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[WreckWench]

In an effort to help keep the information manageable we have split out the specific info about Siren's beautiful Fiji boat diving BEYOND THE BLIGH!!! (The Bligh waters are teaming with the big animals and some of Fiji's MOST PRISTINE and EXCEPTIONAL DIVING!) Don't miss this extraordinary trip.


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LIVEABOARD & DESTINATION OVERVIEW:
The 40 metre S/Y Fiji Siren Luxury Liveaboard, launched in September 2013, is the newest member of Siren's liveaboard fleet. She has the same specifications as her sister yachts, the S/Y Indo Siren and the S/Y Palau Siren. The cabins offer comfort and flexibility and can be used as twin or double bedded rooms. The outdoor dining area is very comfortable and provides a fabulous setting for all your meals. The dive deck is perhaps the most spacious and convenient you would have experienced. Designated areas for charging and preparation of your camera and video equipment, the S/Y Fiji Siren truly sets out to be the pros choice for underwater photography and videography.

Like other Siren Fleet yachts, the S/Y Fiji Siren is built on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi and is a traditional "gaft rigged Phinisi" handcrafted from ironwood and teak. You will find no other dive liveaboard as beautiful in Fijian waters. Built by divers for divers you can rest assured that every need has been thought of and is being implemented within our expanding fleet.

Features of the S/Y Fiji Siren Liveaboard include:

• 7 sails
• An expansive shaded leisure deck and dive deck area with individual set up and personal storage
• A spacious air-conditioned saloon with cocktail bar, 42 inch flatscreen & computer server supporting the inter-cabin network
• Covered outdoor dining area
• 8 large air-conditioned cabins each with their own personal audio-visual entertainment system and ensuite bathrooms with hot water. All rooms are lavished with luxury extra's including bathrobes, hair dryers, towels, individually controlled mood lighting and individual controls for your air-conditioning unit.
• Laundry service
• Massage service
• Yacht boutique, a small selection of diving equipment and Worldwide Dive and Sail merchandise
• Enriched Air Nitrox is FREE for all certified Nitrox divers. If you are not a certified Nitrox diver all our instructors can certainly teach you the PADI Enriched Air Specialty
• 2 high-powered Zodiacs accompany the S/Y Fiji Siren
• Kayaks, available for guests' use FREE

Specialized features for Underwater Photographers & Videographers include:

• Each cabin is fitted with an individual computer and multiple power sources to facilitate the needs of digital photography. The computer features high end specifications and 20" high definition flat screens, which are integrated with the yachts network server in the saloon.
• Workstations for the preparation and maintenance of cameras including prep and storage areas
• Large rinse tanks with fresh water solely for cameras and videos.

Boat Details:



SCHEDULED ITINERARY:

COMING!

Payments Onboard:
The S/Y Fiji Siren has credit card facilities for any incidental expenses and Marine Park & Port fees. However there is a 5% levy against any payments and we advise guest to carry enough cash with them just in case. At the Nadi Airport you will find ATM facilities to make cash withdrawals. We accept all major currencies aboard and the Fijian Dollar.

Tipping:
Tipping is a matter of personal choice. You may wish to leave a tip if you feel the crew has made your holiday extra special. Tips are divided equally amongst all the crew including dive guides.


Diving Information:

Guests' Level of Diving:
Worldwide Dive and Sail welcomes everyone from non -divers to seasoned divers. Each destination has different diving conditions based on the season and time of the trip. If you have concerns regarding the conditions of the destination you wish to visit then please contact your agent or Worldwide Dive and Sail. NOTE Fiji is not an ideal venue for EXTREMELY NEW divers due to currents but can be managed successfully without hundreds of dives. IF IN DOUBT please contact kamala@singledivers.com and we'll talk about your unique circumstances.

Scuba Equipment:
Since some of the airline carriers have strict check-in luggage limits, Worldwide Dive and Sail offers most rental equipment free of charge
All trips include:

• 12 litre tanks (15 litre tanks by special request and depending on availability)
• Weight belt and weights
• BCD – not weight-integrated
• Regulator - complete with alternate air source and depth/pressure gauge consol
• Wetsuits - 3mm shorty only
• Mask
• Fins - full foot or open heel and boots

Equipment Rental:
The following equipment is for rental at an extra charge of 5 € per day.

