Dive Review of Qamea in
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Qamea, May, 2008, by Christina & Alex, CO, USA ( 1 report). Report 4091.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	This is essentially a lovely four-star resort (by USA standards) in the north-east part of Fiji, though it's officially designated as a five-star property in Fiji. A friendly driver meets your plane at the Taveuni airport and escorts you and your luggage to the boat dock for the quick trip to Qamea island. After a nice orientation tour and refreshment you are shown to your bure. We stayed in the 'Honeymoon Bure' and it was well worth the extra money for the upgraded facilities and most of all the privacy (which is not available in most of the standard beachfront bures). During our stay we visited the Premium Villa and it's spectacular and we highly recommend it for it's size and near complete privacy away from majority of the resort. The staff at Qamea are extremely warm, kind, and amazingly remember your name from the first introduction. The food was delicious and the kitchen accommodated our dietary allergies (but needed to be reminded before each meal). Internet access is available (per minute charges apply) at a communal computer room (internet access is slow but fine for a quick email home). The dive manager and entire dive staff are wonderful and knowledgeable. The diving is full service with all gear set up, rinse, and storage. The dive shop facility is adequate with a rinse tank and cool water shower (but no restroom facility as all the bures are close-by). There is no dive shop sales so make sure to bring everything you need from home (ie extra batteries, defogger), but equipment rentals are available should you need. The dive boat has a covered area with more room than is needed for the quantity of divers. Over 5 days of diving, there was 1 dive for which we had 8 divers, split into 2 groups of 4 with a guide each. On 3 dives, there was just the two of us with a dive guide. The diving has a good variety of: hard coral, beautiful brightly colored soft coral, pinnacles, walls, and pretty tropical fish. This is not a destination for pelagics though there were many white-tip reef sharks and barracuda; we have heard that at times there are mantas although we did not see any on this trip. We chose not to take the optional full day trip to the Somosomo Straits, as we will be visiting the Somosomo area next year. As in many land-based diving facilities in Fiji, there was no Nitrox available. Dive times are based upon your air consumption (with none longer than approximately 75 minutes). The surface interval for the morning 2 tank dive, is done back on shore at the resort, as all the dive sites are very close-by. Surface intervals were extremely casually paced and often 75 minutes in length. Private afternoon or night diving is available upon request (for an additional fee). Overall impression: if you want to get away to dive and relax this is an excellent location where the staff will take good care of you. This is not a dedicated dive resort, so expect to encounter many honeymooners, snorkelers, people coming just to relax. For those i your group who don't dive, there is a daily adventure trip planned (extra fee) to various interesting locations (waterfalls, pearl farm, local village, jungle hikes, etc). Happy diving!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	26-50 dives
Where else diving	Beqa Lagoon Fiji, Wakatobi Indonesia
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	83-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	50-60 Ft/ 15-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Surface with 500 PSI
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	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	No fresh water rinse tank on dive boat. No area on dive boat to prep camera. No special area on shore for camera prep other than your bure. Some of the dive guides love to lead UW photographers.

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Dive Review of Qamea in Fiji and Tuvalu

Qamea, May, 2008,

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