bluechub
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Title aside, I am planning a family trip to Fiji for this July (4 divers) and wanted to get some feedback from the forum on the topic. Having read most of the existing posts, we are focusing on two areas, the Bligh Waters area on Viti Levu and Taveuni/Rainbow Reef, and we will be land based. While we love to see sharks we are not fans of baited dives, so we excluded Beqa.
There are many, many videos on YouTube and the web that show impressive and colorful reefs in these two areas, with lots of small fish and critters, and here’s my question: where is all the medium and large size fish?
With that amount of small fish one should see at least a few jacks, groupers and larger predators in many of these videos, however only a handful of them has the occasional white tip shark passing by. The majority of videos I have seen show clouds of tiny reef fish and beautiful corals, and smaller critters (nudis etc.). It almost seems that either the larger predators are missing or the majority of videos ignored them.
We like seeing a lot of things, small critters but also larger animals, and will choose our destination based also on this. For those of you that dove these two locations from land, what was your experience in terms of reliable sightings? Any preference?
Looking at the following resorts and any recent feedback on their dive ops is also appreciated: Wananavu, Garden Island Resort and Paradise Taveuni (considering also Volivoli, as there is generally good feedback on it).
Thanks to everyone that will want to share any opinion and experience.
There are many, many videos on YouTube and the web that show impressive and colorful reefs in these two areas, with lots of small fish and critters, and here’s my question: where is all the medium and large size fish?
With that amount of small fish one should see at least a few jacks, groupers and larger predators in many of these videos, however only a handful of them has the occasional white tip shark passing by. The majority of videos I have seen show clouds of tiny reef fish and beautiful corals, and smaller critters (nudis etc.). It almost seems that either the larger predators are missing or the majority of videos ignored them.
We like seeing a lot of things, small critters but also larger animals, and will choose our destination based also on this. For those of you that dove these two locations from land, what was your experience in terms of reliable sightings? Any preference?
Looking at the following resorts and any recent feedback on their dive ops is also appreciated: Wananavu, Garden Island Resort and Paradise Taveuni (considering also Volivoli, as there is generally good feedback on it).
Thanks to everyone that will want to share any opinion and experience.