Dive Review of Lalati Resort in
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Lalati Resort, Jun, 2002, by Malcolm Leader-Picone, CA, USA . Report 231.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Lalati Resort is a fabulous place! Linda Kwansy, the owner, and allof her staff made us feel like part of their family during our ten nights at Lalati. The bures are beautiful and huge, handmade by the local islanders. The food is superb.We certainly miss the mellow gatherings before dinner to imbibe (and not just the mandatory kava) and listen to the staff sing. In addition, we had wonderful massages and pedicures, fire walkers and local dancers! As to the diving, Seta, the local divemaster, is utterly amazing in his ability to find every manner of rare species: frog fish, leaf fish, every type of nudibranch in the books, shrimp, eels, you name it, Seta found it for us. The corals in Beqa Lagoon are among the healthiest we have seen anywhere, hard and soft. The colors are fantastic. There are millions of juvenile fish of all the indo-pacific varieties. In addition, large schools of barracuda and jack cruised the reefs. Then, there were the sharks. Predominantly white tip, but with black tips and nurse sharks thrown in for good measure. There was only one dive in nine days of diving when we did not come close to a shark. The diving in Beqa Lagoon is primarily on bommies, or pinnacles. We would drop to the sandy bottom and slowly spiral our way to the top, which would be in 15 to 30 feet of water. On the top of the bommies, the amount of fish life and effusiveness of corals was unbelievable. Novices may be put off a bit at times by currents, but Seta was expert at avoiding the currents and leading the dives in such a way as to minimize any encounters with current. Lalati is a wonderful tiny paradise, from the moment you step off the boat into the shallow waters lapping at the small beach, to the tearful farewell, with all the staff gathered to sing to you as you depart.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Fiji (Taveuni); Hawaii; Saba; Grand Turk; Little Cayman; Roatan; Costa Rica; Cozumel; Bequia; California; Virgin Islands; Belize
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	82-0°F / 28--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Incredible macro opportunities. It seems like we saw every kind of nudibranch in the book and then some!

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Dive Review of Lalati Resort in Fiji and Tuvalu/Beqa

Lalati Resort, Jun, 2002,

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Dive Review of Lalati Resort in
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