Dive resorts in Fiji?

[Seekup]

We've been to Garden Island and Wananavu and loved the diving at both. We would like to find a resort that is a short boat ride to sites so that you can get in more diving. Is there such a thing in Fiji? I'm thinking something like Anthony's Key in Roatan or El Galleon in Puerto Gallera where the boats go out for single tanks 4-5 times per day.

If not in Fiji, any other suggestions for this type of resort appreciated!

 

[danvolker]

We've been to Garden Island and Wananavu and loved the diving at both. We would like to find a resort that is a short boat ride to sites so that you can get in more diving. Is there such a thing in Fiji? I'm thinking something like Anthony's Key in Roatan or El Galleon in Puerto Gallera where the boats go out for single tanks 4-5 times per day.

If not in Fiji, any other suggestions for this type of resort appreciated!

Sandra and I stayed at the Beqa Lagoon Resort when we dove fiji....we loved it, and the boat rides to the spectacular sites were similar in length to what we are used to in S florida, typically 30 minutes or so...Also, the house reef is about 100 feet off the beach, and amazing in it's own right. A large majority of the sites they frequent are pinacle based dives, where you go to a series of these pinacles--maybe 6 or more within a couple hundred feet of each other, each one coming from the bottom at about 80 feet, on up to around 3 feet from the surface....they are about 100-300 feet to swim the circumference, if memory serves, and every inch is spectacular....I found then to be awesome for freediving as well, since the entire time you are dropping, you are busy watching incredible sights--and the same on the ascent ( these being portions of a freediver's dive that are usually kind of wasted )
We were in a group of florida divers all with high skill and experience, and were allowed to do any profiles we desired. The altered their boarding proceedures for us, so we would get back on the boat the way we enjoy this in S florida, as opposed to the way they have first time New Zealand tourists get back on the boat ( which was the crew taking the tank/bc from you while you were still in the water, along with fins--this was something we were "just not willing to submit to, and was not an option )

 

[farsidefan1]

I understand that Paradise resort on Taveuni has an excellent house reef with unlimited diving available.

 

[greylion]

How about the Naia? Short walk to the back of the boat.

 

[1davey]

I stayed at Matava Eco resort on Kandavu. Most of the sites are with in 15 mins.
Exception "Manta Reef" which is about 25 mins. But well worth it.
If you are into great diving and lots of it this was my experance there.
The food was fresh and plenty of it. Family style. The staff was great.
Small groups, no more than 6 divers in each group when I went out a plus.
Any questions let me know.