FIJI AGGRESSOR II -- this sleek Fiji liveaboard is a 4-star luxury diving yacht.

IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH for FIJI DIVING FANS --
NOW 2 FIJI AGRESSORS are AVAILABLE, not just one --
+ up to 4 FREE BERTHS after 14 PAID on FULL-BOAT CHARTERS !!

This is major good news for divers, all ye fellow SoPac funseekers! After a hiatus of several years, the beautifully appointed 18-passenger catamaran FIJI AGGRESSOR II returned to Suva, Fiji -- oh yeah -- & resumed exciting dive charters on May 12, 2007. Built in 1997 & refurb'd in 2006, this spacious 106-foot-long, 30-foot-wide aluminum catamaran has 3 passenger decks & countless personal amenities like a hot tub, computer station, lounge with entertainment center & nine private staterooms. Seven-day diving charters depart from the Tradewinds Hotel. Guests will explore the walls & channels near Gau Island, Wakaya Island & Namena. The Fiji Aggressor III joins the team again, too, a 10-passenger yacht, once renowned as the Sere Ni Wai.

NOTEWORTHY NEW CASH INCENTIVE for DIVE CLUBS & GROUP LEADERS: for specific cruises during selected months in 2007 & 2008, U.S. DIVE TRAVEL will offer up to 4 full comps -- double the traditional 2 comps for full-boat charters -- after 14 paid divers on FIJI AGGRESSOR I !! Call us for details & plan well in advance, sports fans; this vessel space is flying out the door. Team leaders, please feel free to phone U.S. Dive Travel's rez office at 952-953-4124 & ask for John or Susan. We also offer excellent wholesale air ticket rates from LAX-NAN, as long as space allotments are still available.

New Dive the World Club "Gold Weeks" have been announced for formally approved Dive the World Club members. The weeks below are offered at $600 USD off the normal retail charter rate aboard the Fiji Aggressor I. Remember the only requirement to be a Dive the World Club member is to have traveled with us on one previous Aggressor Fleet charter. These special Gold Weeks will be as follows: November 10-17, 2007; December 8-15, 2007; January 19-26, 2008; & February 9-16, 2008. These offers are subject to possible change if vessel owners announce end of the offer.

The hot new FIJI AGGRESSOR III --
once called the Sere Ni Wai, she's back!
This sleek Fiji diving liveaboard is a 4-star
luxury scuba yacht, just like her big sis'.

ALL AGGRESSOR FLEET CHARTERS INCLUDE:

• Expert divemaster guides,r aighly trained in their island locales.

• Luxury stateroom accommodations aboard the vessel.

• Unlimited diving (within safe PADI tables) + compressed air tanks + weights.

• Airport transfers on days of arrival & departure (except Okeanos).

• All meals & snacks, soft-drinks & local alcoholic beverages.

• The vessel chef is always glad to accommodate special dietary requests.

AGGRESSOR FLEET CHARTERS DO NOT INCLUDE:

• International airfare nor "island hopper" commuter air tickets.

• Travel cancellation insurance, which is strongly advised for all cruises.

• Equipment rentals, whether scuba, photo or video.

• Nitrox refills. You must pay extra for these custom tank fills.

• Premium imported alcoholic drinks, such as vintage wines.

• Scuba certification or specialty courses.

• Hotel stays or day rooms, for those vessels that require arrivals 1 day early.

• Dinner on final evening of the cruise. (Guests eat on island as a team.)

• Crew tips. We recommend tipping at least 10-15%, where apropos'.

• Government taxes or park fees (when applicable) & nominal USDT tariffs.

SEE if YOU QUALIFY for SPECIAL CLIENT BENEFITS:

• We offer a $200 discount to all non-divers.

• We offer a $200 discount to all clients booking back-to-back charters.

• We offer a $100 discount to all senior clients older than 65.

• Leader for a group of 9+ clients gets free Nitrox refills on most cruises.

• Ask about special "Kids Weeks" where youngsters 5-17 y.o. get 25% off.

• Customized private itineraries are available on all vessels -- for groups.

• We also offer customized packages for longer-than-usual cruises.

• Ask us how you can earn free tour leader packages with group bookings.

• Important reminder: given the steadily escalating costs of petrol worldwide, all Aggressor Fleet liveaboards have a fuel surcharge, except the 2 Galapagos Aggressors & the 2 Fiji Agressors. This fuel surcharge will normally be USD $100 per diver for 7-night cruises. It will be higher for cruises of longer duration.

