<p>Personally, I would have my kids scuba dive in HI over a foreign country, but that’s just me. I had a friend who loved diving in Australia’s Gold Coast for two weeks & had a blast. He regularly visits Kauai, so is pretty familiar with what’s available in HI. Alas, medically, I can’t scuba dive or even swim at other than the slowest possible pace with frequent stops, so I don’t even bother with water any more.</p>
<p>Forgot about the current in Fiji. Brings back memories. We went with my sister and her boyfriend at the time. He had grown up in Fiji. He still had many friends and contacts and his brother ran a surf camp there. My husband had grown up on the water and was a strong swimmer, sailor(so knew about wind and currents) and a long time surfer. In Fiji you surf off the reef which is quite some distance from the shore. They were surfing off a boat. My husband got caught in the current and could not paddle back. He had to be picked up by the boat. We joked that he was headed for Tonga but in reality it was not funny.</p>