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Ra Divers/Volivoli Beach Resort: "Fiji Thanksgiving", Nov, 2024, by Bobby Munno, NY, USA ( Sr. Contributor 27 reports with 21 Helpful votes). Report 13269 has 4 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	Fiji was always on my dive wish list. After speaking with Simon representing Volivoli Beach Resort at Beneath the Sea and Travel & Adventures shows, it became a reality recently. Fiji did not dissappoint! We were met at the airport by our transfers-included driver with a small-sea-shell necklace, not leis, and bottles of Fiji Water, of course. The beachfront resort is fantastic and located on the northernmost point of Fiji's main island, approximately 2.5 hours from the airport. It is a family run affair in its second generation. As the family is in construction, the resort is top notch. Ra Divers, the onsite dive operation, is top notch as well with several custom purpose-built aluminum dive boats, innumerable aluminum 80s, a well appointed and spacious dive camera room, great rental gear and a superior staff. The dive staff and hotel/restaurant/bar staff were the best, happiest, friendliest, warmest, cheeriest and sincerest dive resort personnel we've ever encountered on the planet. Overnight rains reduced the visibility two days and one drift dive was a high speed event. These and repeating 2 dive sites during my 6 dive days/17 dives are the only negatives I can muster. 10 hours from LAX in a middle seat in coach would be the only reason I would balk at committing to a return visit.
Websites	Ra Divers Volivoli Beach Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Bhmas, Belize, Bonaire, Cabo, Cncun, Carriacou, 3 Caymans, Cozumel, StCroix, Curacao, Dominica, StEustatius, Fiji, FL, Grenada, HI, StHelena, Iceland, Jamaica, LI, StLucia, Mntsrrat, NYC, Palau, PA, Phlppines, Poland, Roatan, Saba, Socorro, Tobago, Turks&Caicos, Utila, StVincent, Yucatan cenotes
Closest Airport	Nadi (NAN)	Getting There	JFK to LAX. 6 hours overnight both ways. LAX to NAN. 10 hours overnight both ways.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	81-83°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-60 Ft/ 9-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Max depth and time suggested.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	1 or 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	Only the largest dive boat had a water-filled camera tub. It was fine for the handful of GoPros aboard but no serious UW camera rigs made the trip evidently.

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Dive Review of Ra Divers/Volivoli Beach Resort in Fiji and Tuvalu/Fiji

Ra Divers/Volivoli Beach Resort: "Fiji Thanksgiving", Nov, 2024,

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Dive Review of Ra Divers/Volivoli Beach Resort in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Fiji