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Maldives Indian OceanFriendly staff on Fihalhohi Island Resort. Water temp at around 30C year round. Shore dives and boat trips available. Particularly decent house reef with a great deal of variety which means you never get bored. Both North and South sides of the island can be visited with visible stop/turnaround points. Sloped sand entry to South and drop entry with vertical wall to North.
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Belize Gulf Of Mexico Great diving with ECOLOGICAL DIVERS website more info about Aquarium of AC including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Maldives Indian OceanSituated in the Maldives, Bandos Island Resort has an excellent house reef and suitable for diving all year round. The water temperature is consistently around the 30ºC mark so only a 3mm wetsuit required. I've been to the Maldives quite a few times and this is probably the best house reef I've ever encountered.
The Dive Centre staff are a friendly, helpful bunch and very keen on underwater video and photography so if you ever need any tips or tricks they're more than able to help. Unlike some Maldivian islands, diving here is slightly more laid back with no pre-booking necessary. If you're qualified and pass the necessary check dive, you can enter the water unguided when it suits and there will always be a cylinder waiting. Obviously, it's necessary to sign in and out of the water for safety and billing purposes! The island also has a hyperbaric chamber onsite so should an emergency arise, (and this can't happen because we're careful right?) you're in he best place. Boat trips are also readily available, usually two in a morning or full day trips. These are pre-booked and may be cancelled at short notice if not enough people show interest.
Water entry is just a short walk from the Dive Centre, an easy 20 yard swim to the marker buoy and then straight down. Maximum depth allowed by Maldivian Law is 30m. Currents were very mild with only one exception on full moon when it was impossible to keep still and I watched my buddy's bubbles go horizontal :-D Of course, this makes things more interesting because now the sharks come in to feed!
The reef has just about everything to offer, white and black tipped reef sharks in abundance, turtles, stonefish. eagle wrays and the usual huge shoal of blue striped snappers you would expect to see in the Maldives. Other sea life includes moray eels of varying sizes, batfish, blue jacks and a very shy octopus. The batfish appear very protective. On each dive, one seems to break off from it's family to follow your every move, where you go, it will go and it won't let it's friends come near. Try and make eye contact with it and it looks away fast! Very cool, bless!
Let me not forget the mighty lobster. From the entry point, descend to around the 10m mark and turn left. About twenty kicks of the fin in, you'll meet the mighty lobster and what a beautiful sight he is! He is impossible to miss, has no shyness at all and will pose with relish for the camera. At approximately 40cm long with antennae reaching a total of 1 metre across he is a beauty!
The corals on this reef are coming along nicely and in fact there's little evidence of bleaching on this particular reef. It consists mainly of hard corals but there are a few soft as well. We didn't get chance to do a night dive this time which is when you're most likely to see the softies.
Lastly, there's also a small wreck available for viewing. It's too small to be penetrated but nonetheless offers a further attraction to diving here. This is again, to the left of the entry point and starts off at around 15m and goes down to 27m (ish). There are huge grouper fish living in there as well as a cute but rather large brown moray.
This island is highly recommended, if you get the chance, go!!
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Italy Tyrrhenian Seachromis e' una associazione sportiva dilettantistica senza scopo di lucro.
Nasce dalla voglia di un gruppo di subacquei di vivere il mare nel modo piu' sicuro e divertente, in compagnia.
Far parte dell.associazione vuol dire andare sott'acqua, ma anche trovare nuovi amici e condividere le proprie esperienze.
website e.mail:eugenio.vecchio@asdchromis.org
tel. +39 3286222139
chromis and 'Amateur Sports Association a non-profit.
Born from the desire of a group of divers to experience the sea in the most 'fun and safe in the company.
Being part dell.associazione means go underwater, but also find new friends and share their experiences.
more info about a.s.d. Chromis Divin Club - Palermo including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Malaysia South China SeaTop reef at 16m sloping down to 30m, exposed reef on the outer edge of the TAR Park, 7 mins boat ride from the Downbelow dive centre on Gaya island
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Malaysia South China SeaDeep top reef starting at 16m going down to 35m, nice for nudi's and fish life, 6mins from the Downbelow 5' IDC Dive Centre (the only dive centre going there)
more info about Richard's Reef, TARP, Kota Kinabalu including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Malaysia South China SeaSlopeing reef down to 20m ok corals but lots of critters including Mandarin fish, mainly a macro dive, This is a shore dive from the Downbelow dive center on Gaya island
more info about Downbelow House Reef TARP Kota Kinabalu including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Malaysia South China SeaNice little snorkel or dive site, top reef 0-5m slope down to 10-12m, sheltered location, accessed by boat from the Downbelow Dive Center on Gaya in just 3 mins.
more info about Coral Garden Sapi Island TAR Park Kota Kinabalu including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Malaysia South China SeaLarge reef offshore but situated alongside the TAR Park, top reef around 10m slopes down to 30+m with very nice corals, accessed in just 6 mins from the Downbelow Dive Centre on Gaya Island
more info about Edgel Patches, Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Kota Kinabalu including maps, reviews, and ratings...
