Dear F&F, August 29th…Happy Birthday Peter! I\’ve heard forever about the shark feed dive near Beqa (Benga) Lagoon here in Fiji. This is where they get the \”bigs\”. We loaded up all our gear on Aquatrek\’s dive boat for the 15 minute ride to the site. It turns out that the dive is actually at […]
Dear F&F, August 27th – 28th We set \”sail\” for Pacific Harbor, but as it was a 90 mile journey, we weren\’t sure we\’d make it by dark, so left staying over one night in Suva Harbor, Fiji\’s Capital a possibility. It was a pretty bumpy and long ride. When we were finally able to
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Dear F&F, August 22nd – 26th Makongai (Makongneye) Island The weather was predicted to get nasty while we were at Namena Island. The mooring/anchorage area on Namena was not particularly well protected so we decided to head the 20 miles to Makongai Island. With a reefed main, it was a pretty bumpy ride in the
Dear F&F, August 18th – August 21st Namena Island and Dive Reserve Namena Island is 20 miles southwest of Savusavu and en-route to Suva, Fiji\’s Capital City. The Moody\’s who own Namena, collect an annual $25.00 Fijian per person to use the islands dive sites and two moorings. This fee is given to the few
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/08/31 02:01 LATITUDE: 17-46.37S LONGITUDE: 177-22.90E MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 8 WIND_DIR: 322T CLOUDS: 35% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1014 AIR_TEMP: 30.6C COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Port Denerau Marina – Western Fiji
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2011/08/30 05:01 LATITUDE: 18-06.29S LONGITUDE: 177-18.92E COURSE: 007T SPEED: 0.8 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: 149T CLOUDS: 85% VISIBILITY: 10 BARO: 1014 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Natadola Bay next to Claudia & Joerg on s/v \”Dreamtime\”. Port Denerau tomorrow…..
Dear F&F, August 13th to 17th… We went directly from Kathryn\’s Bay on Rabi to The White Wall at Viani Bay. Anja and I felt we hadn\’t had enough diving lately and wanted to go to a known winner. It was so calm I felt comfortable anchoring near the site and we took the dinghy
Viani Bay, Savusavu and Farewell Sandrine…… Read More »
Dear F&F, August 11th to 13th… We left Will and Yancua Island and decided to head to Rabi (Rambi) Island, a short 20 miles away. No wind, so we motored and went through the reef at Yanuca where we almost stopped for an adventure dive, but didn\’t. It was getting late and we weren\’t sure
Dear F&F, August 5th to August 10th We upped anchor from Navivivi Village at Qmena and went back to Wayevu on Taveuni for food and fuel. On a whim while talking to Bruce and Alene of s/v \”Migration\” on the VHF radio, we decided to go to Yanuca Island 20 mile to our north. We
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Dear F&F, July 28th – August 4th…. We upped anchor around 9 am for the 8 mile trip to Mbvatu Harbor just around the point to take the hike up to the top for the overview of the Bay of Islands. We had previously entered our lovely anchoring spot over a shallow reef at high
Bay of Islands – Mbvatu Harbor & \”Back to Matangi\”…… Read More »