• Underwater torch
• Dive computer*

* Please note that the use of a dive computer is compulsory on our yachts. For your safety, Worldwide Dive and Sail asks all guests to always dive within the limits of their dive computer.

[WreckWench]

Bligh Waters...aka Beyond the Bligh.... our itinerary for March 10-20, 2015

The following is a sample itinerary of dive sites we may visit during your liveaboard safari with the Siren Fleet in Fiji.

A number of factors can determine where we visit. Weather, tides, currents and how busy a
site is with other dive vessels all play a part in the Cruise Director’s decision of which
route the yacht takes.
This itinerary involves some long distance travel. Whilst we attempt
to ensure the number of dives we have scheduled is fulfilled, bad weather can hinder the
yacht’s ability to reach a specified dive site in good time.
The safety of all on board is paramount and we always do our best in offering diving at
alternate locations should we be unable to visit those sites listed below.
Your Cruise Director will schedule up to 4 dives per day; 3 day dives and either a sunset
or a night dive. The diving day has a typical schedule as follows:

• Light Breakfast followed by a briefing & Dive 1
• Full Breakfast, relaxation followed by briefing & Dive 2
• Lunch, relaxation followed by briefing & Dive 3
• Snack
• Briefing for Sunset or Night dive
• Dinner
• For your final day aboard we schedule 2 morning dives to allow plenty of time for off gasing before disembarkation and your flight home.

The Cruise Director is happy to listen to requests from guests to visit or remain at certain sites and providing it is possible and the schedule allows, then guest’s requests are respected.

Bligh Waters & Vatu
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I Ra Passage E6
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Starting from just 1m below the surface this large pinnacle drops to over 900m
providing a wealth of hard and soft corals along with a cathedral like overhang adorned
with gorgonian fans. Eagle rays and hammerheads are known to make an appearance;
meanwhile amidst the colorful corals we spot numerous crustaceans and molluscs.
We dive this site directly from the S/Y Fiji Siren.

Mellow Yellow
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Divers can expect to see grey reef sharks, schools of barracuda and
plenty of turtles. Whilst at night the lionfish, flatworms and shrimps
are a delight.

High-8
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All manner of marine life from green turtles and titan trigger fish
to white tip reef sharks can be spotted here.

Coral Corner
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White tips and grey reef sharks dart between the schooling fusiliers,
triggerfish and wrasse, meanwhile on the corals octopus can be found along with flat
worms, moray eels and scorpion fish.

Chimneys
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Consists of 3 large coral bommies extending downwards from just 3m (10ft)
and covered with soft corals and crinoids. Tuna, barracuda, white tips and occasional
silver tip sharks are seen here. Currents can be strong.

Namena Marine Reserve

The dives we make will be based on the currents and conditions but you can expect to
see plenty of macro species including ribbon eels, garden eels and fire gobies. We are
also likely to see several species of shark and schools of tuna and trevally jacks. Manta
rays have been known to visit also whilst the shallow waters of the nature reserve are the
epitome of healthy hard coral gardens.

North Save a Tack

Offers a diver reef structure and steep reef wall. We descend to 30m
(100ft) to watch for large pelagics. Schools of big eye jacks congregate here as do
hundreds of unicorn fish and red tooth trigger fish. Continuing along the reef southwards
we come to a pinnacle known as “Kansas” named for the likeness to the wheat fields of
the US State, due to an abundance of golden leather corals. A wide variety of reef fish,
anthias and gobies can be seen along with octopus and garden eels.

Grand Central Station
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A delectable fish soup with schools of barracuda, trevally, parrotfish, trigger fish. Colourful damsel fish hover over the corals in clusters whilst dogtooth tuna, Spanish mackerel, white tip and grey reef sharks patrol the reef edge.

Other sites within the reserve include
“Two Thumbs Up”,
”Magic Mushrooms”, “Ned’s
Heads” and “Keenans”.
Wakaya Island

Lion’s Den
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We dive out into the blue to watch for patrolling hammerhead sharks and
manta rays. White tips, grey reef sharks, schooling barracuda, batfish and hawksbill
turtles are also commonly seen.

