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PhilippinesDiving here is really great! You'll love this site.
It's in slanting position so you'll never know that you're going really deep, but even though your in 100+ ft. the marine life is still very fantastic! Sometimes you'll even see sharks swimming along with the currents.
Photography here is great.
After diving here you can even go to the sombrero island and go a diver's picknick there. This is the best dive site for me!
If you'll have a chance to come here you might even change your favorite site!
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Philippines Mindanao Seavisit us here in the Punta del Sol Beach Resort Samal Island,Philippines
Contact Number +6382 2212121, 305-3838,3030295 and +6384 301-4018
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Malaysia South China SeaPulau Perhentian is a great island which is not well known by international divers or travellers. It offers great dive sites and beaches that are not crowded like Bali and Thailand. If you are wishing to go there the best budget places to stay are at Long Beach on Pulau Perhentian Kecil. If you prefer staying at more expensive hotels and resorts you can find them on Pulau Perhentian Besar. Almost everyone on the Island can speak English and they are really friendly. I would recomend to go diving with Spice Divers
website because they are the only locally owned and operated dive shop on the island, they provide the best services and are really friendly. The instructors there speak English, Malay, German, French and Italian.
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Brazil AtlanticThe one of the best places In the world to me. Fernando de Noronha.
You can find many sites from Fernando de Noronha Island. Located at Brazilian NE In a "Pernambuco" State. If you want information about Noronha Visit the site
website you can see pics and information about the island.
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Egypt Red SeaIn 1956 Jacques Cousteau, with his mythical oceanographic ship Calypso, discovered the wreck of the Thistlegorm on the outer wall of the immense reef known as Sha'ab Ali, off the western coast of Sinai. This was a British transport ship built in1940 by Thomson & Sons that was lying at anchor early in the Second World War when it was attacked by a squandron of German bombers from Crete. The Thistlegorm had come from Cape Town loaded with material for the British troops in North Africa (munitions, hand grenades, anti-tank mines, Lee Enfield MK III rifles, BSA motorcycles, Morris automobiles, Bedford trucks, two light MK II Bren Carrier tanks, two locomotives, two railway freight cars, two tank cars, spare parts, medicines, tires and rubber boots) and was hit by two bombs; it sank for 30 meters in an upright position onto the flat and sandy floor.
Cousteau found a ship which, despite the fire that had resulted from the bombing, was virtually intact, as was its cargo. He documented his discovery in some scenes in one of his memorable documentary films so that the public at large would become acquainted with this extraordinary wreck, which is considered the most interesting in the Red Sea and has become a great favourite with scuba divers from all over the world.
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ItalyNot a bad dive. Lots of critters octopi, nudibranchs and eels. Cold! Bring a good wetsuit at least 7mm w/hood. 12-15 C.
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Tunisia Mediterranean SeaDive Tunisia is a new dive centre with English/Tunisian owners,both Padi And Cmas.All equipment Mares or Scubapro all levels are catered for some excellent wrecks.
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South AfricaOne of the most relaxed and wonderfull places to dive in South Africa
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MozambiqueThis is a amazing site to dive for every one in the world and can compare with places like the red sea.
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Australia PacificJulian Rocks is rated as one of the best dive sites in Australia. Coral growth is limited but the abundance and diversity of larger animals is enormous. Manta Rays, Leopard Sharks and Grey Nurse Sharks visit at different times of the year. From the sharks, to pelagics and various species of anemone fish ... through to the numerous species of nudibranchs Julian Rocks provides a prolific concentration of marine life - big and small, all in one location. This makes every dive at Julian a different diving experience. Julian Rocks is a protected marine sanctuary and a no-take zone. The reefs of Julian Rocks attract a great diversity and approx 550 species of marine life have been recorded in the area. Julian rocks is situated within the Cape Byron Marine park in northern NSW, on the east coast of Australia. It is an aggregation site for the endangered grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus . Julian Rocks is also home to an incredible variety of marine species including wobbegongs, rays, turtles, fish, nudibranchs and many more. Humpback whales are often seen passing through the area during their annual winter migration to breeding grounds. Dolphins are seen all year round. "My attraction to Julian Rocks began with the desire to dive with Grey Nurse sharks ... and now I am hooked on sharks ... and constantly amazed at the diversity of marine life at Julian Rocks." I am now a regular visitor to Byron Bay and dive Julian Rocks every Friday. Together with a number of fellow divers, we have commenced photographing the various species of marine life and recording these images on a website dedicated to Julian Rocks. Lynda Clarke has put a serious effort in cataloguing the marine biology of the Julian Rocks and surrounds. She has collated brilliant photos and loads of information - sharks, rays, turtles, fish, starfish, nudibranchs and more. For a glimpse of the marine life that makes the Julian Rocks special, these images can be viewed on
website 2 commercial operators run several snorkeling and diving trips to Julian Rocks every day, as well as whale whatching and dolphin tours.The water temperature at Julian Rocks ranges from approx 17 deg through the winter upto 26 deg in the summer. The most common dive sites are the Cod Hole, Hugo's Trench, the Nursery and the Needles. Further out from Julian Rocks, commercial operators will also regularly visit two other reef sites known as Spot-X and Mackeral Boulders.
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Monaco Mediterranean SeaSo nice dive... Departing from the illustrious port of St. Jean Cap Ferrat, Olivier, the manager of Cap Ferrat Diving, welcome you in good "Ambiance"... Don' forget to book!!!
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Philippines Philippine SeaOver 10 Japanese wrecks ranging from 20-50meters long WWII ships...
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Philippines Sibuyan SeaAs far as it is known that the only Blue Hole in the Philippines.
The dive starts in 5m deep into a volcanic chimney 6m diameter covered with corals.
