Dive Review of Oneta Resort/Oneta in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Ono Island

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Oneta Resort/Oneta: "Diving on the Astrolabe Reef", Aug, 2023, by Dave White, CA, US ( Reviewer 6 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 12507.
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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 is our second trip to Oneta Resort on Ono Island in South Fiji. Ono is situated on the Great Astrolabe Reef which is a horseshoe shaped reef many miles long. The resort is owned by an American couple and is managed by a Austrailian/Fijian gentleman. The resort is small, accommodating around 25 people. The resort was badly damaged in 2020 by Cyclone Harold and has been completely rebuilt. They have a couple more bures planned and a pool for dive instruction. Air travel took 18 hours; San Francisco to Nadi, Nadi to Suva, Suva to Kadavu. At Kadavu Airport, you wade out to a boat for a 1 ½ hour boat ride to the resort. Have some shorts and water proof shoes handy to change into at the Kadavu airport. Some days you can fly straight from Nadi to Kandavu. They hav ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Oneta
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caymans, Roatan, Fiji, Bali, Sulawesi, Caribbean, California
Closest Airport	Kadavu	Getting There	SFO to Nadi to Kadavu on Fiji Airways. Boat from Kadavu to Oneta.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	calm, choppy
Water Temp	77-77°F / 25-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	We told the dive staff the type of profile we wanted for photography and they accommodated us.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	1 or 2
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	Oneta apparently doesn't get many U/W photographers. They did accommodate us, placing two rinse buckets on the boat and were careful handling camera gear. They have several rinse tubs at the d ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Oneta Resort/Oneta in Fiji and Tuvalu/Ono Island

Oneta Resort/Oneta: "Diving on the Astrolabe Reef", Aug, 2023,

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Dive Review of Oneta Resort/Oneta in
Fiji and Tuvalu/Ono Island