Dive Review of Ra Divers/Volivoli & Waidroka Bay Resort in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Rakiraki & Pacific Harbour

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Ra Divers/Volivoli & Waidroka Bay Resort: "Part 1-My Second Trip to Fiji. Part 2 Will Be About the Sharks!", Apr, 2025, by Love Sharks, OR, US ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 9 Helpful votes). Report 13539.
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Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Fiji was my last stop in a four-country, two-month dive trip and brought me to Volivoli Beach Resort (VV) in Rakiraki and Waidroka Bay Resort (WBR) in Pacific Harbour. This was my second visit to VV and first visit to WBR. This trip started in February in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, followed by Puerto Galera, Philippines, then on to Perth, Australia, then on to Exmouth (Ningaloo), Australia. My stays at VV were April 12-19 and WBR April 19-24. I’ll combine these two resorts in one review and do some comparisons of each experience. Since I was at VV in April 2024, I knew it would be a good experience. This time, I wanted to add some shark diving in Pacific Harbour. Both the resort packages included full board meals, diving, and airport transfers (with some cost adjustment for the transfer from VV to WBR.) Land Transfers. VV uses Pehicle for their transfers.The pickup at the Nadi airport went smooth. The driver spoke good English and made the usual grocery stop along the way so I could get bottled water, etc. The car was clean and the A/C worked well. This is my second experience with them and I would highly recommend them. Crusoe Tours did the transfer from VV to WBR and from WBR to Nadi airport. The car was clean with good A/C. The journey from VV to WBR was really long, nearly five hours. Driving through Suva was total traffic gridlock, which added to the travel time. The driver didn’t speak much English, drove really slow, and got lost once we left the Suva area. Instead of pulling over to look at Google Maps, he slowed down to 15 mph and couldn’t drive in a straight line. I eventually asked him to pull off the road to look at his phone. For the return to the airport, the driver from Crusoe was 35 minutes late. When WBR called the driver, he said there was a lot of traffic. Duh…it’s your job to calculate the drive time based on traffic conditions. I wasn’t happy. I had built in enough time when I got to the airport to spend time in the business class lounge, but a lot of that time was eroded. In addition, this guy was cursing like a pirate at other drivers. It was very unprofessional. I would not recommend using Crusoe Tours for your transfer. Volivoli Beach Resort. VV is a dive-focused resort, but there are occasionally nondivers that stay there.The landscaping here is beautiful and well manicured. There’s a mangrove forest down the hill as you walk to the dive shop. It sits on a multi-tiered hill, which provides stunning views. The hills are quite steep, so if you’ve got issues with your knees or back, this is something to consider. The least expensive rooms are at the top of the hill. Waidroka Bay Resort. WB is a diver and surfer resort. During my stay, there were 6 surfers and they had their own boat and guide. The resort sits ocean front on mostly flat ground. I stayed in one of the beach-front cabins, and there are other cabins up a hill, 62 steps. The grounds are well landscaped with beautiful tropical foliage and flowers. It’s a short, flat walk to the dive shop and the pier. here is one main building that has the kitchen, dining room, bar, reservation desk, and office. The bar is not always staffed. Accommodation. At VV, I stayed in a premium ocean view villa on the second tier on the hill, the same level as the check-in desk and gift shop. From those rooms, you go downhill to the dive shop, restaurant, and ocean front rooms and uphill for the other category of rooms. The room was very clean a ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Ra Divers
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Florida, Mexico, Bahamas, St. Marteen, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Grenada, Bonaire, Belize, Honduras, Aruba, Grand Cayman, Curacao, Barbados, St. Eustatius, Turkey, Raja Ampat Indonesia, Australia, French Polynesia, Fiji, Philippines
Closest Airport	Nadi	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-80 Ft/ 18-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minutes max dive time
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
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
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Dive Review of Ra Divers/Volivoli & Waidroka Bay Resort in Fiji and Tuvalu/Rakiraki & Pacific Harbour

Ra Divers/Volivoli & Waidroka Bay Resort: "Part 1-My Second Trip to Fiji. Part 2 Will Be About the Sharks!", Apr, 2025,

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Dive Review of Ra Divers/Volivoli & Waidroka Bay Resort in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Rakiraki & Pacific Harbour