The islands of Fiji are primarily volcanic, but just offshore the main island are groups of sandy atolls.
These are about 3-4 miles offshore and operate as party central for the back pack crowd of 20 somethings that are on the NZ, Oz, Pacific island leg of their world tour.
They stay in co-ed dormitories, the reggae band starts at 5pm, and happy hour starts at 10pm. 
It is also the location of the dive shop I was using.
This is a spotted sweetlips. The reef quality was disappointing. A lot of dead coral with a significant problem with crown of thorns.
and an oriental sweetlips. Visibility was variable from a high of 60-70ft to a low of 20ft – on the same dive! Below 60ft it was like diving down into a snow storm. Water temperature was 81 deg f.
Putting it in a Key Largo context, imagine Dove Key on Molasses Reef with a ferry to the reef and the dive shop on Dove Key. The cost of the dive with full equipment was about $80, but when you add the ferry, it's about the same as in the USA.
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