Another awesome trip to Fiji and I would have to say one of our best to date. The icing on the cake was having 3 hump back whales breaching out of the water in front of us between dives…closely followed by dolphin and turtle encounters…and the usual pristine corals and abundance of fish life found on the dive sites in the Bligh waters.
Congratulations to Mike Minns on completing his sidemount course. The extra air on some of the deeper dives allowed us to stay in the water a little longer than most and take full advantage of the incredible diving.

Mike Minns on sidemount.
Another big thanks to Warren and the team at Safari Lodge for taking such good care of us. We’ve already set dates for 2016 (6-13 August), so please book in those humpback whales again for us 🙂
Photo gallery of trip:
2015-08-16 Fiji Dive Trip
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