Wakaya Passage
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A wall dive with swim throughs & overhangs covered with soft corals; another great spot to look out for manta rays and hammerhead sharks.

Blue Ribbon Eel Ridge
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This sloping coral wall develops into plateaus at 18m (60ft) and 30m (100ft) coral bommies on the plateaus hide leaf fish, dart gobies and blue ribbon eels
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Gau Island The Nigali Passage

Is a deep channel and with an incoming current attracts schools of pelagic fish. Barracuda and trevally jacks are a common sight at the channel mouth whilst grey reef sharks form schools at just 18m / 60ft. hang out in the channel for most of the dive and watch the action then end your dive in the shallow lagoon as the channel ends. Also of note are the huge groupers that cruise about.

Jim’s Alley
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Typically a more relaxed paced dive than the Nigali passage, Jim’s Alley
offers swathes of garden eels and anemone fish, black snapper and clown triggerfish,
nudibranchs and banded sea snakes.

For those taking a 10night trip we also have the option of diving at the following
locations:
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Taveuni Island
The dives we make at Taveuni Island are largely dependent on the currents and tidal
conditions. Timing is crucial to your enjoyment of the diving in the region. High slack tide
is often the best to enjoy the soft corals when they are open and bright without the
ripping currents. Your cruise director will assess conditions and choose from the many
sites the island has to offer. We will make a total of 8 dives choosing from dive sites
which include:
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Great White Wall
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A steep wall covered with white soft corals. The incoming water
encourages the coral polyps to open and feed creating a “bushy” effect and take on a
purplish tinge. Stunning scenery on their own the corals also shelter square spot anthias
& gobies.

Rainbow’s End
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A submerged pinnacle prone to currents, we make a negative descent and find shelter from where we can watch white tip reef sharks being cleaned, blue runners, triggerfish and unicorn fish. Gardens of soft corals and healthy hard coral
bommies attract may other species.

Purple Wall
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Steep wall with purple soft corals and numerous banded sea snakes.

Qamea Freeway
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Sloping reef wall with sandy patches, the current takes you over the
sand to admire th
e hard coral bommies attracting large schools of banner fish & unicorn
fish. White tip reef sharks can also be seen before finishing your dive drifting gently up
the reef slope.

Coral Gardens
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Numerous gorgonian sea fans & hard corals shelter anemone fish
and damsel fish; with regular sightings of white tip reef sharks and the occasional manta ray.

Swirling Coconut
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Exhilarating fish filled drift dive with lush corals and schools of
colourful reef fish. 2 central pinnacles allow the currents to swirl around feeding the
purple soft corals and their attendant orange anthias. White tip sharks & juveniles can be
seen.

Other sites include
Barracuda Hole, Jerry’s Jelly, Annie’s Bommie, Fish Factory and the Zoo.

Koro Island
Shark Fin Point

Best dived when the tide is running to ensure sightings of reef sharks,
barracuda and eagle rays. The reef also supports angel and butterfly fish species and
plenty of crustaceans. Whale sharks can also be spotted around the island so we take
some time after the dive to spot for them.

Koro Gardens

Full with hard corals these shallow gardens make a pleasant change to
the soft corals of sites at other dive locations.

Naigani Island
Seven Peaks
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Coral heads formed by a combination of hard and soft corals where scorpion fish
can be seen resting, occasional white tip reef sharks and barracuda cruise
by and there is a superb swim through with whip corals and sea fans.

Three Heads
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As the name suggests this site consists of 3 pinnacles dropping to 15m,
where we search for a variety of nudibranchs, flat worms and pleurobranchs.

[Kimbuddha]

I'm interested in the larger 15 liter tank like I had in the Maldives. Requesting as it says, upon request

[WreckWench]

Kimmie this is an informational thread. Please request that in the main thread HERE so we can track it.

[Lady Liz]

I would like to know how we get to the dive sites or if you dive from the boat directly?
Thanks
Liz

[Jerrymxz]

One of these days I'm going to be able to afford to take this trip. Take lots of pictures!

[Buzo Guero]

We'll miss you, Jerry!

[Jerrymxz]

If I can’t go at least I can live vicariously thru all of you!!