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Nai'a Fiji: "Back in Fiji after the pandemic break", May, 2022, by Mark Rosenstein, MA, US ( Sr. Contributor 22 reports with 16 Helpful votes). Report 11931.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	I did a ten day whole-boat charter, my 15th trip to Fiji with a Nai’a cruise. I arrived in Fiji two days early with my dive and travel buddy Heidi and about half of the group. We stayed at First Landing Resort outside Nadi. We did a snorkel just off the resort one morning, where I saw some in-shore species like Crescent-banded Grunter that I didn’t see later on the scuba portion of the trip. We had to take a COVID rapid test 48 hours after arriving, which everyone passed. Then a bus picked us up to take us to the Nai’a which docks in Lautoka, a half hour drive north of Nadi. The Nai’a did only sporadic trips for locals during the pandemic, resuming regular trips in February. There are new cruise directors on board, Bel and Mike, who came from Utila in the Caribbean. They are learning quickly about Fiji, the Nai’a, the dive sites, and the creatures there. Though at this point, several people in our group had more experience here than they did. They are friendly and helpful and will serve well. Among other things Mike is an experienced dive equipment technician, and kept very busy on this trip with more than half of us having equipment failures. Sitting dry for 2 years wasn’t good for our gear. The 18 guests were all ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Nai'a Fiji
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Komodo, Lembeh, Tulamben, Palau, Raja Ampat, Solomons, Wakatobi, Maldives, GBR, Galapagos, many Caribbean
Closest Airport	Nadi, Fiji	Getting There	Fiji Airways flies from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Nadi Fiji.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	> 2
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	The Naia has a dedicated camera room just off the dive deck. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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By Ms Lynda Durfee in VA, US at Jun 05, 2022 09:42 EST

Great report. I did the trip twice, the last time in May/June 2022. My favorite activity was trying the find all the varieties of butterfly in the fish ID book.

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Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in Fiji and Tuvalu

Nai'a Fiji: "Back in Fiji after the pandemic break", May, 2022,

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Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in
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