Fiji Islands - Diving

Unlike most island resorts where the bures, restaurant, bar & activities center is situated 'on the beach', Moody's Namena Resort is located on the cliff top to provide the most spectacular panoramic views of reefs, beaches and distant islands.

Moody's Namena Resort location at the top of the cliff insures it receives the cooling trade winds.

The various 'bure' sites were chosen carefully and spaced hundreds of yards apart to provide the ultimate in privacy.

Moody's Diving

In June 2004 the waters within the vast Namena Barrier Reef were declared a marine reserve with all commercial fishing banned to permit fish stocks to breed and become as abundant as they were 20 years ago prior to commercial fishing ventures.

There are two excursions a day; the boat departs the dock at 9 a.m. for the morning snorkel/dive returning around 11 a.m. in time for a short hike or to laze on the beach.

This ecosystem is one of the most diverse in the Fiji Islands, with sheer drop-offs, a mile deep at the entrance to the North Save-a-Tack Passage which was named Grand Canyon and adjacent to that site is Fish Patch and Kansas, the latter reminiscent of the golden wheat fields of the state of Kansas, USA.

On the opposite passage of South Save-a-Tack you will find mostly bommies (seamounts) with names of Chimneys, Magic Mountain, Pirates Den, Tetons, Neptunes Haunt, Seven Dwarfs, Black Forest and lots more.

There are no moorings in the Namena Marine Reserve. The dive boats do not ever drop an anchor but the trained boat crew will drop off the snorkelers and divers and drift along nearby for pick-ups whenever it suits each individual to get out of the water.

Divers  are requested to carry a dive safety sausage. You must bring your dive certification card in order to dive with us.

The Namena Barrier Reef abounds with hundreds of varieties of reef fishes, nudibranchs, sea cucumbers (beche-de-mer), barracuda, sharks, trevally, clownfish, trigger fish, wrasse, an occasional manta, turtles and a multitude more sea creatures. After your snorkel or scuba dive, make use of the vast library of the underwater creatures you will have seen.