Dive Review of Mad Fish Dive Center/Matava Resort in
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Mad Fish Dive Center/Matava Resort: "Matava Resort/Astrolabe Reef", Oct, 2023, by Bill Rigby, CA, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 12760.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	This trip to Matava followed our spectacular whale swim trip in Tonga the week before. We had dived the Somo Somo straight/Rainbow Reef and Beqa Lagoon 30 years ago. We are PADI Divemaster & Rescue diver certified and have since retired from diving. We now only freedive & snorkel. We wanted to see the Astrolabe Reef/lagoon from Matava. After leaving the airport we were taken to a beach and waded out in knee deep water (during low tide)to a panga for the 45 minute r ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Matava Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Multiple Caribbean, Mexico, California, Galapagos, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Australia, Truk, Yap, Palau Indonesia
Closest Airport	Vunisea, Kadavu	Getting There	LAX-Nadi-Vunisea
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, currents
Water Temp	80-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-150 Ft/ 15-46 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with dive guide and/or within sight of the boat when diving or snorkeling.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	None	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	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The dive boats had no work tables or rinse tanks on board. You c ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Mad Fish Dive Center/Matava Resort in Fiji and Tuvalu/Kadavu

Mad Fish Dive Center/Matava Resort: "Matava Resort/Astrolabe Reef", Oct, 2023,

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

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Dive Review of Mad Fish Dive Center/Matava Resort in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Kadavu