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10/27/2016, 12:32 PM | #1 |
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Somosomo Strait - Tiveuni, Fiji - World Famous Rainbow Reef - 10/2016
Here's some pictures from our 10 Year Anniversary trip from earlier this month. We spent a week diving the Somosomo Strait and Fiji's world famous Rainbow Reef between the islands of Tiveuni & Vanua Levu. The trip started out a little cold and rainy, but by day 3 was sunny and warm. We stayed at a VERY small resort with only one dive boat and discovered that we were the only guests booked for diving that week. So we had a private dive boat, driver and dive guide for the week. Can't ask for more than that!
Fiji didn't disappoint and while Palau is still our all time favorite dive destination, Fiji has now comfortably moved into #2. I have never seen coral like they have in Fiji, every color imaginable in soft and hard as far as the eye can see. For anyone into reef tanks and coral, every dive is like you are in a world class reef tank. So enough of that, here's some pics:
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10/27/2016, 06:52 PM | #3 |
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Lovely! Hey what camera are you using for the underwater pics; was looking into getting one but don't want a big heavy kit
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10/27/2016, 08:30 PM | #4 | |
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10/28/2016, 04:27 AM | #5 |
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Great pics! Thanks for sharing. It's currently number 3 on my list.
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10/28/2016, 10:11 PM | #6 |
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Fantastic. Amazing what a GoPro can do. Currently #1 on my list and will be be our next destination.
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10/30/2016, 11:22 AM | #7 |
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What kind of shark was that in #2?
Is that something to worry about when diving out there? How deep did you dive to get to those huge table ? Just wondering whether you can reach them from surface dive with only fins and snorkel. Super clear underwater pictures. The visibility must be great that day. |
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10/31/2016, 08:21 AM | #9 |
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Is that a nudibranch in your last pic of your first post? Can't quite tell what that is...
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11/01/2016, 06:55 PM | #11 |
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What resort did you stay at?
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11/18/2016, 08:42 PM | #12 |
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excellent pictures
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Beautiful
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This is #1 on my bucket list. The coral is simply amazing! Thanks so much for sharing.
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