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Iran (Islamic Republic of) Persian/Arabian GulfKish is a coral island in south of Iran.
more info about Kish Island including maps, reviews, and ratings...
United States PacificA nice shallow and safe location with some of the best Coral in all of Hawaii
more info about Mauna Lani Private Beach including maps, reviews, and ratings...
United States Atlanticon a ledge off shore
more info about no name reef including maps, reviews, and ratings...
United States PacificVery shallow and only for snorkeling, but some of the best Coral you can find in all of Hawaii. All types of marine life you would expect to find in these waters and they are not shy of people.
more info about Mauna Lani Resort Beach including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Bahamas Gulf Of MexicoNekton Cruises did a great job, too bad they went out of business. They had a variety of locations and holes that few people dove. In an entire week we only saw another boat when we registered in the Bahamas! There are dive sites that may be lost to divers everywhere.
more info about Big Johnson, Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Maldives Indian OceanOnce you've dodged the sea planes, the boats and the water skiers you can finally descend into the water. Great housereef with cleaning station showing black and white tipped reef sharks and Mantas to name but a few.
more info about Kuredu Island including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Fiji Koro SeaJim's Alley is well known dive site in Fiji and visited by a number of liveaboards. It lies on the North end of the Barrier reef surrounding Gau Island in Fiji. It is a series of Bomie systems which break up the barrier, it is full of soft coral such as Dendronephthya and Scleronephthya and huge numbers of shoaling fusiliers and anthias.
It sits in about 25m of water and is a prime location to see Manta rays from around May through to November.
more info about Jim's Alley including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Mexico Gulf Of Mexicoexellent dive site to find very small things like this one to take some great pics
more info about barracudas including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Belize Gulf Of MexicoFanstastic diving with Ecological divers
more info about Ambregis Caye including maps, reviews, and ratings...
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.
more info about Fihalhohi House Reef including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Mexico Caribbean Seadrift dives in the national park of cancun- isla mujeres
more info about grampin reef including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Belize Gulf Of Mexico Great diving with ECOLOGICAL DIVERS website more info about Aquarium of AC including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Belize Gulf Of Mexico Great Dives with ECOLOGICAL DIVERS more info about Ambriegris Caye including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Indonesia Bali SeaNice diving
more info about U.S.S.Liberty including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Mozambique Indian OceanAn absolute must do if visiting Pomene.
more info about Bat Fish Ledge - Pomene 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!!
more info about Bandos Island Resort House Reef including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Thailand South China SeaClose up of flat worm mating, the reproductive organ of the top flat worm is well visible, you can see the internal Reproductive System
more info about Mae Haad Bay and Koh Ma Island, Koh Phangan including maps, reviews, and ratings...
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.
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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...
United Kingdom North SeaGreat Green Carr has loads of kelp and myriad marine life
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Egypt Red SeaBrien Carrier MK II
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