Bula FlipperHead
I haven't been to Taveuni, this is why I can't tell you much about diving there - I hear that island and diving are great. However, you are planning on coming May 2016, in 2 months time. Taveuni took a bad hit from typhoon Winston - I have learned yesterday that Paradise Taveuni is closed until further notice - it seems that as well other resorts were badly damaged ..... - we have tried to contact Garden Island Resort in Taveuni and can't reach them since the storm ...
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Cathedral - the dive site is exclusively ours, it took us over a year to develop it to today's dive site - we had since July 2015 at least 2 tigers/dive - our record was 8 tigers - I have done a dive there with our guests in November -
klick here to watch the video.
Since El Nino had visited us a couple of weeks back, tigers were only every second or third dive present - the water was very warm and we think the tigers did not like it - water has gotten a bit cooler and winter is soon to come - my educated guess, again tigers on each dive
Aside of tigers we have about 20 bull sharks, lots of reef sharks, lemon sharks and nurse sharks - occasionally a silver tip is paying a visit.
It's a bit challenging for photographers to get the perfect shot as there is lots and lots of fish at the side - being most of the time between motive and strobes, they produce all kinds of shadows on the sharks
On the other hand they are everything else but shy and make great motives themselves -
check our FB account for recent photos by Damien Mauric.
Coral wise - we have amazing coral gardens where we do all the dive if weather permits - these coral gardens are around Yanuca Island, 20 min. boat ride from our resort.
We have one wreck you'd love - its over and over full with soft corals - if you shoot with model, the perfect spot (if you need a model we'd be able to give you one of our DMs).
You'll find most recent pics on our fb account - check it out - you'll like it
And the best thing - we do so much more but diving - we have a great SPA and just the right amount of activities for a relaxing vacation