Dive Review of Beqa Lagoon/Beqa Lagoon Resort in
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Beqa Lagoon/Beqa Lagoon Resort, Nov, 2011, by Rick Hart, TX, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 6351.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
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Comments	Working with Jacqualine with Beqa Lagoon Resort on the reservations was great. She was very pleasent and responsive and got us a good deal The trip from LAX is long (10.5 hours). On arrival, were loaded onto a larger bus with no a/c and the windows did not open. After a 2 hour bus ride with no a/c and 90+ degrees in the bus, took a 45 minute boat ride to Beqa Lagoon Resort. At the island, transferred from the main boat to a small aluminum boat that got you close to the shore. Everyone had to wade ashore. They really need to build a small dock. The food was fair with the same breakfast every day. Lunch was ok and dinner was only time there was dessert. The diving was nice in that there are plenty of small tropical fish and the soft corals are colorful. However, they seem to go to the same handful of sites over and over and over again. They need to rotate sites as the ones they go to are showing the wear and tear. The shark dive is now being called the big fish dive as it is mostly just big fish with a couple of large nurse sharks and a few smaller black tip. No tiger or bull sharks. We were told the bull sharks were in the deeper water mating. The accomodations are very nice and are air conditioned. The grounds are extremely well maintained. Since this is an island, the power is via 3 generators. And yes, you guessed it, 2 of the 3 generators went out the last 3 days. And there were no spare parts. Without power there was no a/c and that was not pleasent. Mark, the manager, seemed to get pretty flusterred and would simply walk away from a guest when challenged. We cut the trip short a day early to go back to the Fiji mainland and get a hotel the last day before the long trip home. Mark did offer to pay for the hotel. Overall, an ok trip, but probably not worth the long trip.
Websites	Beqa Lagoon
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Costa Rica, Moorea, Kauai, Bahamas, Bonaire, Cozumel, Caymans, Belize, Utila, throughout the Carribean
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	72-76°F / 22-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	50-75 Ft/ 15-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Begin return at 1,000 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Small bucket on the boat for cameras. Other divers rinsed masks in same bucket..

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Dive Review of Beqa Lagoon/Beqa Lagoon Resort in Fiji and Tuvalu/Beqa Lagoon

Beqa Lagoon/Beqa Lagoon Resort, Nov, 2011,

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