Recent Posts Tagged With 'kate'

• Kate on Manta Reef

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 16:36 in kate, manta, manta reef

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  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 16:42 in kadavu, kate, mad fish dive centre

  Drex is one of the drivers here at Matava. Mostly he drives the dive boats. Drex doesn’t say too much but he is very good at making the teas and coffees at surface interval time (Much better then I am).   Like all our drivers Drex knows these re...

• What a trip!

  Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 16:29 in kate, nudibranch, fiji diving, bill boyce

  For the last week I have had the pleasure of meeting and diving with Bill Boyce. Bill has an extensive knowledge of the marine environment, a great understanding of current conservation issues, his joke telling ability is second to none and he has a...

• Naiqoro Passage dive

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 22:36 in diving, kadavu, kate, naiqoro

  We drop onto this coral wonderland at the Naiqoro Marine Reserve. No current, no swell, vis is perfect. We rummage through the reef like children looking for lost coins down the back of our dads lazy boy.The striped dascylus like silver coins shimmer...

• What lies beneath?

  Posted on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 01:24 in kadavu, Matava, kate, waya

  Like a blue cover hiding Christmas presents, the ocean recedes and I wait in anticipation to see what it was hiding. The dogs wait too. Rocks and coral soon start to jut awkwardly out of the blue blanket that is still being pulled ever so slowly awa...

• Young at Heart

  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 15:00 in padi, Matava, kate, openwater, mad fish dive centre

  Anthony going into the deep! Anthony and Cheryl from Aussie arrived at Matava resort to diving guests that had just experienced a wonderful day diving with the Mantas. Cheryl and Anthony came to Matava with no diving plans but decided to give it a g...

• Joji the Bus driver

  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 01:18 in fun, Divers, kate, manta, jioji

  At 6pm every evening at Matava the distinct sound of the lali is heard through out the resort. The guests and staff slowly make their way down to the main bure, the haven for the ritualistic combination of diving and fishing stories. It is during th...

• The Manta Dance

  Posted on Monday April 13th, 2009 at 04:00 in kate, manta, manta reef

  The Manta Dance So another breakfast we are served 'happy diver muffins' with eggs and 'maybe might see Manta toast'. Myself and Sadie and Matt from Guam and Mark from Brisbane head out to Manta Reef for our morning dives. The 40 minute drive to th...

• Missing Home

  Posted on Sunday April 5th, 2009 at 03:58 in diving, fiji, kate

  So every time I see this spectacular coloured tropical species I get a sudden rush of adrenaline and instinctively start sizing up the prey. I then quickly remember that I'm in Fiji not New Zealand and not undergoing the typical NZ cray hunt (which I...

• The Day I met Bella and Rupert

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 03:52 in kate, nudibranch

  So it took me a while for my eye to adjust to the fact that the reef was not just a blur of color but was actually made up of individual living things. It as my first dive in Fiji where I saw them. Never have I seen this marvel of  nature anywhere ...

• Finding Nemo Every Day

  Posted on Sunday March 22nd, 2009 at 23:25 in diving, fiji, Matava, kate, mad fish dive centre

  So I cried during the first scene of Finding Nemo, who didn't? But don't worry, Marlin, Nemo and their entire extended family are alive and well here in Kadavu. No dive can go by without these little clown fish making a profound statement of protecti...

• I Thought You Went Diving?

  Posted on Monday March 16th, 2009 at 04:05 in Fishing, joe, kate, richard, mad fish dive centre

  So we are heading out to a dive site, Jo is driving and myself, Jeanie and Richard are getting our gear ready. All of a sudden a yellowfin leaps from the water in a dramatic slow motion arch, and I find myself watching in awe, then another and anoth...

• Discover Scuba Dives in Fiji

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 22:10 in padi, Matava, kate, dsd, mad fish dive centre

  Over the last week we have had a number of people try diving for their first time. Greg and Rebbekah from Alaska, Sophie and Ari from the US and Anthony and Bridie from Townsville Australia. The Discover Scuba dives are usually done at Two tree isla...

• Waterfall

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 22:05 in pacific, padi, kate

  After a morning spent diving in the sea, nothing is more refreshing then swimming in freshwater. A 40 minute trek to Kadavu village will bring you to a beautiful waterfall. A playground for young and old. The speed at which the village children fly ...

• The surface interval!

  Posted on Wednesday January 28th, 2009 at 16:58 in Matava, kate, mad fish dive centre

  The surface interval! :The amount of time spent on the surface between two dives. Yes, indeed this time is a necessary part of diving dictated by mathematical decompression models that track the theoretical nitrogen you have in your body before durin...

• It's not all about the diving...

  Posted on Monday January 26th, 2009 at 16:53 in Fishing, Matava, kate, mad fish dive centre

  It's not all about the diving here at Matava. Sure we dive every day and diving is discussed over meals and most people will dream about diving but there are plenty of other things to do here. One of the most popular activities - nothing - quite har...