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Beqa Lagoon Resort: Simply the Best
A visit to Beqa is truly a chance to get to dive at a variety of depths, depending on
away from it all. A journey by boat across what they are looking for. With year round
the Beqa Lagoon will transport you from life’s temperatures ranging between a cool 75˚f
hustle and bustle, to the lovely, secluded (25˚c) and a bathwater 84˚f (29˚c) divers are
Beqa Island. As you near the shoreline, the comfortable in 3mm to 5mm suits.
sound of Fijians singing a traditional welcome
song will be the first sign you have arrived in T he resort has multiple boat dives guided by
paradise. A warm smile and a floral lei greet PADI Divemasters who have been diving
you when you step onto the sand of the Beqa the waters of Beqa since they were children.
Lagoon Resort. THere is only one word to Knowing every small hole and hiding place
describe this magical place: ENCHANTING. on these pristine reefs they are able to show
divers all of the colourful and amazing treas-
S urrounded by over 190 miles of spectacu- ures that these waters hold from blue-ribbon
lar coral reef on one of the Worlds largest eels, clown triggerfish, leaf scorpionfish to
barrier reefs, Beqa Lagoon Resort offers di- camouflaged day octopus. All the while you
vers a gateway to a wonderland of marine life dive in a rainbow of vivid pink and orange an-
and some of the best diving in Fiji, the soft thias and silver-blue fusiliers. Take some time
coral capital of the World. to explore sunken wrecks or even feed your
adrenaline with the Beqa ‘Big Fish Encounter’,
D ive sites that start from as shallow as a dive that with huge groupers, bait balls of
15ft (5m) and drop away to nearly 100ft massive trevally, and the chance of being up
(30m) and beyond in some places, divers are close and personal with 9 different species of
able to dive at a variety of depths, depending sharks.
on what they are looking for. divers are able
