Underwater color extravaganza!

A fabulous week of diving was had by all. Fiji's reefs are looking fantastic. The vis at the moment is great & the colors are WOW!. Vatu-i-ra was teaming with life. Our first dive at Mellow Yellow blew people away. Mark Snyder was travelling with us for a second trip & couldn't get enough of the wide angle reef shots that just pop due to the color extravaganza that is Fiji! Marty Snyderman, aboard for a trip with his dive buddy Steve, was in Fiji writing an article for Dive Training Magazine, Steve & he were not disappointed by the awesome reefs in the Bligh Waters, Namena & the Lomaiviti Group. The atmosphere onboard was very jovial & lots of fun was had by all.

But the most fun was had just outside of Makogai. Whilst getting ready for the 3rd dive of the day humpbacks were spotted & all plans changed. Kevin, Steve, Marty & I took one skiff and went off to swim with two. Brigitte & the rest went to swim with a different pod. Sara followed close by on NAI'A, getting topside views. The whales were more intrested in each other than us, although we did get a couple of good passes & everyone got to see a humpback underwater. Looking at the smiles on everyone's face whilst sitting in the skiff during a heavy shower - was priceless!.

Beth had come from Colorado for her first visit to Fiji. She cruised around taking memories of the seascapes & was always smiling. Gau was action packed as ever. The shark population was teaming & the Grey Reefs were very curious(as you can see from the photo gallery).

Julia & Pascal were on there way home to Switzerland from Australia. It gave Brigitte a chance to speak her mother tongue, even though, as ever, the Swiss contingent spoke perfect English. They dived all the dives and loved the larger pelagics - spotting more sharks than everyone else! Michael cruised around the reefs shooting pics & video and he was always on hand with a witty joke - usually at my expense! His best moment of the trip was provided by a curious hammerhead. We had met Kevin & Sara before in Wakatobi. What a small world the diving community is!. Sara is also a professional photographer & cruised around effortlessly snapping away. Kevin relaxed between the dives on the upper deck, listening to his i-pod in the day & star gazing at night. Great trip!!!!!!!!!!