The shark dive is a must, but I would still rank Beqa pretty much equal with Kadavu. I've dived Kadavu half a dozen times (from Matana, Nagigia (surf resort) and Matava, and although the visibility tends to be better at Kadavu, I actually have had better trips at Beqa (three trips now). Beqa has a couple of wreck dives; some amazing offshore dives at "Short Reef" a long trip offshore where we had huge gorgaonian fan forests and, of course, the shark dives. I've added in a photo of the huge gorgonians in my gallery (have a look!) But the best coral bommies and the most colour I have ever seen is at a pretty undiscovered location - Naigani Island. Brilliant diving and only 5-10 minutes from the resort. It all comes down to a matter of taste - and what you are looking for I guess. Every dive in Fiji is different - every dive in Fiji is great.
Beqa Lagoon shark dive report
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Travelnsj
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Wiggsy what were the water temps like and the general weather?....I trying to figure the best time of the year to go.
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Travelnsj:
I do not know when it is better as far as the sharkks that show up. When I went in July it is, of course, winter in Fiji. The water temp was about 77 f. Now granted I am from Florida and pretty whimpy when it comes to water temps, but one does not really do much on the shark dive but kneel behind the rocks and watch the feed. I was pretty cold in a 3 mil and a hood.
Topside it can be a warm as 85 degreees or pretty chilly. If the sun out it is nice. The weather reminded me of South Florida in early March. I was told the summer (December) in Fiji is pretty rainy, but the water is very warm.
Travelnsj
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matts1w:
Thanks for the heads up....I'm more an 82 degree water person....I'll check out December or January.
Check up on these websites - they show real time SST in Fiji (degrees Celsius, but that's the way most of the world is!) at Beqa and various other locations around Fiji.
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/aupawas.htm
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/current/sst_series_fijibeqa_cur.html
It's amazing how much difference one degree can make - Fiji was warm at 27 degrees Celsius last July, went to Tonga a week later and was much cooler at 25-26 degrees. Still, Melbourne in July was around 11 degrees (and no...I didn't dive, though some hardened souls do.)
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/aupawas.htm
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/current/sst_series_fijibeqa_cur.html
It's amazing how much difference one degree can make - Fiji was warm at 27 degrees Celsius last July, went to Tonga a week later and was much cooler at 25-26 degrees. Still, Melbourne in July was around 11 degrees (and no...I didn't dive, though some hardened souls do.)
vimaldude
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Bula!
I just returned from Beqa Lagoon Resort and it was an awesome experience. Here is my report on the Shark Dives.
We did a total of 4 dives. The first 2 dives were with Aquatech. The seas were a bit rough that day and there were a total of about 17 divers. The wind was up that day and the swells were about 3 feet high so we got rocked on the way to the dive site. THe dive itself was fairly easy. Just follow the decent line down to the "arena" at 95 feet and then sit/stand on one side of the rope. Aquatech does a "chumming" type of feeding. There were a lot of fish of all sizes swimming around. There were so many that it sometimes obscured the DM doing the chumming. We did see a few sharks but not that many. It was a somewhat disappointing first dive.
The second dive was at 60 feet and was a bit better. We saw a Nurse, Black Tip and reef sharks. A few bulls turned up but didn't stay for long for the bait. I was sitting in the middle of the line and the view was obscured by all the fish. My son was at the end of the line and he got a much better view of the sharks coming in and out.
The next 2 dives were with BAD boys. They dive a different reef and it is a more protected place. The entry/exit were were easy. The procedure was the same. The first dive takes place at 90 feet and they hand feed the big fish. We saw lot more action and sharks on this dive. Since the 'food' is handed to fish, there was not the frenzy we saw earlier. The Nurse sharks are the first to show up and they are as docile as puppy dogs. We even got to pet one of them. The bulls showed up soon and each took turns going for the bait. Again, you get a much better view if you sit towards the ends of the line instead of middle. This was the dive that we finally got our fill of bull sharks. We counted at least 15 of them on the final dive. The bulls are more interested in bait than divers and none of them was aggressive towards divers. The DMs stand around the group and herd away any bulls that strays too close. The closest we got to was one bull at about 3 ft.
Unfortunately, no tigers were seen. Other divers who went on other days also didn't see any tigers. That was our only disappointment.
Overall, a not to miss event. It is easy enough for moderately skilled divers. I would do it again if/when I go to fiji again (would go with BAD boys)
I just returned from Beqa Lagoon Resort and it was an awesome experience. Here is my report on the Shark Dives.
We did a total of 4 dives. The first 2 dives were with Aquatech. The seas were a bit rough that day and there were a total of about 17 divers. The wind was up that day and the swells were about 3 feet high so we got rocked on the way to the dive site. THe dive itself was fairly easy. Just follow the decent line down to the "arena" at 95 feet and then sit/stand on one side of the rope. Aquatech does a "chumming" type of feeding. There were a lot of fish of all sizes swimming around. There were so many that it sometimes obscured the DM doing the chumming. We did see a few sharks but not that many. It was a somewhat disappointing first dive.
The second dive was at 60 feet and was a bit better. We saw a Nurse, Black Tip and reef sharks. A few bulls turned up but didn't stay for long for the bait. I was sitting in the middle of the line and the view was obscured by all the fish. My son was at the end of the line and he got a much better view of the sharks coming in and out.
The next 2 dives were with BAD boys. They dive a different reef and it is a more protected place. The entry/exit were were easy. The procedure was the same. The first dive takes place at 90 feet and they hand feed the big fish. We saw lot more action and sharks on this dive. Since the 'food' is handed to fish, there was not the frenzy we saw earlier. The Nurse sharks are the first to show up and they are as docile as puppy dogs. We even got to pet one of them. The bulls showed up soon and each took turns going for the bait. Again, you get a much better view if you sit towards the ends of the line instead of middle. This was the dive that we finally got our fill of bull sharks. We counted at least 15 of them on the final dive. The bulls are more interested in bait than divers and none of them was aggressive towards divers. The DMs stand around the group and herd away any bulls that strays too close. The closest we got to was one bull at about 3 ft.
Unfortunately, no tigers were seen. Other divers who went on other days also didn't see any tigers. That was our only disappointment.
Overall, a not to miss event. It is easy enough for moderately skilled divers. I would do it again if/when I go to fiji again (would go with BAD boys)
borisphotosafari
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Going to Lagoon Resort Sept 28. Hoping for Tiger Sharks, saw plenty of Bulls last May in Santa Lucia, Cuba.
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