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United States Atlantic (North American coastal)Oriskany aircraft carrier approximately 20 miles off the coast of Florida in Pensacola. Flight deck at ~140 feet, tower starts at ~ 85 feet. Whale sharks have been seen there frequently in the month of August/September
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United States Atlantic (South)Wreck dives, Spiegel Grove viz was not as good as I expected, mostly 30 ft to 40 ft, USNS Vandenberg has strong currents and viz also was limited, not much marine life on the Vandenberg, it will be pristine in a couple of years when the marine life moves on it. So far all that is there are a couple of Groupers, under 100 pounds. Phillipines was a great dive site as well, Dumaghette & Puerto Galera, pristine reefs, easy diving mostly shallow dives down to 90 feet. The Carribean is the Carribean, the reefs are dying and the big animal life is hard to find, Cozumel is always great for a fast drift and tunnels and swim throughs, I stay away from cave diving. Costa Rica on the NW side of the country, Hermosa, has some big animals and the viz is poor because of the planten in the water to feed the big boys. The South Pacific has my interest, this year I went to Fla. and going to Dominica and then to Borneo for 2 weeks.
more info about Spiegel Grove, Key Largo, Fla. & Vandenberg, Key West Fla. including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Indonesia Celebes SeaMuck dive. Harlequin shrimp found 20 feet to left of underwater fallen trees in 3m water (high tide)
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Mexico Caribbean Seavery nice easy shallow dive lots of stuff to see and be photograph...
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Egypt Red SeaExcellent house reef in Soma Bay with Orca Divers. Well recommended and you can dive the house reef unguided so long as you have more than 30 dives logged. Nitrox and 15ltr tanks are free.
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Turkey Aegean SeaA nice dive site with colourful underwater scenes... For macro, you may see variety of nudis, for wide angle, red sponges, some tiny corals, interesting rocky formations painted with red spongy organisms.
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Indonesia Molucca SeaMuck diving! There are some small walls inthe Lembeh straits and some reefs, but mainly it's about the muck. Vast plains of black or white sand. This is the Serengeti of the underwater world. Nowhere to hide but under the sand. In this environment, it's hide, eat, look really deadly or be eaten. There are creatures here that are too weird - things you would expect from deep sea creatures or other planets. It may not be strong current adreneline diving, but you gotta camera, there's lots to photograph.
I dived with NAD, which was a small resort with only beer being the only alcohol - there's no bar, but it's small, friendly and the guides are great - especially Nan. Rooms are comfy, but the roof runs along the length of all rooms, so there can be some noise. Food is buffet style and very nice.
I then dived with Lembeh Resort - twice the price but rooms, food, drinks nicer. Still, diving's still the same, so depends on your budget and comfort needs. colourful deeper walls full of macro life and walls against the shore covered in invertebrate life right up to the surface. At night these walls are an explosion of colour and its the best night dive site I have ever dived
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Italy Ionian SeaStunning dive site under mussels fisheries
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Ireland AtlanticSmall island off coast of Connemara. No dive facilities ashore so boat diving with Scubadive West.
Weather dependent but usually somewhere sheltered to get in.
Wall, gullies, swim throughs. Loads of marine life - stick ons & free swimming.
Viz can be 30m but at other times = dark green water.
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Mexico Caribbean SeaA lot of tiny animals
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Indonesia Sulu and Sulawesi SeasGood place!
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Cayman islands Caribbean SeaGOOD, with Don Foster. Sorry but can't remember name of site.
more info about Boat dive approx 1 mile north of Georgetown including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Australia Indian OceanPerth Diver's most popular place to go and dive.
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Myanmar (Burma) Andaman SeaInteresting area, only one dive resort (Mcleod isld.)
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Italy Ionian SeaExtraordinary small wall rich of life
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Grenada Caribbean SeaThe ship wreck lays less than 10 minutes off the carribean side of grenada.
We stayed at the Rex Grenadian hotel and dived with Devotion 2 Ocean who are situated on the beach of the hotel.
The Veronica L is an old mine sweeper that sank carrying concrete. To its side is the most beautiful flat bed reef that is scattered with rocks, grasses and corals.
Amazing dive sites... all less than 10 mins from the beach ... definately not to be missed.
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Canada PacificWith "Abyssal lodge" on Quadra Island you can dive on many sites near Quathiaski Cove (www.abyssal.com). The tide current is one of the strongest in the world and there is a lot of life in this area. The water is approximately 10° celsius (50°F) all the year and the Viz better in winter. Earl, a friendly guide, will make good food for you...
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Indonesia Ceram SeaBest for wide...
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Maldives Indian OceanHouse reef is amazing, no need to pay the extra charge for a boat trip!!
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Egypt Red SeaClose up octopus. Nikkor 105VR
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