01 July 2026
South Sea Cruises Group (SSCG) have updated the mandatory fuel surcharge (first introduced in April 2026) due to a decrease in Fiji’s fuel prices effective as of the 1st of July 2026.
This change in Fiji’s fuel prices is the first decrease since the global oil crisis began. The decrease in fuel prices is therefore being immediately passed onto customers through a reduction in the mandatory fuel surcharge.
Why is the mandatory fuel surcharge in place?
The price of diesel in Fiji as of the 1st of July 2026 remains some nearly 60% higher than before the global oil crisis. The continuation of high fuel prices into July 2026 cannot be absorbed within our current rates and has also resulted in a sharp cost increase across most supplier items including the likes of food & beverage, international freight and so forth.
SSCG also takes this opportunity to reiterate that our current rates were set last year and could not possibly have factored the impacts of the global oil crisis. SSCG therefore reserves the right to implement a mandatory fuel surcharge as and when fuel prices increase beyond sustainable levels.
Fuel Surcharge Rates (per person)
Effective for travel from 03 June 2026 for South Sea Cruises & South Sea Cats
Resort Transfers – Mamanuca Island Resorts
Includes customers travelling to/from Serenity, Beachcomber, South Sea Island, Treasure, Mana, Tadrai, Castaway, Malolo, Likuliku and Tropica
$15 per adult / $10 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Customers travelling to/from Matamanoa, Sheraton Tokoriki, or Tokoriki Island Resort.
$15 per adult / $10 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Resort Transfers – Yasawa Island Resorts
Includes customers travelling to/from all Yasawa Island Resorts (including Vomo)
$20 per adult / $15 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Inter-Island Resort Transfers with South Sea Cruise
Customers travelling to/from Yasawa Island Resorts
$10.00 per adult / $5.00 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector
Customers travelling to/from Mamanuca Island Resorts
$10.00 per adult / $5.00 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Customers travelling between the Mamanuca Islands & Yasawa Islands (or vice versa)
$15.00 per adult / $10.00 per child (2-15 years only) for each one-way sector.
Yasawa Adventures Fiji - Packages or Passes
$25 per person
Day Trips
Yasawa Islands, including Yasawa Explorer, Ultimate Encounters Snorkel with the Sharks, all Barefoot Kuata day trips and all Mantaray Island Day trips
$20 per adult / $15 per child (2-15 years old).
Castaway Island, Malolo Island and the South Sea Cruises Combo Cruise
$15 per adult / $10 per child (2-15 years old).
Customers booked on day trips to - South Sea Island, South Sea Cats (Ride & Slide), and Malamala Beach Club
$10 per adult / $5 per child (5-15 years old)
South Sea Sailing (Sabre)
$10.00 per adult / $5.00 per child (5-15 years old).
Payment Information
Customers travelling with South Sea Cruises & South Sea Cats from Port Denarau will be asked to pay the applicable fuel surcharge for all future sectors prior to travel either online prior to departure or at check-in prior to the boarding pass(es) being issued. Customers who are only travelling with South Sea Cruises & South Sea Cats on an inbound sector from their island resort will be asked to pay the fuel surcharge either online prior to departure or upon boarding our vessels and before they return to Port Denarau.
Payment is available via international debit or credit card, noting that international cards do attract a 2.5% - 3% admin fee.
Terms & Conditions are noted as follows:
“South Sea Cruises reserves the right to alter prices, apply a fuel surcharge, cancel departures, arrange alternative transport, and vary itineraries and services if necessary.”
SSCG are committed to reviewing the fuel surcharge applicable to South Sea Cruise & South Sea Cats services each month and will do so again on the 1st of May 2026. We do expect fuel prices to only further increase in May 2026 and as such a review of the fuel surcharge will likely occur whereby a further increase in fuel surcharges is a possibility.
Until such time that review takes place and is further communicated, the surcharges within this advisory remain applicable until further notice.
