Lomaiviti Islands

• Ask the actual operator about certification, recent dives, current, depth, tidal phase, surface pickup, gas supply, guide ratio, communications and oxygen.
• Do not extrapolate safe shallow-water skills to Levuka Passage, Wakaya Passage or other historically published strong-current sites. The Ovalau Watersports page is undated and its current dive schedule unverified. Site list.
• Wakaya's private marine preserve and Leleuvia's dive program are booked separately; access is controlled by the resort and any relevant local authority. Wakaya | Leleuvia.
• For breath-hold dives, use a competent safety buddy, follow apnea rescue procedure, never dive alone and never hyperventilate. Do not improvise depth training without a qualified program. DAN.
• For snorkelers, get local entry advice, avoid poor post-rain visibility and boat traffic, and use flotation where appropriate. Tourism Fiji.
• After compressed-gas diving, observe a conservative surface interval before any international or private island aircraft. DAN recommends at least 12 hours after a single no-decompression dive and 18 hours after repetitive no-decompression dives; longer is prudent and any symptoms warrant medical review, not a flight. DAN.

Do not assume a chamber is operating solely because it is listed online. The Fiji Hotel & Tourism Association directs suspected decompression injuries toward Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, at +679 331 3444 and urges immediate appropriate high-concentration oxygen as directed by trained responders. Tourism Fiji lists a chamber contact at Pacific Specialist Healthcare in Nadi +679 892 2241, while the US State Department cautions that chamber capacity may be offline and evacuation to Australia/New Zealand may be needed. These claims conflict; a dive operator needs to confirm real-time staffing, transport and treatment plan before departure. FHTA protocol | Tourism Fiji | US advisory.

Use Fiji emergency 911 first for a life-threatening incident and activate the on-site operator's emergency plan. Divers can also contact DAN's +1 919 684 9111 24-hour emergency hotline after local services have been called. Local transfer from Leleuvia, Wakaya or a remote passage may depend on sea state, aircraft and receiving-facility consent. Insurance should cover chamber treatment and air/sea evacuation including international transfer. Telecom authority | DAN.

Wakaya reports legislated marine-protection areas, fish wardens, manta identification work and coral nurseries. These are conservation and access claims from the resort, not a public exemption to approach wildlife or a permit to enter protected waters independently. Get instructions from its guides and give mantas space. Wakaya.

The broader Fiji system includes customary qoliqoli fishing grounds and protected species. Tourism Fiji stresses respect for community rights and rules for commercial fishing charters, but those fishing rules should not be misquoted as a universal diver permit or dive fee. Makogai has a protected-area listing, which similarly does not establish public visitor access. Do not take shells, touch coral, harass mantas or turtles, or enter village waters on assumptions. Qoliqoli context | Makogai record.

UNESCO Levuka is a heritage conservation area in a living town. Request permission before photography of people, villages or private sites and support local guides where practical. UNESCO.