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Nai'a Fiji: "Trip Review for An Old Guy - Fiji Aboard Nai’a 26 April - 3 May 201", Apr, 2014, by Richard Jacoby, IL, US ( 1 report). Report 7866.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Get ready for some names that don’t pronounce as you’d expect: “FIGI” “NIYA” “NANDI.” Fiji is the island. Nai’a is the boat. Nadi is the town you stay in before - and maybe - after your multi-day dives in order to accommodate flight schedules half way around the world. Nai’a is almost commodious. Not in the same manner as a cruise ship for landlubbers, but more comfortable that most diving vessels, with their scrubby, single-minded scuba passengers. Here the main cabin was dominated by what was almost a grand staircase leading to one’s cabins below. I was berthed in a comfortable (but not commodious) cabin with a gentleman from the south of France who was anything if not courteous. (He smoked, but always at a distant corner topside.) But I was 84 (still am), with recent bone surgeries that caused maintaining an even keel more precarious than I liked. I needed the full width of the staircase, for example, although for normal people each tread’s width easily accommodated two abreast. On occasion I needed both hand rails for up or down trips. My arms were stretched between railings. So why is he diving you ask? He should be home knitting - or watching someone knit. As a component of my underwater photo business, I had been diving forty-four years; and having weathered recent knee, spinal, and hip surgeries, hoped I could still do it. Result: I COULD do it, but the payoff wasn’t worth the effort. Essentially, I had forgotten about current, which was only mildly stiff during portions of our week; but enough to keep my stiffer body working harder than I wished. Mind, the current was only moderate for an experienced, YOUNGER diver. The crew couldn’t have been more helpful, from co-hosts Josh and Amanda to all who were there to help graciously and cook deliciously. They were watchful, without getting in the way. Their guidance was never heavy handed; I never felt I was in any trouble. Underwater, the ocean teemed with the usual suspects in Pacific animals - all an experienced diving image maker might wish for. All in all, the trip was among the better ones in my experience - just not for someone with bones like mine. ###
Websites	Nai'a Fiji
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Almost everywhere except Lake Baikal. Well, almost everywhere.
Closest Airport	Nadi	Getting There	1/2 way around the world.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	surge
Water Temp	80-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	It was do-it-yourself, so long as you checked out with the bosses, Josh and Amanda. They didn't follow me, once they confirmed I was safe.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	One of the better setups.

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Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in Fiji and Tuvalu

Nai'a Fiji: "Trip Review for An Old Guy - Fiji Aboard Nai’a 26 April - 3 May 201", Apr, 2014,

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Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in
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