee and cookies served on the beach between dives. Diving was wonderful! Two covered dive boats both with ladders, dunk tank for cameras, giant stride into the water. Joelie, the dive master checked our C-cards when we arrived. He led us on some great dives, pointing out, with a "Yippee", some Ghost Pipe Fish, sea snakes, Eagle Rays, bi-colored parrotfish, sharks, a blue ribbon eel. We saw Mantas, schools of barracuda, lionfish, incredible soft coral. Charming Figian people.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience 251-500 dives
Where else diving Carribean, California
Closest Airport Getting There

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy Seas calm, choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp 78-80°F / 26-27°C Wetsuit Thickness 2
Water Visibility 40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile yes
Enforced diving restrictions 1 hour dives
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks Lots Mantas 1 or 2
Dolphins None Whale Sharks None
Turtles None Whales None
Corals 5 stars Tropical Fish 5 stars
Small Critters 4 stars Large Fish 3 stars
Large Pelagics 4 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 4 stars Boat Facilities 3 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 4 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments [None]
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