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United States PacificBig Island Divers and terrific
more info about Kona,Hawaii including maps, reviews, and ratings...
United States PacificFanatastic dive with Big Island Divers
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Italy Ionian SeaA dive site simple but rich life.
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Philippines Sibuyan SeaThe area is a rocky outcrop that the dive guides are familiar with, but rarely visited. Current can be a problem, best dived on the neap tide.
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United States Halmahera SeaBig Island Divers runs a first class operation
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France Tyrrhenian SeaIt's a very nice dive, but you must use trimix because minimum depth is 57 meters.
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France Tyrrhenian SeaAfter serving in Toulon with the 7th and later 5th submarine squadrons, in 1937 Rubis was transferred to Cherbourg.
During the Norwegian campaign, in May 1940, she laid mines off the Norwegian coast; her mines claimed four Norwegian vessels in May and June, and a further three merchantmen in July. At the time of the French surrender on June 22, 1940, she was in port in the United Kingdom, where she promptly joined the Free French Forces.
Whilst minelaying off Norway in mid-1941, she encountered and torpedoed a Finnish merchantman. Later in the war, she laid mines in the Bay of Biscay, claiming three German auxiliary minesweepers, an armed trawler, and a French tug in 1942, and a fourth auxiliary minesweeper in 1943. Operating off Stavanger in September 1944, her mines claimed two auxiliary submarine chasers and two merchantmen. In October and November she continued in Norwegian waters, damaging two vessels but with no sinkings. On 21 December, however, her mines claimed three auxiliary submarine chasers, a German merchantman, and a minesweeper.
Throughout the war, Rubis made 22 operational patrols, laying nearly 683 mines and sinking some 21,000 GRT of shipping. With 22 enemy ships sunk (14 of them German, including 12 warships), she achieved the highest kill number in the FNFL.
From 1946 to 1948, she was used as a school ship for rigging in Toulon.
Rubis was struck on 4 October 1949, and sank on 31 January 1958 to be used as a sonar target. The wreck lies 41 metres underwater between Cavalaire and Saint-Tropez, and has become a popular diving attraction.
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Turkey Mediterranean SeaB119 was a 23 meter military coast patrol boat, used by the turkish coastguard. It was build in 1960 in Hamburg/Germany for usage as river patrol boat but then went to Turkey where it was used as coast patrol ship by the turkish coastguard in the area of Mersin.
It "retired" after 50 years in duty in 2010 and was sinked on 25th June 2011, Time: 13.47 as a special event of the so called "Likya Festival" that happens every last week of June in the town of Kas/Turkey.
It now will be a new habitat for marine life and a new divespot for recreational diving.
The world's first underwater photo of this new wreck was token by the underwater photographer Rico Besserdich (
website ) exactly 1 minute after the ship touch the oceans ground.
"119" is resting in a depht between 10,8 to 21,6 meter. It's a easy to dive wreck, but penetrating the wreck is for certified wreck divers only. Exploring the wreck from outside is suitable to all diving levels/certifications. It is very close to the divespot named "Neptun Reef" in Kas/Antalya ( Turkey). the wreck lays on its keel. Deepest area is the stern ( 21.6 meter ), shallowest part is the bow with 10,8 meter. As the wreck lays very diagonal and not completly on the ground ( it lays on two huge rocks ), it is expected that the "119" will sly deeper during the next winter storms. If this is gonna happen, it might find it's final place in a depht between 35-50 Meter.
For any more informations needed as well as for underwater photos of this wreck, please feel free to contact Rico Besserdich via his site
website .
Dives to this place are arranged by the DiveCenter "sundiving" , see
website .
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Malaysia South China SeaGreat dives as long as the sea is reasonably calm, The Wrecks have lots of awesome corals and sit in 40m or less so quite disable.
All three wrecks were sank 67 years ago on the same day by the same sub named Hammerhead.
The site can be accessed from the Downbelow Dive Centre based on Gaya Island in Kota Kinabalu Sabah's capital this is a Padi 5' IDC centre who can pick you up from anywhere in town for daily trips.
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Italy Ionian SeaThe area in question is very challenging depths where there is also the red coral (Corallium rubrum)
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Greece Ionian SeaNice place, impressive scenery, good visibility
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Philippines South China SeaWater temp in Nov was 27 with good visability 10-20 metres. slight drift drift with the current.
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Philippines Philippine SeaCalm water, beautiful corals, sea fan, Mandarin fish, Mimic octopus , wonderpus, whale shark from Nov to May. Fantastic night dive at Pier.
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Egypt Red SeaMax. depth 30m, 60min journey
Dive site at the south west of Abu Ramada Island. On the west side shallow sandy bottom with lots of small, nice covered coral blocks. You can find an eel garden, and also a lot of morays, Blue-spotted stingrays and frequently Napoleons. In the south direction east the plateau is ending up in a steep slope with a lot of small caverns.
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Vietnam South China SeaProlific Nudis & Flatworms (one after the other) at 25-40 mtrs. Extreme thermoclines as temperature constantly shifts 5-10 degrees with normal temp at 23-26 celsius. Visibility on a good day at 15-25 mtrs. Surface conditions can be very rough and unpredictable underwater current starting after lunch. Beyond nudis, occasional Mantis shrimps, Octopus Vulgaris, Pufferfish big and small, Big Eye travelly and some schools of small fish.
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Egypt Red SeaMax. depth 14m, 60min. journey
To enjoy the impressive abundance of fish, the best way is to surround the reef. On the east you find huge Stone coral formations, the west side is covered with mainly Acropora corals and Fire corals. You find big groups of Sweetlips, Bannerfishes and Butterflyfishes as well as frequently Eagle rays.
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Antigua & Barbuda Caribbean SeaGood dive, saw alot of life including Baracuda and Sting Ray
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Papua New Guinea Bismarck SeaNice little reef with varied hard and soft coral. Reef sharks circled under the boat.
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Italy Tyrrhenian SeaBengasi Wreck,
one of the holds of the wreck carrying glassware.
Exceptional dive, as well as what you can see, even for the distinctive noise when swimming in the middle of glasses and glass bottles.
Depth from 88 to 95 meters
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Italy Tyrrhenian SeaNice wreck, very good visibility. It was sunk by britannic submarine Seafari. The Seafari sunk the same day others 2 ships, Loredan and Entella.
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