Matana Beach is Kadavu’s premier Resort. This small intimate beachfront property, maximum 20 guests is just 10 minutes by boat from Kadavu’s airport. Rooms are insect screened and equipped with queen size beds, ceiling fans, refrigerators and private bathrooms. The restaurants blackboards menu changes daily and the licensed bar is fully stocked with beers, wines, spirits, sodas and snacks. The resort coconut tree fringed beach is superb and has been listed by Outside Magazine as one of the 10 best in the world. Unlike many tropical beaches that dry out at low tide guests at Matana can always swim in crystal clear water over a golden sand bottom. The main activity is Scuba Diving with the islands most experienced operator DIVE KADAVU.
Location: Kadavu Island, 10 minutes from airport
How to reach property from Nadi Airport & cost: Sunflower airlines
Activities - complimentary: Kayaking, Snorkeling, windsurfing, paddleboards
Activities with cost: Diving, fishing
Restaurants: Matana Restaurant
Accommodation: 7 beachfront bures with modern conveniences & 2 oceanview rooms.
Number of Rooms: 9
Checkin time: 2pm
Checkout time: 11am
Kadavu reefs are Fiji's finest and Dive Kadavu is the Premier Dive Operator in this area. We cater for experienced divers and students alike with PADI instructors teaching courses up to Divemaster plus numerous Specialities. Our 4 purpose built aluminium dive boats, each taking a maximum of 10 divers, are crewed by PADI Professional Divemasters who know the reefs like the back of their hands. To protect the reefs we have installed 64 moorings on internationally famous Namalata, Rooper & Astrolabe Reefs. Diving in these clear waters with abundant tropical & pelagics marine life, brilliantly coloured soft & hard corals, endless swimthroughs is the most enjoyable diving imaginable. So come with us and dive the awesome reefs.
Location: Kadavu/Ono islands
Dive Shop/Operator services at which resort: Matana Beach Resort, Papageno Eco Resort.
Number of Dive Boats: 4
Max number of Divers: 10 per boat.
No. tanks per day: 2 tank morning, 1 tank afternoon, 1 night dive, shore diving.
Type of diving: Walls, wrecks, High Current, Little Current, Drop - offs, Coral Gardens, pelagics.
Total dive sites: 80+
Number of moored sites: 64
Min time to divesites/mins: 5 min
Max time to dive site/mins: 1 Hour
Teaching agency: PADI
Courses offered: Discover Scuba, Openwater, Openwater referrals, Advanced, Specialities, Rescue, Divemaster
General: Scuba gears sales/retals, Computer sales/hire, Camera hire.