It was a lucky day for two large Hawksbill Turtles stuck in a turtle net off the coast of Viti Levu near Vuda Marina. On December 30th, Tony Koens – director/owner of Subsurface Fiji Adventure Diving and Watersportsand his partner Carina Bjers, decided to take their Standup Paddle Board out for a leisurely afternoon paddle. They left the beach and were headed towards Naisoso when a few hundred metres down the coast they spotted a large turtle net that had 250mm square mesh and was about 200 metres in length according to Tony. As they looked down toward the end of the net they noticed a large Hawksbill Turtle hopelessly…

An afternoon to remember. On March 18, 2012 the Subsurface Fiji team and boat departed the dock at Musket Cove Island resort for its regularly scheduled afternoon dive trip. Of the six people on board, three of them would have an afternoon to remember for the rest of their lives. Sunia Raisua, a 22-year-old PADI OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor) originally from Navaka Village just outside Nausori and Julius Tiuhea, a 23-year-old PADI Divemaster originally from the village of Malha’ha on the island of Rotuma, would soon be putting to test the skills they had learned during their extensive dive and first aid training. Along with the skipper of the…