Dive Review of Sau Bay Resort in
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Sau Bay Resort: "Remote Resort with High Class Operation", Jun, 2026, by Debra Gookin, CA, US ( 2 reports). Report 13862.
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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	We arrived at Sau Bay during a wind storm with a rough crossing from Somosomo Taveuni. The Fiji Maritime Safety Authority issued navigation restrictions during the first few days of our one week stay. What a way to start a dive vacation! The Sau Bay resort found ways to keep our group – if not completely happy - at least distracted with the staff’s good humor, flavorful meals, and charming accommodations in ocean front bures. We filled in the time with hiking, massages and learning Fiji phrases and customs. As soon as it was safe, we had our first dives on Rainbow reef. I had dived there in 2015 prior to Cyclone Winston and was anxious to see how the reef had recovered from one of the most intense cyclones on record. The colorful fish were a welcome sight ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Sau Bay Resort Sau Bay Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Baja California, Bahamas, BVI, California and islands, Hawaii, Tahiti, Belize
Closest Airport	Taveuni	Getting There	Fly from LAX to Nadi then to Taveuni then boat transfer to Sau Bay. Or from Nadi to Savusavu then hired car to Natuvo and boat to Sau Bay.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	76-°F / 24-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	10- Ft/ 3- M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Let dive master know when you're at 1000 psi
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
UW Photo Comments	Charging area at dive shop and water buckets for cameras on board the boat. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Sau Bay Resort in Fiji and Tuvalu

Sau Bay Resort: "Remote Resort with High Class Operation", Jun, 2026,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Sau Bay Resort in
Fiji and Tuvalu