NAI’A Sunday, 03FEBRUARY….
BULA and welcome to our Nai’a trip!
We boarded mid-afternoon on Saturday and after a greeting by our hostess for the trip, Sonia, and introductions of our fellow guests, we settled into our cabins and set up our dive gear. The normal Nai’a protocol is a short cruise out on boarding day to do a “check-out” dive so everyone can make sure their gear is functioning properly. Because of the cyclone, it was decided to forego our dive on Saturday afternoon and remain at the dock while the remnants of the storm left the area.
Late in the evening, Captain Johnathan headed east, remaining in the lagoon, hugging the northern coast of Viti Levu. Apparently Cyclone Gene wasn’t ready to release his grip on Fiji yet! It was a very smooth sailing inside the lagoon!
Early Sunday morning found us outside the lagoon near Vatu-I-Ra where we did our first dives. It was still cloudy and overcast but we had a great dive at Howard’s Diner, named after Howard Hall of the Imax “Coral Reef” fame.
Dive two was at Maytag and it was becoming increasingly apparent that the cyclone was having some effects not only on visibility but on currents! Currents that should have been slacking weren’t and tides that should have been going one way were going the opposite way! All in all, we had some good dives on Sunday, but the conditions weren’t optimal. No night dive was scheduled on Sunday due to the windy conditions.
All the guests were asking our Fijian staff for some “no rain” dances overnight!
BULA and welcome to our Nai’a trip!
We boarded mid-afternoon on Saturday and after a greeting by our hostess for the trip, Sonia, and introductions of our fellow guests, we settled into our cabins and set up our dive gear. The normal Nai’a protocol is a short cruise out on boarding day to do a “check-out” dive so everyone can make sure their gear is functioning properly. Because of the cyclone, it was decided to forego our dive on Saturday afternoon and remain at the dock while the remnants of the storm left the area.
Late in the evening, Captain Johnathan headed east, remaining in the lagoon, hugging the northern coast of Viti Levu. Apparently Cyclone Gene wasn’t ready to release his grip on Fiji yet! It was a very smooth sailing inside the lagoon!
Early Sunday morning found us outside the lagoon near Vatu-I-Ra where we did our first dives. It was still cloudy and overcast but we had a great dive at Howard’s Diner, named after Howard Hall of the Imax “Coral Reef” fame.
Dive two was at Maytag and it was becoming increasingly apparent that the cyclone was having some effects not only on visibility but on currents! Currents that should have been slacking weren’t and tides that should have been going one way were going the opposite way! All in all, we had some good dives on Sunday, but the conditions weren’t optimal. No night dive was scheduled on Sunday due to the windy conditions.
All the guests were asking our Fijian staff for some “no rain” dances overnight!
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