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Advanced Course

Advanced Course
5 Days | 4 Nights | 4 Dives Includes transfers, accommodation, & dives
This course is for divers who already hold Open Water certification with any recognized agency and is a great way to expand your knowledge and experience a wider range of dive sites in a fantastic part of the world.  This course includes a deep water dive, a night dive, search and recovery, underwater navigation, caverns, and digital underwater photography. Not only this, you will be staying in a beautiful part of the world so when you are not diving, you get to relax and enjoy everything this resort has to offer with an amazing house reef right off the front of the resort and plenty of other activities to keep you busy should you wish to be.

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

Coach Transfers

To/from Port Denarau, prior/post your island trip

Vessel Transfers

To and from the resort

Accommodation

4 nights at Mantaray Island Resort

Activities

5 different dives to achieve SSI Advanced Certification

Bonus

Full day pass to Malamala Beach Club

To book you need to:
  1. Decide what sort of accommodation you want (Dorm or Bure) – more info on the Pricing tab
  2. Decide if you want to add on mainland accommodation for PRE ISLAND TRIP / POST ISLAND TRIP
  3. Click BOOK NOW!
Scuba Diving
Advanced Course

Additional information

Days of departure

Daily

Duration

5 days, 4 nights

Departs

Port Denarau at 8.45am

Returns

Port Denarau at 6.00pm

Island visited

Nanuya Balavu Island

Room types

Choose from a private Bure/Room or shared Dorm

Coach pick up/drop off

Included in package from/to most Denarau, Nadi, Vuda, and Wailoaloa hotels/resorts

Bonus

Malamala Beach Club full day pass for use pre or post your island stay

For more details and info, check out the GENERAL INFO page

Mantaray Island Resort - main beach
Advanced Course

Transfers

  • Complimentary scheduled return coach transfers from most Nadi, Wailoaloa, Vuda, and Denarau hotels to/from Port Denarau
  • Vessel transfers to/from Port Denarau to all resorts listed in the package

Accommodation & Activities

4 nights at Mantaray Island Resort

Room options:

  • Paradise Dorm
  • Treehouse Bure
  • Jungle Bure
  • Reef Bure
  • Beachfront Villa


Additional Inclusions:

  • 5x specialty dives including a deep dive, a night dive, search and recovery, underwater navigation, caverns, and digital underwater photography 
  • All dive equipment including slip on shorty fins
  • SSI Advanced Certificate and photo ID on completion of the course

BONUSES!

  1. A Full Day pass to Malamala Beach Club, to be used pre or post your island package. This day pass includes vessel transfers from/to Port Denarau, where this day trip departs from/returns to, and coach transfers from selected hotels/resorts in Denarau, Wailoaloa, and Nadi.
  2. Yasawa Adventures Fiji Pack – Sulu (sarong), drink bottle,, and waterproof bag.

NOTES

  • All prices are per person and available in the rates sheets. Double/twin rates are per person based on two people booking and sharing the same room/bure
  • Mantaray Island Resort has a compulsory meal plan which is additional and payable either at the time of booking or to the resort on arrival
  • Extra nights accommodation is available on request, prices refer to extra night rates in the ‘Island Stays‘ section
  • All divers must have medical clearance if they have previously suffered from asthma or epilepsy
  • Travel insurance with a scuba diving policy is required and a copy will be requested at check-in

Itinerary outline

  • Scuba Diving water shot

     

    Dives

    This course for divers who already hold their open water certification includes 5 specialty dives and theory work. Dives include a deep dive, night dive, search and recovery, underwater navigation, caverns and digital underwater photography.

  • Mantaray Island Resort - Seaview Bure hammock

     

    The Resort

    This resort epitomizes the perfect Fiji holiday location. Boasting idyllic white sand tropical beaches, vibrant coral reefs, a marine reserve teeming with life, fantastic cuisine, refreshing cocktails, chilled out tunes and a close affiliation with the local village, Mantaray Island Resort offers the complete Fiji experience.

  • Mantaray Island Resort - dinner

     

    Dining

    The main dining area is located up above the treetops giving you fabulous views across the islands. The menu includes continental buffet breakfasts, a la carte lunches and three course a la carte dinners as well as specialty buffet evenings. The woodfired pizza oven fires up each afternoon for pizza’s on the beachfront deck.

