Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in
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Nai'a Fiji: "Pristine Reefs, Great Boat, Great Crew, Great Food", May, 2022, by David Marchese, PA, US ( Sr. Contributor 20 reports with 27 Helpful votes). Report 11954 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This was one of our best trips. We can't remember the last time we saw hard coral this pristine. Before this trip, I wondered if coral this pristine still existed. The hard corals are not colorful, but they are otherwise wonderful. The soft corals were of every color. We did spend two days (of our 10) in areas with 3-star coral, but that was specifically to see mantas and sharks. We saw two manta and a handful of reef sharks during those days. We also saw a couple of sharks each day, but this is certainly not a "big stuff" trip. We also dove a couple of rubble fields looking for small stuff. Dive masters Bel and Mike are great. The entire crew was as friendly and helpful as we could have asked. Anna served us three great meals each day on white tablecloths. Each passenger ordered from a menu of three options. The cabins are large, and they have more storage space than we needed. The diving schedule includes 4 day-dives, one every 3 hours starting at 7:00 AM. They asked us to keep each dive to 60 minutes (Plus-minus). Most dives were on bommies with shallow, beautiful tops, so we never came close to single digit RBT, which is unusual for four, hour-long dives. Everyone used 30-32 Nitrox. I did one night dive, where we saw very little. We skipped the next two night dives, and the reports were the same as ours. However, the 4 day dives offered me plenty of bottom time, so I didn't miss the night dives. We surfaced after 5:00 PM from our 4th day-dive, and twice our skiff driver (Veron) said he spotted a pod of pilot whales. We grabbed our snorkels and were able to jump in with them twice. We finally headed back to the Na'ia just as the sun was setting.
Websites	Nai'a Fiji
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caymans, Turks & Caicos, Bay Islands, Bahamas, Fiji, Saba, Maldives, California, Revillagigedo, Cozumel, Midway, Kona, Galapagos, Panama, Palau, Tahiti, Cocos, Malpelo, Tonga, PNG, Komodo, Sulawesi, Holbox, Solomon Islands, Belize, Komodo, Raja Ampat, Wakitobi, Alor, Marquesas, GBR
Closest Airport	Nadi	Getting There	N/S LAX to NAN
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	81-82°F / 27-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	30-75 Ft/ 9-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	The dive masters would describe the dive and said that we could follow them or do our own thing within reason.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
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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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	I shot WA on 33 dives. I used macro on 3 and always wished I had my WA. There was a very large, multi level camera room. There were 5 of us with full sized rigs and several had Go-Pro-sized cameras. The camera room was also used for empty suitcases, but we had plenty of room and they offered to make more.

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Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in Fiji and Tuvalu/Viti Levu

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Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Viti Levu