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Philippines Philippine SeaGood place with many good photo ops.
more info about Dumaguete including maps, reviews, and ratings...
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...
Philippines South China SeaClean friendly resort. Excellent dive guides, Macro heaven and the guides know where the critters are.
Good breifings, excellent camera facilities. Computers available for all you digital people. I will go back.
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Haiti Caribbean SeaA small wall dropping to between 12 to 15 meters depth with soft and hard corals growing in grooves perpendicular to the reef.
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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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Dominica Gulf Of MexicoThe diving in Dominica is fantastic, once you finally make it to the island. Dive Dominica was great. The dive masters are very familuar with the different dive sites. This site, Pointe Guignard was an easy dive. I was swimming along taking photos of many marine creatures when I spotted an open white sandy area at about 55 feet depth and something swimming in circles on the sand. As I approached, I saw that it was 2 critters swimming around each other. I slowly approached and descended to the bottom and laid flat on my belly on the sand. I inched closer and closer until I was about 4 feet from the fish, 2 flying gurnards. They were oblivious to my approach. I was able to get several photos and was trying to move closer when some other divers moved in and the fish abruptly swam away.
more info about Roseau Dominica dive site Pointe Guignard including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Mauritius Indian OceanProdive - diving centre - c/o Casuarina Hotel - Trou aux Biches (Mauritius)
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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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Croatia Adriatic SeaIt is not possible to dive there, it is under the fish farm, great expirience, a lot of marine life, fishes, dolphins are the dearist guests, hunting and jumping arround. This image was taken below 45meters, on top of the unike stone where lived approx. 50 scorpionfishes of this kind, one on the top of another, in only 3-4 square meters. For 4 years, they were there all the times, I realy hope they are still there...
more info about Near Zadar, in the middle of Croatian coast. including maps, reviews, and ratings...
United States Atlantic (North American coastal)Nice shore dive
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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.
more info about Palancar Gardens, Cozumel, Mexico including maps, reviews, and ratings...
FijiTop of the reef
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United States PacificTook a day boat to monument, snorkeling was excellent. Porpoise and lots of marine life and coral. Worth a half day of fun with the kids.
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United States Atlantic (North American coastal)Beautiful and under stress from private beaches and condos..... there is lots of color and many species of marine life.
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Philippines South China SeaEntry by boat alongside cliff face. swim down to 20 meters. lots of macro and juvies.
more info about The Boulders, Puerto Galera, Philippines including maps, reviews, and ratings...
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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Brazil Atlantic (South)"Taurus, the firm Wilson, sounds, was a little tug, but with great maneuverability especially in tight harbors, devise its system of rotating propeller within the duct.
He worked in ports such as Suape and Recife. where in 2003, during a maneuver in the river mouth sank, remained well
a few days. A rescue operation has brought the tug to the surface again. After the Wreck, due to damage and long-term use, the tug was decommissioned, leaning against the port of Recife where desequipado and was finally donated to the design of artificial reefs."
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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...