Friday afternoon, the Fiji Aggressor returns to Lautoka. Guests may spend the afternoon shopping, sight seeing or just relaxing onboard until the evening cocktail party hosted by the crew. After the party, everyone will dine at a local restaurant. This is the only meal not included in this Fiji diving charter. Saturday morning check-out is 8:00 a.m. If you are flying out Saturday morning, the crew will arrange your transportation from the Fiji live-aboard to the Nadi Airport.

The joys of Fiji diving should be denied to nobody who loves scuba tours. The Fiji Aggressor is a handicapped-accessible live-aboard, complete with HSA certified instructors & dive buddies, a specially-designed hydraulic wheelchair elevator & shower stalls with seats. Dive lockers, padded seats, camera tables, tank racks, low gunwales & retractable ladders all help assure everyone's carefree diving. The Kona Aggressor II is also a barrier-free live-board. Fiji diving for one & all, that's the ticket; that's the friendly reality of this Fiji live-aboard.

Map of the classic Fiji diving sites visited by the Fiji Aggressor II.

MOST POPULAR DIVE SITES VISITED
by the scuba diving yachts, the FIJI AGGRESSORs:

GAU ISLAND --

Jim's Alley:   Consists of 3 large bommies that start at about 15 feet from the surface & drop to the floor at about 60 to 70 feet. The bommies are covered in soft & hard corals, sea fans, whips & anemones. This sight also frequently has white tips, turtles, barracudas & an occasional ray. A Fiji live-aboard classic.

Ningali Pass:   Ningali pass is a small cut in the reef that can only be dove 1 1/2 hours before low water to 1 1/2 hours after low water, otherwise the visibility is poor & the current can exceed 4 knots. At this sight we see large grouper/jew fish, barracuda, big eyed jacks, snapper, big gray reef sharks & an occasional sea snake. We also have seen eagle rays, mantas & hammerhead sharks.

WAKAYA ISLAND --

Wakaya Pass:   This site starts at about 35 ft. with a sandy bottom then you swim out over a wall & turn to the left. As you come over the drop off of the wall you can look straight down to about 140 ft. While swimming along the wall you may see blue ribbon eels, White tip, Nurse, & Hammerhead sharks along with Mantas, Marble Rays, Turtles, Eagle rays & Barracudas. Yet another Fiji live-aboard classic!

Golden Rock:   A bommie that starts at 35 ft. on the high inside edge it then comes up to 10 ft. & is 20 ft. across. This site has soft coral, hard coral, cleaner shrimp, blue ribbon eels, lionfish, & most important it is a cleaning station for mantas & we see mantas here 90% of the time.

Gem Stone:   Gem Stone is on the outside edge of Wakaya passage. This is a wall dive with swim throughs, hard & soft corals & as one guests who has dove around the world said, this sight is as good as they have in the Red Sea. Mantas also frequently visit this location along with hammer head & white tips sharks.  When diving this location on a night dive the light fish here are very abundant & make for a great light show. Yet another Fiji live-aboard highlight, sunseekers!

Sand Point:   Sand point is a wall dive between the island of Wakaya & Mokongi. On this dive we frequently see mantas, eagles rays, turtles, white tips & the various colorful fish of the South Pacific in abundance along with hard & soft corals.

MAKONGI ISLAND --

At the turn of the century Makongi Island was the home of the last leper colony in Fiji but today its the home of the Fijian turtle & clam farm. The north end of the island is protected by a barrier reef which has a lot of great dive sights. The foremost popular are White rock, Rustic arch, coral garden & Makongi channel. Each of these sights has wide variety of bright indigenous little fish. This Fiji live-aboard dive site is a must-see.

White Rock:   White Rock is at the entrance of Makongi channel & aptly called because the waves always break on it causing the reef to have a white cap. This sight has white tips, occasionally eagle rays & mantas, eels, large file fish, an abundance of hard & soft corals but most of all it has the friendliest school of fuseliers you can imagine.

Rustic Arch:   This sight was discovered by photo pro Rusty Madsen during an exploration trip in Feb. 98. This sight has excellent hard & soft corals, sea fans, sea anemones, lion fish, moray eels, white tips & a recently discovered home to a large Napoleon wrasse.

