Dive Review of Mai Dive Astrolabe in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Kadavu/Ono Islands

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Mai Dive Astrolabe, Apr, 2011, by Bill Markley, CA, US ( Sr. Reviewer 8 reports with 2 Helpful votes). Report 6039.
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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 $$
Beginners
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Comments	Nice place amd nice people. Family owned. Very remote. Small, only 3 bures (two small and one large). Simple but very well kept and comfortable. Still new and improving. Only been in operation two years. Medium size boat with room for 6 divers plus a couple smaller boats. This permitted local Astrolabe reef diving only along the east side of Ono Island. Only resort on Ono Island so we were the only boat at the sites. Dive operations on Kadavu Island do not come this far north. Since they did not have a larger boat with bigger engines, we could not reach the nicer more well known sites on the reef around Kadavu. Food was OK. They grow their own veggies and fruit. They do not have a PADI certified instructor. Dive masters from the local village were OK at best. No A/C, no cell service. They do have WiFi/internet. They advertise snorkeling with the manta rays. There is cleaning station but the manta rays were not there during our stay. There is no shopping, spa, massage, and no touristy type stuff, excursions, hiking, etc. Just relaxing and diving.
Websites	Mai Dive Astrolabe
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Belize, Cozumel, Curacao, Roatan, Southern California
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	dry	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	81-°F / 27-°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	10-100 Ft/ 3-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	follow dive master; do safety stop with 500 psi
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
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	Rinse tank on land; nothing on the boat. No thought given to UWPs equipment. Where there was time a separate dive master sometimes guided UWPs separately to allow for better and more close up attention to opportunities.

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Dive Review of Mai Dive Astrolabe in Fiji and Tuvalu/Kadavu/Ono Islands

Mai Dive Astrolabe, Apr, 2011,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Mai Dive Astrolabe in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Kadavu/Ono Islands