Dive Review of Paradise Taveuni in
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Paradise Taveuni: "Paradise Taveuni and Rainbow Reef are My Paradise", Jan, 2019, by Ellen Weber, CA, US ( 2 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 10837 has 4 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	[This was our first time diving on Taveuni. In previous years we stayed at Moody’s Namena, and the Cousteau Resort. I found the diving on Taveuni to be equal to that at Namena, which had been my benchmark for beautiful reef and lots of beautiful colorful fish. If we had hit the visibility better, Rainbow reef would have been beyond magical. As it was the hard and soft coral were beautiful and plentiful, as the soft coral seems to be recovering from some storm damage a few years ago. The numbers of colorful reef fish were incredible—schools and schools of different ones, including the banner fish that looks like a Moorish idol. We saw a number of reef sharks, turtles, lobster and eels. On the smaller scale, there were quite a variety of shrimp, a wide variety of nudibranchs and crabs which the guides, particularly Christine, the dive shop manager, were great to point out. The drift diving made for easy diving in a very beautiful setting which is my ideal. The night dives are shore dives right off the resort and were full of eels, sleeping fish, lobster and a large active sea snake. We had only 4-7 people diving at a time, capable and attentive dive guides and I felt safe. They are extremely tuned in to your needs and desires and strive to give you the experience you want and better. Typically you can do three dives on the boat a day which can include a lovely beach picnic between dives two and three. My husband is the photographer and he enjoyed the air conditioned and dedicated camera room at the resort. He prefers to find a place and sit to photograph, which is difficult with drift diving. The shore dive offers that option and they have beautiful resident blue eels to photograph there. The rooms are clean, good sized and comfortable with a/c. There is a refrig and plenty of filtered water available. The bed was comfortable. The rooms and the grounds are lovely and well maintained. We particularly loved the private outdoor shower after a dive—a very lovely experience in the rain! I can’t say enough about the Fijiian people, and the staff at the Paradise is the best there is. They are the most welcoming hosts. They have a great sense of humor and are always calm, quiet and seem to know what will please you before you do. It is not a tipping society so they act from the heart. Most places have a Christmas fund box that you contribute to. This resort is well run by Australian owners Alan and Terry who are very available and helpful. They had to rebuild the resort three years ago after Hurricane Winston took it out and so it feels pretty new. If you can, get the full story. The food at the Paradise is excellent (Alan is an executive chef) and they catered well to my gluten free diet, offering the best gluten free bread. ]
Websites	Paradise Taveuni
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Hawaii, Caribbean (Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Bahamas, Grand Turk), Australia, Galapagos, Belize
Closest Airport	Nadi	Getting There	Air Fiji flies nonstop from SFO or LAX to Nadi
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	79-84°F / 26-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	- Ft/ - M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	It was mostly drift diving so we all needed to surface together with our small group.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	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	Very thoughtful on land facilities for photographers including an a/c dedicated large camera room and a separate camera wash area.

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Dive Review of Paradise Taveuni in Fiji and Tuvalu/Taveuni

Paradise Taveuni: "Paradise Taveuni and Rainbow Reef are My Paradise", Jan, 2019,

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Dive Review of Paradise Taveuni in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Taveuni