Free descent to 25m where there is a huge cave ( lobsters rest on the ceiling and night big eye fishes roam).
Then Cinema Theater Big Screen Window!
Just keep your buyancy and open your eyes and watch for the wildlife passing by at the exit of the cave (top of the exit 30m deep, bottom 40m, 15 m wide).
White tip and black tip sharks can be spotted also eagle and manta rays as well as giant groupers and school of tuna.
Unforgettable experience.
Don´t miss it!
For fan of wall diving just turn right at the exit of the The Blue Hole and enjoy Gorda Wall (+70m)
that s a great drift dive with the same prolific corals and fishes.
Be a Safe Diver Always.
Good Dive
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Philippines Philippine SeaI'm surprised that Maldives and Palau are not in the top 20 or the top 5
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Djibouti Red SeaDjibouti is one of the most amazing locations on this planet, located right at the southern neck of the Red Sea in the gulf of Aden. Everything visiting the Reed Sea HAS to go through here. This area in general is among the most densely populated shark spots with incredible species diversity; from cat sharks to Whale sharks.
Can be hostile, and not everyone is friendly - Liveaboard is the best option.
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United Kingdom Atlantic (European coastal)James Egan Layne is (22m to scour) 417ft 10,000 tonnes liberty ship torpedoed by U1195 in 1945. Sitting upright in a sandy bottom, with no superstructure remaining and the stern broken off resting a short distance to the south. You can do an easy penetration all the way through, or swim down either side, then at the break swim to the stern.
You can enter No1 and 2 holds and swim into No3. The upper deck and the engine room have gone. Two lifeboats can be found 20M from the stern.
This is the South Coast's classic wreck dive with so much to see of either the ship itself, the cargo or the life (red & grey mullet, a huge residential shoal of horse mackerel near the bow, bass, pollack, wrasse, congers, pout, pipefish, John Dory, whiting, ling, crabs, lobsters.
I even saw my first Sunfish on this wreck!).
Easy to find - there's usually other boats hooked into it. Or head for the buoy and you'll find it, or use the satnav 50.19.47 04.14.61
You can dive this wreck from the dive boat Sunfish. You can contact Mike of Sunfish Charters on 07968-262421 or email
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Cayman islands Caribbean SeaMy wife and I have been diving on Little Cayman since 1989. We've dived throughout the Caribbean and also two trips to the Bligh Water in Fiji. I can't imagine a more dramatic wall dive anywhere, at least in the western hemisphere. Bloody Bay Wall crests in water less that 20 feet deep, then goes vertical to 2000 feet deep. It's like floating along the walls of the Grand Canyon, with deep ravines and undercuts, and marine life of all forms just teeming on the wall and on the colorful coral gardens on top. There are enough swim-throughs, arches, and other formations to keep anyone in awe. As great as the wall is for wide-angle photography, I've taken some great macro shots here too.
A site that has to be seen to believe!
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Kiribati PacificGrapple Rocks was an expansive pinnacle which peaked at forty-five feet. A dive to sixty feet revealed boulders and rock formations with increasing coral density approaching the summit. Flame angels abounded, as well as rabbit, trigger and filefishes. Large anemones with delicate, lacy, pink-tipped tentacles could be seen, and dozens of juvenile three-spot damsels danced before their anemone hosts. A common encounter is inquisitive green, leather back, or hawksbill turtles.
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Kiribati PacificKiribati's Christmas Corner is the premier dive site in kiribati. With hundreds of schooling big eye trevally, barracuda, and several napoleon wrasses swimming within feet of divers. Even from the moment you do your back-roll off the boat you are surrounded by playful bottlenose dolphins who stay with you until you descend to the bottom of the ledge. This is definately a drift dive with a nice sloping wall that begins at 50ft. and descends to 90ft. Tons of nice caves to explore along the wall with spiny lobster and emperor angelfish hiding in the crevices. Reminds me of Palau's Blue Corner... Divers will come back year after year just to dive Christmas Corner.
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Mexico PacificIsla Guadalupe, Baja's best kept secret! Visited by fewer than 50 scuba divers per year, this electric destination is as remote as it is large.
The island lying 215 miles due south of San Diego, California and 150 west of the Baja, Mexico peninsula is comparible in length to California's Catalina Island, yet it's overall size is tremendous. This offshore mountain rises over 4000 feet from the ocean floor to more than 4200 feet at it's highest peak. A true ocean mountain!
The scuba diving here is not for novices as current, distant to civilization and overall dive conditions may be very strenuous at times. Yet even so, the diving here has been compared to CoCo's and the Revillagigedos for excitement! Large animals are the order of the day here as encounters with Pacific bottlenosed dolphin, California sea lions, Guadalupe fur seals and the ruler of the roost, great white shark are the marquee atractions. The chance of being engulfed by a school of marauding yellowtail or yellowfin tuna is always a possibility as well!
The underwater topography is astounding and unique. Beautiful walls, spire pinnacles, caves and granite plateaus are the typical topography. The giant kelp of California does not make its home at this island, yet there are areas that are covered with a taller version of California's palm kelp.
There is a diverse mix of temperate and tropical species at this destination as you'll quite often find a garibaldi next to a red tailed triggerfish or a swallowtailed damsels mixed in with a cloud of blacksmith. Parrotfish, scythe marked butterflyfish, leopard grouper and even and occasional Clarion angelfish are seen at this dynamic dive destination!
The only way to access Guadalupe Island is via a live aboard dive vessel and Horizon Charters Live Aboard Adventures is the only company offering regularly scheduled scuba dive departures to this destination. During the height of the great white shark migration, this company also offers cage diving itineraries.
For information on scuba diving Guadalupe Island go to:
website and for information on GREAT WHITE SHARK DIVING GO TO: SHARKADVENTURE.COM
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