  • Mantaray Island Resort - singing

     

    Other Activities

    You won’t be diving all day every day so there will be plenty of time to experience all the other great activities this resort is renowned for such as island treks, volleyball, village visit, cultural crafts, snorkelling, paddle boarding, kayaking, and sunset tube cruising.

Pricing

Pricing effective from 1st April 2026 – 31st March 2027
5 Days / 4 NightsExtra NightsMeal Cost Per Day
Room TypeDormTwinSingleTripleDormTwinSingleTripleAdultChild
Paradise Dorm (32 Bed unisex, shared, aircon)$787$35$73
Treehouse Bure (shared facilities, fan)$907$1,164$65$129$73$31
Seaside Bure (private ensuite, fan)$1,165$1,680$1,036$129$258$97$73$31
Family Reef Bure (private ensuite, aircon)$1,269$168$1,105$155$310$114$73$31
Reef Bure-Queen only (private ensuite, aircon)$1,300$1,948$163$325$73$31
Beachfront Villa (private ensuite, fan)$1,351$2,051$1,160$176$351$128$73$31
Sunrise Beachfront Bure (private ensuite, fan)$1,638$2,627$1,351$248$495$176$73$31
All prices are per person in United States (US) dollars
When paying with an international credit/debit card, an administration fee of 2.5-3% applies to all bookings.

Fuel Surcharge

Fuel Surcharge applicable for travel

FUEL SURCHARGE IN EFFECT – UPDATED MONDAY 1ST OF JANUARY 2024

South Sea Cruises currently has a fuel surcharge to take effect for customers travelling with us on a resort transfer as well as applicable day trips. 

South Sea Cruises also notes that since setting the 2023/24 transfer rates, the Fiji Government has removed the 10c per litre duty concession which South Sea Cruises had factored into our rates at the time of issue and has now had to absorb. 

The applicable fuel surcharges in effect for travel as of Friday, 1st December 2023 are as follows:

  • Awesome Adventures Fiji Package or Pass customers – $15 per person. 
  • Resort Transfer only customers travelling to/from all Yasawa Island Resorts (including Vomo) – $15 per adult/$7.50 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector. 

All fuel surcharges stated are in FJD and include applicable taxes.

Weather & SERVICES Advisory #2

TROPICAL CYCLONE VAIANU

Yasawa Adventures Fiji – South Sea Cruises Group (SSCG)
Weather & Services Advisory #2 – Tropical Cyclone Vaianu
Monday 06April 2.00pm

Bula,

This advisory issued is further to the information provided at 7.30am this morning. The early effects of Tropical Cyclone Vaianu are now being felt within the Mamanuca & Yasawa Islands with strong winds and rough seas expected to only increase over the next 24-48 hours. South Sea Cruises Group (SSCG) can also now advise that Port Denarau is under a mandatory evacuation notice and as at 7.30am tomorrow morning, all SSCG vessels will no longer be in port, but rather in their cyclone holes until the evacuation notice is lifted. Given the current situation, SSCG is advising all hotels, resorts, customers and industry partners of the following:

Tuesday 7th of April 2026:

Resort Transfers & Day Trips across both the Mamanuca & Yasawa Islands remain suspended as per earlier advice.

Wednesday 8th of April 2026:

Resort Transfers & Day Trips across both the Mamanuca & Yasawa Islands are now suspended. Customers impacted by the suspension of Resort Transfers and/or Day Trips during the above-mentioned period can defer their travel to another day or if they are unable to defer travel they can cancel without penalty. Please contact reservations@ssc.com.fj / Phone +679 9995512 / WhatsApp +679 9924470 or +679 99924754 to amend your travel.

Please be patient as the Reservations team will be operating with limited staff due to Tropical Cyclone Vaianu.

The next advisory pertaining to SSCG products & services to operate on Thursday 9th of April 2026 will be issued after a review of the weather conditions scheduled to occur prior to 9.00am on Wednesday morning. Please note that some weather-related disruptions are likely to continue through Thursday 9th of April 2026. 


Stay safe.
Vinaka.

South Sea Cruises Group