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Portugal Atlantic (European coastal)By Plane is 2 hours from Lisbon to arrive at S.Miguel airport. Here you can find a few dive schools to whom you can arrange a dive trip. At S.miguel Island you can find many dive sites where you can take great pictures. This one was taken above a wreck called "Dori". Other dive sites you can find, with a little lick, some Mantas and sharks near by.
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United States Gulf Of MexicoGreat diving and snorkling. Big reef with many things to see
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Philippines South China SeaSunken steel hull Japanese fishing ship at approximately 30 meters. Lots of life hanging out in the nooks and crannies. Can be difficult current.
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Indonesia Java SeaIn 1998, El Nino killed almost all the coral garden in this bay. Since 2001 a coral reef restoration project started in order to save the corals with the help of the local community. The Biodoversity is amazing, around 75% of all the Acropora species can be found there (for information Acropora is the widest familly of corals). Now the reef has recovered and is again a rich nursery of fishes.
The Biorock project consists of now 52 metallic structures (between 1m to 6m in diameter) which needs a low electrical supply in order to help the corals to grow. This is the third generation of artificial reef. The best results has shown that corals can grow to 6 time faster than in normal conditions (www.biorock.net) and is a promising system for the climate change issues for the future.
We have seen different kinds of artificial reef, like the ones made of tires, concrete blocks, reefballs and ecoreef and for us this is the most efficient way to help a coral reef to recover. After 10 years the biggest table coral you can see at this dive site is on one of these strucutres and is around 2.5m in diameter.
more info about BioRock, Pemuteran Bay, NW Bali including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Malaysia Celebes SeaThis is a shallow muck diving site under the rig behind Mabul Island. It is a good site for muck diving although the higher traffic in the past couple of years (I'm writing this in 2009) has degraded it.
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Thailand Andaman SeaBeautiful cove with both snorkeling and diving possibilities. Diving along the shore at 4-6 metres depth allows you to see lots of parrot, seargent majors, angelfish, anemonefish and scorpionfish. About 100 metres from shoreline, past the big boulder in the middle of the bay lies a katamaran wreck with good diversity of underwater wildlife. Several moray eels spotted, pufferfish, batfish, blacktips and nudie's. The blacktips come close to shoreline in the evenings between 5 and 7pm to hunt and feed. But not to fear as it's only juvies between 50-100cm. Snokeling along the north shoreline, passing the next small bay gives you a great oppertunity spotting adult blacktips hunting in the shallows just above a coral graveyard. It's only about 2 metres in depth here but you get a good chance spotting both turtles and giant triggerfishes.
more info about Tanote Bay, Koh Tao/Thailand including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Egypt Red SeaReef St. Johns
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Philippines Bohol SeaThis was the best diving I have done !!!! Just Great I will be going back
Atlantis is very good, Staff is Great, rooms are nice Facilitys is Very Nice, Food was Great
But the diving was the Best, All kinds of Macro life, APO island was Just beautiful with all kinds of hard and soft corals large fish small fish schools of jack, turtles. I will be going back, and it did spoil me for rest of my diving life !!!!
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Philippines Philippine Seavery nice dive site... corals from 10ft to around 70 feet...
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Egypt Red SeaDahab it's 80 km north to sharm el sheikh airport in egypt.
Only shore diving, 2 natural park, diving camel safari
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Mexico Caribbean SeaJust as the name indicates, it is a "garden" wall dive, although the view along the top of the reef is just as spectacular as it is over the wall. Deep Sea seafans, sponges and soft corals lay the background for one of the prettiest dives on Cozumel. Hawksbill turtles, large eels, Sting and eagle rays may all be seen gliding over this part of the reef.
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Philippines South China SeaEntry by boat alongside cliff face. swim down to 20 meters. lots of macro and juvies.
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Australia Indian OceanTake a kayak off the back of the reef and get lucky with some of the most amazing creatures in the ocean, drift along and see whalesharks, mantas and whales....
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Canada PacificReally cool wreck of a tugboat sitting upright. Bottoms out at 90 ft and you can see under the hull of the ship into a large octopus den. Continue down the length of the ship to see the propellor and rudder.
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United States PacificI can't really say much about this location for I have only dove here once. I can say, however, that you really need to be physically fit and have absolutely no problem with having to suit up at the top of the hill (which is where you park you car) and walk down (with all your gear on) either the paved service road (which is really long and steep), or the stairs that are directly next to the service road (which are the same steepness and length as the service road) to reach the beach. This is really the only way to access the beach by foot. At the end of the service road/stairs, there are well kept mens/womens bathrooms and external showers (one for your whole body, and two for your feet). The showers are quite convenient because you can rinse off all the sand you picked up from getting out of the water and you can give a light rinse to your gear. I give it 4/5 stars. Would be 5/5 if there were an escalator :) On a good day, the viz would be about 20 feet. However, when a storm is on the way, expect 60+!
more info about Crescent Bay, Laguna Beach, CA including maps, reviews, and ratings...
RussiaWarme water (+ 18 C) Clear water of the lake Bajkal
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Mexico Caribbean SeaDrift diving 2 - 3 knots but manageable
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CanadaLocation of Fathom Five National Marine Park
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Indonesia Halmahera Sea34 m
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