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Old 03-27-2009, 09:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
RikRaeder
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Fiji Recommendations Please

Hoping to get to Fiji at the end of this September for five days in the water. We've never been, but heard that it's pretty nice.
For those of you who've been there, what island do you recommend? This trip is mainly for my girl, and she's into coral, fishies, and visibility. We don't want to hop around and would prefer to stay in one place. Also, we are NOT interested in sitting on the bottom watching a guide feed sharks. Shark encounters are way so cool, but sitting around is not, in our book. We don't mind seeing sharks, but would prefer to be a bit more mobile during our dives.
Also, I've heard that water temperatures will be around 22-24C at that time, should I pack a 3mm or a 5mm (definitely 5mm if it's that cool).
If anyone has had good or bad experiences recently with hotels or dive ops, I'd also appreciate hearing about that as well as post-diving activities or don't miss Fijian stuff. I saw the recent video of the sub-surface volcano that went off in Tonga. Any effect on Fiji conditions? I guess that covers it, so I'm looking forward to hearing from those who have been. Thanks.
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