Dive Beqa Lagoon, Fiji, Jan & Mar 2011
Beqa Lagoon, Fiji.
"BULA"
TRIP DETAILS:
5 nights accommodation at the Uprising Resort - click here to see the resort
Continental breakfast daily & Dinner
All transfers.
Return flights ex Sydney.
8 guided dives including weights & tanks. ( 2 days Ultimate shark encounter )
**single room supplement $520.00 pp
Departing 11th March, returning 16th March
$1959.00 incl taxes
Contact Indepth Scuba for bookings
- click here to download pdf flyer…
One of the best known diving destinations in Fiji and once christened "The Mecca of Pacific Diving", Beqa Island (pronounced "Benga") lies just 13 kilometres south of the
southern coast of Viti Levu and to the north of Kadavu. The area was famed for its incredibly varied sites which were home to some great bommies and rocky pinnacles
as well as some of the best pelagic fish encounters in Fiji.
The lagoon consists of over one hundred square miles of clear water surrounded by the protective arms of some thirty solid kilometres of barrier reef.
This makes it one of the world's largest barrier reefs. Given this geographical feature you'll experience only gentle currents when diving in Beqa Lagoon, and the water
stays around 26°C for most of the year.
Water temperatures are fairly consistent in these shallow waters, ranging between 24 – 28°C.
"As divers descend through the clear waters to the 25m/80 foot landing, they will see sharks circling below them along with hundreds of jacks, snappers and other fish species
swirling around the feeding area. Within this excitement divers are rewarded by rare sightings of the huge queensland grouper and humphead wrasse. Divers are not in a cage,
but situated on the reef around the perimeter of the dive site called “the Arena”. Once settled in, the feed begins. Tawny Nurse sharks are abundant and not shy as they crowd
around the feeders. Lemon Sharks attend in ones or twos. Silver tips dart in and out from the blue. The main attraction, the huge Bull Sharks, arrive in numbers as far as the
eye can see. They purposefully move in opening their enormous jaws to take the food from the feeder in direct view of the diving guests.
An amazing experience, yes! Let us take you one step further … Enter the Tiger Shark. Everything you were just witnessing has gone still and silent as the 16-18 foot denizen
of the sea slowly and deliberately moves in to claim the area with its grand presence. The queen has arrived. She slowly scans the area with her black eyes taking it all in.
All the others move aside as she comes around several times to feed just feet away from the divers, and then is on her way, leaving the divers in awe.
After 20 minutes of bottom time, divers ascend up the beautiful reef ledge where grey reef, black tip and white tip reef sharks swim freely. After the big boys (and girls),
this part of the dive seems like the nursery.
The dive lasts about 50 minutes and provides divers and ‘shark lovers’ award winning photo and video opportunities. After the hour long surface interval, the dive is repeated,
however you never know what the second dive will bring as the tide has changed and the chum trail has traveled far. "
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