China South China SeaGreat training site and location for beginner divers.
Also fature great wreck diving and offshore pinnacle dives for the more experience divers.
more info about Hainan Island, Wenchang， Cloud Dragon Bay (Yunlong Bay) including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Malaysia South China SeaStrong slope starting at 5m graduating down to 25m (out reef) offers some wonderful corals and particularly good for Nudi's, located just 6 mins boatride from the Downbelow Dive centre.
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Malaysia South China SeaFound @ + 1.2m in the Downbelow Equipment Room, Gaya Island
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Malaysia South China SeaGood all round diving 12 months of the year at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park just 10 mins from the city of Kota Kinabalu Sabah Borneo, a great dive operator Downbelow Marine & Wildlife has a 5' Padi IDC Dive Centre located in a secluded bay on Gaya Island situated inside the marine park, they know how to look after photographers and their gear !
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Madagascar Mozambique ChannelDive site located of the coast of Nosy Be north west coast of Madagascar. Fantastically unspoilt and healthy fish and coral life. Photographers delight
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Canada PacificThis is a great wreck dive. The first of a fleet of old Canadian navy vessels to be sunk on Canada's west coast; this vessel was sunk by the Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia, December 5, 1992. It didn't go down as planned, as this wreck ended up on it's port side and slid down the underwater bank a little farther than planned. Her bow sits at about 130'+ feet, while her stern can be from 60'-80', depending on the tides. The ship is covered with anemones, nudibranchs, and there have been reports of some ling cod and octopi residing in the area. Further training is necessary if you are planning on penetrating the wreck. It can get pretty silty in there, so make sure you've got the proper training before venturing inside!!
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Thailand Andaman SeaThe sister islands of Ko Rok Nok and Nai are home to pristine reefs and some of Thailands most beautiful beaches. Coral gardens line the lslands beaches and provide divers and snorkelers with crystal clear waters and an abundance of marine life. The sloping reefs take you down to the sandy bottom where Marble Rays and Eagle Rays can be spotted. Hawksbill Turtles are fairly common in the area, as are the usual array of reef fish.
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Puerto Rico Caribbean Sea THE WALL AT GUANICA IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PLACES TO DIVE . DIVING FROM A BOAT YOU FIRST DESCEND TO 60 FEET AND THEN DIVE THE WALL . THE DEEPEST I HAVE REACH IS 121 FEET A PLACE CALL HOLE IN THE WALL. THERE ARE DIFFERENT DIVING SITES IN THE AREA AND THEY ARE ALL BEAUTIFULL. YOU CAN FIND ALL KIND OF TROPICAL FISH . more info about EFRAS WALL, LA PARED (THE WALL) GUANICA including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean SeaThe site is off Pinney's beach - north end - you can see a church on the hill almost directly across from the cave site. The cave is small but big enough to swim into and turn around. There is a school of neon fish that seem to live there (they've been there every time I've managed to find the cave over the last 15 years.
It's tough to find that cave because it's really just the underside of a hill of coral. The reason I like it is that it's accessible from the beach and is the only water near the beach that isn't full of suspended sand (the cave blocks it of course). Another reason I like this cave is that I one time entered it with the intention of photographing the neon's and found a Hawksbill sea turtle in there. The shot I got was amazing with the turtle trying to easy out past me, pretty difficult with such a small opening, and the school of neon's in the foreground, lobster antennae in the background...
Scuba shop: Scuba Safari's, Oualie Beach, Nevis. Great people.... For better dive sites have them take you out on their boat.
more info about Pinney's Cave - Pinney's Beach, Charlestown including maps, reviews, and ratings...
PhilippinesA great critter dive site that consists of a seagrass and sandy slope leading to a bunch of old car tires that are fully grown with corals and sponges. You can find falmboyant cuttlefish, ghost pipefish, clownfish, lots of shrimps and crabs, nudibranchs, lionfish, scorpionfish, seahorses, frogfish and much more.
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Madagascar Mozambique ChannelI love this dive site , good shallow (17m Max) . Good for Nudi's , Crabs , Fish , Coral and Sea Horse & Fam
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