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Taveuni Ocean Sports/Taveuni Palms Resort, Feb, 2012, by Albert Stevens, NJ, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 6438 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
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	The resort, Taveuni Palms is a high end boutique resort that provides outstanding facilities, quality gourmet food, and personalized service beyond the best cruise ship I have ever been on. My wife and I came a year ago on our honeymoon and decided to do it again and brought two friends with us on this trip. The resort is owned and run by Kelly and Tony Acland. It is expensive but provides great value for the money. This year the resort uses Taveuni Ocean Sports owned and operated by Julie Kelly. We did one dive one our honeymoon last year with a different dive operator. We did not get a good briefing and the current was fast and not enjoyable. This year the dive plan was given by Julie with a drawing of the dive area, explanation of the currents and how we would dive the currents. What a difference a good dive master makes in having a great experience. Julie taught us so much about drift diving. Julie also spends time before the first dive giving an educational session on the environment and sea life. She is a great teacher both above and below the water. When Julie determined that we were all skilled enough, she introduced us to the hook so that we could stay in one spot and watch the fish and examine the coral. Also great for taking pictures. The things that we saw would take a book to describe-- must see and experience this yourself. We did 10 dives in 5 days with Julie and hope to do it again next year
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Fla Keys, Grand Turks, Great Barrier reef, New Zealand, Poor Knights Island, Little Cay, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico, and others
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40-100 Ft/ 12-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	In our opinion the strong currents require the help of a local that understands the currents and makes them work for you instead of experiencing the unexpected. We were happy to comply with the dive master who led us and pointed out many things we may have missed on our own
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 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	The setup for photography is modest but the subject matter is great. Lots of subject matter on every dive. I used a single flash SeaLife and got very good shots. The owner of the shop, Julie Kelly took pictures of our group under water and did a nice job

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Dive Review of Taveuni Ocean Sports/Taveuni Palms Resort in Fiji and Tuvalu/Taveuni

Taveuni Ocean Sports/Taveuni Palms Resort, Feb, 2012,

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Dive Review of Taveuni Ocean Sports/Taveuni Palms Resort in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Taveuni