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South Africa Indian OceanA relatively deep dive at around 40 odd meters, beautiful formations and some nice swim-throughs. Interesting caves and over-hangs can be found and explore in the deeper regions. This makes for a challenging and exciting dive
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United States Gulf Of MexicoThe Mexico Beach Artifcial Reef Association has deployed over 150 artificial reefs of the coast of Florida. Sites consist of reef balls, concrete rubble, barges, tug boats, shrimp boats, and other materials of opportunity. For more info, and reef locations, visit
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Mexico Caribbean Seawreck dive in cancun`s national park eaglerays at the dive site most of the year. you have to dive by boat
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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!!
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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
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United Kingdom North SeaGreat Green Carr has loads of kelp and myriad marine life
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Italy Tyrrhenian Seausata Nikonos III con UW 15 mm./ due immagini sovrapposte.
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Belize Gulf Of MexicoNice coral not much fish
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Indonesia Halmahera Sea///
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Indonesia Bali SeaNice Manta place!
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Indonesia Ceram Sea...
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Portugal Atlantic (European coastal)Um belo dia de mergulho em Peniche (Berlengas)
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Malaysia South China SeaDeep top reef starting at 16m going down to 35m, nice for nudi's and fish life, 6mins from the Downbelow 5' IDC Dive Centre (the only dive centre going there)
more info about Richard's Reef, TARP, Kota Kinabalu including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Egypt Red SeaRas Mohammed
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Malaysia South China SeaLarge reef offshore but situated alongside the TAR Park, top reef around 10m slopes down to 30+m with very nice corals, accessed in just 6 mins from the Downbelow Dive Centre on Gaya Island
more info about Edgel Patches, Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Kota Kinabalu including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Mexico Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of CaliforniaThis reef is located in The sea of cortes North of Los Islotes sealion colony. 52 ft. max. hard coral reef with emmence amount of sea life. Scorpion fish, lobster, sealions, garden eels, sea horses, nudibranches, huge schools of fish that completely engulf you as you dive through. Little to no cuurent and can easily plan a dive which will allow you to continue enjoying reef formation and life during your safety stop as the top at low tide is only 17 ft. below the surface. Sea lions are very interactive with divers when they are there. viz max listed is during annual upwelling in June. Apparently clears in the fall.
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Malaysia South China SeaStrong slope starting at 5m graduating down to 25m (out reef) offers some wonderful corals and particularly good for Nudi's, located just 6 mins boatride from the Downbelow Dive centre.
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Honduras Caribbean SeaReally awesome wall dive on the North side of Utila, near Turtle Harbour. An excellent site for diving with nitrox. Use the right blend and breath slow and you can stay down and drift along the wall for over an hour on a single tank.
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Mozambique Indian OceanAbsolute must for the game fish lovers and stunning ledge "Walker Ledge". Scuba Galaxy is the local operator there and extremely professional.
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Malaysia South China SeaFound @ + 1.2m in the Downbelow Equipment Room, Gaya Island
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