Coral Gardens:   A classic of Fiji diving, this series of bommies that have a beautiful supply of hard & soft corals. This sight also has turtles, white tips sharks, moray eels, lion fish & once in a while a nurse shark. Visibility can sometimes be below 40 feet because of heavy plankton. Another Fiji live-aboard must-see.

Makongi Channel:   Makongi channel is most often a drift dive due to the fact its at an entrance to the inner reef. On an incoming tide the visibility is quite good &  sometimes exceeds 100 feet. The usual party of Makongi sea life abounds here in the channel as well. This is Fiji scuba diving satori, diver-san.

E-6 & Hi-8:    These two sites are aptly named: "E-6" for the amount of film shot at this site & likewise "Hi-8" for the amount of video footage taken. Most South Pacific live-aboards would love to have a site this classic to give their preferred clients. Both E-6 & Hi-8 are pinnacles that start at a depth of 3,000 feet & rise to the surface. E-6 has a horseshoe-shaped grotto which is filled with anemones, large clams, lionfish & spectacular red sea fans & soft corals. Each has a virtual scuba diving smorgasbord of soft corals, hard corals, sea fans, sea anemones, octicoral, swim-throughs & are teeming with smaller fishes of the South Pacific. Included at both sights are sweet lips, hammerheads, white tips, occasional silver tips -- & if we're really lucky a whale.

NAMENA (NAMENALALA ISLAND)--

The Namena barrier reef stretches a distance of over 10 miles. There is an abundance of scuba diving sites here but many are unprotected in open waters & can't be dove in bad weather. Most of these sites have the possibility of high currents & as a result the sea life here is abundant & very active. It is not uncommon to see gray reefs, white tips, silver tips, barracuda & dog tooth tuna on a 30 minute dive. The following are the most popular scuba diving sites.

Chimneys:   Three slender bommies which start at about 74 feet & come to within 10 feet of the surface. On the sandy bottom you'll find a field of garden eels with gobies & shrimp scattered throughout. Everywhere in the bommies of this site you can find pipe fish, cleaner fish, nudibranches, soft corals, hard corals, sea anemones with clown fish, & free swimming in the current above the bommies are unicorn fish & anthiest. Between the bommies in midwater are resident barracudas & it's not uncommon to see white tips or grey reefs. Wow, the Fiji live-aboard dive sites never end, amigos.

Magic Mound:   This scuba diving site is a single bommie 80 to 100 feet long & 30 to 40 feet wide. It starts at 80 feet on one side & comes up to within 15 feet of the surface. Its covered in hard corals, soft corals, sea anemones, sea fans & lots of lionfish lurking in between or hanging around under ledges. This sight is also known for its white tips & grey reef action.

North Save-a-tack:   On an incoming tide the action is fast & furious. A diver must descend to a depth of 70 feet in water that often has a visibility of over 150 feet. On the bottom a diver may see grey reefs, white tips, barracudas & dog tooth tuna with an occasional silver tip without even moving. The current is strong & during an incoming tide & the visibility is excellent. Divers normally start on the east side of North Save-a-tack & end their dive on the west side among the hard & soft coral covered bommies. This side is excellent for macro & wide angle shots.

ISLAND of KORO --

Black Rock Caverns:   In the mouth of Dere Bay & the host of many swim-throughs, caverns & caves. This is also one of our favorite night dive sites that is the host to large file fish, many decorator crab, white tips, flashlight fish, eels & occasionally squid. This site also has a large school of barracuda. It is in the lee of the island of Koro & can be dived almost any time during the year but visibility is usually limited to 60 feet.

Koro Gardens:   Koro Gardens is marked by a single large bommie that comes to within 15 feet of the surface. The area around the bommie is about 45 feet to the bottom & drops off to 95 feet in some areas. Hard corals cover everything while an abundance of reef fish crowd the waters & make the scuba diving spectacular. Still another Fiji live-aboard gem!

Shark Fin Point:   This site on the north east point of Koro Island can be action central. On most dives you will see a large school of about 500 barracudas, eagle rays, many white tip, lots of grey reefs, lobster, eels, & we have even seen whale shark here, yes we really have. Not only are the fish & shark abundant but it's covered in both hard & soft corals. When the tide is running this can be a most enjoyable drift dive because little effort is needed to move & its seems as if the show just swims by you. Few South Pacific live-aboards offer experiences as vivid as this locale.

( All scuba diving sites are selected by the Captain & may vary due to weather conditions & logistics.)

