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Nai'a Fiji: "Fiji During a Cyclone", Mar, 2015, by Mark Rosenstein, MA, US ( Sr. Contributor 22 reports with 17 Helpful votes). Report 8680.
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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 ninth trip to Fiji aboard the Nai'a. I learned that something was up when we boarded the boat and were told that we would not be doing the usual checkout dive near Latoka, but would immediately steam across Fiji to dive Namena the next morning. Turns out Cyclone Pam was forming north of Vanuatu and the itinerary for our trip was uncertain. We got in four days of diving wonderful, familiar sites before the storm forced us to seek shelter in protected bays on the east side of Viti Levu, Fiji's biggest island. Captain Jonathan kept us informed and passed around weather advisories twice a day. The storm ended up sparing Fiji, though people were killed in Vanuatu. As a fish geek it was interesting to get into some different habitats, but the diving was very hit or miss. We found interesting small reefs in some of the bays, and others just had silt and poor visibility. We did venture out to the southern end of Vatu-i-ra a few times, and while conditions were fine underwater, it was dangerous getting in and out of the skiffs with heavy chop, so they didn't want to do much of that. The crew did an amazing job given the situation and found us placed to dive where the boat had never been before. I never felt unsafe. They clearly were informed and had contingency plans. It wasn't the best introduction to Fiji for the three in our group who had never been before, but I think we all enjoyed it.
Websites	Nai'a Fiji
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Komodo, Palau, Lembeh, GBR, Maldives, Wakatobi, many Caribbean
Closest Airport	Nadi	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	76-79°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	3-80 Ft/ 1-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	In good conditions, we were free to do pretty much as we wanted within recreational limits. In a few sites they asked us to keep time to one hour.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	The Nai'a has the best camera rooms I have encountered on a liveaboard. Plenty of work space and electric outlets very close to the dive deck, with two large rinse tanks too.

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Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in Fiji and Tuvalu/Bligh Waters

Nai'a Fiji: "Fiji During a Cyclone", Mar, 2015,

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Dive Review of Nai'a Fiji in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Bligh Waters