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Nai'a Fiji: "Fiji Diving at its Best", Aug, 2017, by Roger D Roth, OH, US ( Contributor 16 reports with 8 Helpful votes). Report 9689 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	This was my second trip on the Nai’a and it was as spectacular as the first. The boat is well-maintained and the staff is very attentive. They knew every guest’s name on the first day, making us all feel at home. I was delighted to see three crew members still aboard that I met on my first trip in 2003. Arrival on the boat is around early afternoon. As soon as the luggage is aboard, divers unload their dive gear so the crew can set up tanks for the check-out dive that’s scheduled around 4 PM. The remaining luggage is taken to the staterooms by the crew for the divers to unpack. Each stateroom has its own toilet and shower and a sink is in the room along with drawers and shelves for clothes. Once the Nai’a anchors in deep water, two skiffs are used to take the divers to two different dive sites that are relatively close to each other. The skiffs will usually trade dive sites on the next dive so everyone gets the opportunity to visit all dive sites.The skiff drivers are excellent and wait on the surface until divers finish their dives. If someone finishes early, one of the skiffs might make a quick trip back to the boat so that diver doesn’t have to wait for the others to complete their dives. The schedule for the day is a continental breakfast ready before 6 AM, then a dive at 7 or 7:30 depending on the desires of the divers. A big breakfast is served after the first dive. The second dive may be around 10 AM and lunch is ready by noon or 12:30. A third dive is around 2-3 with snacks waiting for the divers upon their return to the boat. Night dives begin around 5:30, thus beginning as crepuscular dives before darkness falls. Guests have multiple choices for each meal that are picked at dinner each evening. Water and cold sodas are included in the cruise. A minimal charge is made for cold beer which is in the refrigerator with an honor-system tally sheet nearby. Sometimes wine is also included for some cruises. There are two rinse cans with shampoo for wetsuits on the dive deck, two large rinse tanks for camera gear, a well-equipped camera room with numerous charging stations (220 and 110V outlets, so adapters are not necessary), and two hot water showers on either side of the dive deck for a quick rinse. The divemasters are excellent spotters and know where to find the special critters like the decorated dartfish and Randall’s shrimpgoby to only name a couple. The currents in Bligh Water serve to keep the beautiful soft corals healthy and open, as well as bring nutrients to the thousands of dancing anthias and schools of jacks, surgeonfish, and the like.
Websites	Nai'a Fiji
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Fiji, Indonesia, Hawaii, Caribbean, Caymans, Belize, Honduras, Red Sea, Papua New Guinea, Cozumel, Dominica and more
Closest Airport	Nadi	Getting There	LAX or SFO direct to Nadi
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	82-83°F / 28-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	40-80 Ft/ 12-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	See above.

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Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in Fiji and Tuvalu

Nai'a Fiji: "Fiji Diving at its Best", Aug, 2017,

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Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in
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