ANSWERS to FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
about the FIJI AGGRESSOR:

1. Where are the Fiji Islands?
The Republic of Fiji, or Viti, as is it occasionally called, is situated in the western South Pacific Ocean, with the Solomon Islands to the northwest & Tonga to the east.

2. What is included in the dive package for these Fiji live-aboards?
Accommodations aboard the vessel, diving, compressed air tanks, weights & weight belts, transfers from Nadi to the boat on day of arrival & departure, meals & snacks, non-alcoholic & local alcoholic beverages are include in the charter rate.

3. How many days is the Fiji live-aboard charter & how many dives can I make?
The Fiji Aggressor charter is seven days, Saturday afternoon to Saturday morning, with five & one-half days of diving. Most guests make up to 4 dives a day. Diving begins on Sunday morning & ends Friday morning.

4. When should I arrive in Fiji?
You should plan to arrive in Nadi, Fiji Saturday morning.

5. Are there any taxes or fees not included in the charter price for these Fiji live-aboards?
Yes. The Fijian government levied a Value Added Tax (VAT) per person for the entire week for live-aboard vessels operating in Fiji.  The VAT for a charter aboard the Fiji Aggressor is collected on board the vessel at the end of the week. The VAT for the charter is $XXX USD per passenger (call USDT for updates).  Additionally, there is an airport departure fee. This fee is paid at the airport. It is collected in Fijian Dollars.  There is a nominal USDT tariff, normally only $45 per client for early bookings.

6. Do I need a passport after booking one of these Fiji live-aboards?
All foreign visitors must have a current passport valid for more than three months, plus proof of adequate funds to support themselves; & a return ticket in hand, as well.

7. How do I meet the Fiji Aggressor II on the day of departure?
Everyone should arrive on the early Saturday morning flight. After clearing customs in the Nadi Airport, guests will be met by an Aggressor representative. Everyone will board a charter bus for the short ride to Lautoka, where this magnificent vessel is moored, waiting for you.

8. Where does the Fiji Aggressor II dock?
The Fiji Aggressor II docks at the Sheraton Denarau Hotel, just north of Nadi, on the western side of the island of Viti Levu.

9. What is special about Fiji diving?
Fiji is known as the soft coral capital of the world. It is also famous for its walls, caves & overhangs, adding up to a varicolored scuba diving paradise.

10. What is the water temperature?  Will I need a wet suit for Fiji ?
You will be diving in waters that average from about 72- 82F. Most guests will make 4 dives daily & some sort of thermal protection is needed, for certain. A 1/4 inch (5mm) wet suit with gloves & booties should be comfortable for the truly cold divers, but many folks will find a 3-5-3 mm fine. (That's 5 mm on the torso & 3 mm on all limbs.)

11. What is the best time of year for Fiji diving?
Diving is superb year-round, however, there is less rainfall in October & November.  June through September are traditionally excellent months as well.

12. What type of topography can I expect to see topside, apres' diving?
The Fiji Islands are made up of hundreds of mountainous islands, most ringed with beautiful white sand beaches.  The jungles are lush & free from most hazardous critters you might find in other tropical island nations such as Indonesia or Papua New Guinea.  There is no malaria in Fiji.

13. Is there dinghy diving on these Fiji live-aboards?
Yes. The majority of the dives are conducted from the jet-driven launch. This enables us to take divers to more remote areas & to more easily manage drift dives.

14. Is there night diving with these Fiji dive packages?
Absolutely yes. The night diving is terrific all over the Fiji Islands.  But divemasters reserve the right to suspend or cancel night diving if weather or currents do not seem safe for clients.

15. Should I be an advanced diver to handle Fiji dive packages?
Not necessarily, but you should be a comfortable diver. The diving can be deep at times with some exciting drift dives to take advantage of the somewhat strong currents.

16. What is planned for Friday afternoon & evening after we return to port?
This is your opportunity to shop or sight-see. The Fiji Aggressor II crew hosts a cocktail party Friday evening. Dinner is not served on board that evening. The crew can recommend a local restaurant & arrange transportation. This final supper is not included in the Fiji dive package price.

17. When is check-out time on the vessel?
Check-out is between 7:00 & 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning.

18. Where is the nearest recompression chamber?
In the city of Suva on the eastern shores of the island of Viti Levu.

Deck plans for the Fiji Aggressor II, showing details of room layouts.