Dive Review of Aqua-trek/Garden Island in
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Aqua-trek/Garden Island, Jun, 2008, by Norman Ross, TX, USA ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 4149.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
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Comments	During our stay at Garden Island the ownership of the resort and dive shop changed, which probably caused some of the problems with the dive shop. Five days of diving and I had four different dive masters and only one was competent. Most of the dive sites have a strong current (think Cozumel's Barracuda Reef) on top of the reef, but much less current along the side and deeper on the reef. Most of the time we would start the dive swimming across or into the current to get to where we would go down. And on my last dive the dive master took us to the top of the reef where we spent 15 minutes swimming into the curent. Garden Island is an old motel and the rooms are about what you would expect in a motel. Each room had a ceiling fan, air conditioner, small refrigerator and a decent bed. All of the rooms had a patio or balcony with an ocean view. There was no television and the internet connection was slow and expensive. Fiji Gold was $4.50 FJ and Fiji Premium was $5.50 FJ with happy hour from 4-7 offering a $1.00 discount. The food was good with several entrees at lunch and dinner. This maybe a Texas thing, but if they would season the food it would taste better. At the Zoo reef we saw 10-12 white and black tip reef sharks. On the White Wall, which is unbelievably beautiful, we found a small lionfish, 5 cleaner shrimp and an anemonefish in one hole. We also saw three Humphead Wrasse, Ribbon Eel, Moorish Idol, Clown Triggerfish, Titan Triggerfish and many butterflyfish. There were many fish to see, but the currents made it hard to get good pictures.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Honduras, etc
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, currents
Water Temp	79-0°F / 26--18°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Aqua-trek/Garden Island in Fiji and Tuvalu/Traveuni

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Dive Review of Aqua-trek/Garden Island in
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