I have made two trips to Fiji, in 1999 and 2001. Fiji has some incredible diving and some of the happiest, most hospitable people on the earth. The Fijians truly welcome visitors and do their best to make them feel at home. The world would be a much better place if everyone had a Fijian philosophy!

All photos were taken with a Nikon N90 film camera in a Nexus housing and a Olympus 4040 digital camera in a Tetra housing. Underwater light was provided by two Sea & Sea YS-120 strobes.

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Map of Fiji	Pregnant Gray Reef Shark, Gau Is	Gray Reef Shark, Gau Is	Diver with soft corals, Namena Is	Curious Blue Angelfish, Wakaya Is

Aggressor after a long dive at E-6	Pink Anemone fish at home	Siphon hole and mantle of a Tridactna clam	Falco Hawkfish, Namena Is	Large Grouper at Namena Is

Relaxing on the shade deck at Gau Is	Grouper camouflaged in a sea fan	Long Nose Hawkfish and sea fan, Wakaya Wall	Art Koch in the tunnel at Jim's Alley, Gau Is	Wakaya Island from the salon

Pink Anenomefish at Makogai Is	Blizzard of fish and soft corals at Makogai Is	Trio of Pennantfish, Namena Is	Soft coral at the E-6 reef	Razor (Mushroom) coral at night

Long-Nosed Hawkfish on red fan coral	Beaked Leatherjacket, a type of filefish	Close-up of another Lionfish	Dropoff at North Save-A-Tack Passage, Namena Is	Lots of fish at Namea Is

Small anthia in a sea fan at night	Close-up of a Scorpionfish	Unusual Anenome Shrimp, Namena Is	Large red cleaner shrimp, Namena Is	Close-up of Sea Cucumber skin

A well-armed Blenny in his coral hole	Purple-tipped coral	Soft corals on a wall	Crinoid at night	Nudibranch at night

Octopus peeks out from the coral	Sea fan off Barracuda Point, Wakaya Is	Polyps on a soft coral	Coral outside the lagoon, Namena Is	Starfish on staghorn coral

Starfish on soft coral	Leaf Scorpionfish	Fiji Aggressor from the skiff

The South Pacific is known for an unusual eel called a Blue Ribbon Eel. These eels are very slender, usually
only as big around as your thumb, but they can grow up to 5 feet long. Most of their body stays hidden in
the reef. As you can see they have incredible coloration and really dress up an already beautiful reef.

Blue Ribbon Eel, Wayaka Is	Blue Ribbon Eel, Wakaya Is	Blue Ribbon Eel, Wakaya Is	Blue Ribbon Eel, Wakaya Is

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