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United States Atlantic (North American coastal)Empire Mica is a freighter sunk during WWII by two torpedoes from the German submarine U67, 33 seamen perished during the sinking. Horrified residents on the shore could see the ship as it drifted in flames for more than 24 hours. Exact location is 29° 18' 54.8 N 085° 21' 11.69 . One of the giant propellers from the ship was salvaged and sits in front of a popular seafood restaurant in Panama City, FL--Capt Anderson's. A spare prop was located on the deck of the ship, but that portion has since collapsed, and it is much more difficult to find.
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Mozambique Mozambique Channel DIVE LODGE SET ON FINGER OF LAND THAT HAS THE RIVER ON THE WEST AND SEA ON THE EAST. NORTH SECTION OF THE LODGE IS THE RIVER MOUTH. ACCESS TO LODGE IS ONLY BY 4 BY 4 VEHICLE. LODGE HAS ACCOMMODATION RANGING FROM UP MARKET 4 BEDROOM TO CAMPING. FULL RESTURANT AND BAR. Diver sites include gardens, walls, swim-throughs and intriguing caverns. Reefs which teem with an endless variety of marine life producing an ever changing colour kaleidoscope.
From sharks, rays, mantas, game fish and morays to the amazing quantity of tropicals.
dive sites with names like Playstation, Manta, The Ridge and Zambia Shoal.
WATER TEMP IS THE UPPER 20'S There are 12 regular sea dive sites and still many more to be explored. The river makes excelent shallow diving with sea horses a plenty.
POPULAR DIVE REEFS Rappies Playstation 10m – 20m
This is an underwater fairy land, with deep gullies, caverns and awesome swim-throughs. Sheltered by a 10m high amphitheatre, this stunning site is home to Rappie, a 50kg Potato Bass, and his family. Rappie got his name due to a large Rapala hooked in his mouth. He is resident and is quite friendly. Kingfish are commonly seen here as well as sharks, mantas and morays. Minimum certificate : O.W. 1. Must have a minimum of 30 dives.
Manta Reef 12m – 21m
As its name implies, one stands a good chance of seeing Manta-Rays on this reef. The reef is also home to an abundance of fish species including Potato and Brindle Bass. Caves and deep gullies riddle the reef, which is quite extensive with some good drop offs. Gamefish and sharks are frequently seen here.
Robs Ridge 8m – 15m
This site consists of a ridge running parallel to the coast and is home to an amazing amount and variety of tropicals. The outside edge has numerous crevices and caves that are home to Moray’s and Skates. Kingfish and Couta are also seen here as well as the occasional shark. Coral, especially dishes, are abundant and diverse. This is a lovely drift dive where one can drift for up to 1km. Minimum certificate : O.W.1
Zambia Shoal 5m – 26m
This shoal lies +/- 15km from the base and runs parallel to the coast +/- 4km off shore. The shoal is approximately 6km long x 400m wide and is a gamefish paradise. Regularly seen are species like Couta, Kingies, Wahoo, Sailfish and Marlin. The shoal is also home to a huge variety of corals. Sharks, Mantas, Whale Sharks and Rays are common sightings. Viz. Averages : +/- 20mMinimum Certificate : O.W.1
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Maldives Indian Oceanat a cleaning station for mantas, we wre very lucky on our first dive to have these udewater 747's swim around us. This picture captures their size in realtion to the group of divers watching them, and makes us feel pretty small in the process
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Maldives Indian Oceanwe were just starting to chill out after the 2 morning dives offf of our liveaboard dive boat in the maldives, when all of a sudden we heard the shout "whalesharkey, whalesharkey". We grabbed our mask snorkel and fins and jumped in. There were several other boats int he area and it seemed everyone had converged on this whale shark. One of the things Cathy Vhurch had taughtme was not to swim linear with marine animals, but in arcs. I separated from the pack andparalleled the whale shark, watching his pectoral fins. When I saw him dip his left pec fin I know he would be coming in my direction. I froze in the water, just barely breathing and when he approached, I was rewarded with this shot.
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Antigua & Barbuda Caribbean SeaLove the way this photo looked.
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Puerto Rico Caribbean SeaCrash Boat offer many marine live surprises
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Turks and Caicos islands Caribbean SeaTwo big coral heads around the mooring that attract lots of marine life to the area. Often find common octupus out in the daytime. The wall is a south heading from the mooring line about 50 feet.
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United States Atlantic (North American coastal)The Car Bodies site off of Mexico Beach Florida has numerous artificial reefs in 50 to 80 feet. You can find a GPS numbers and descriptions of the reefs on the Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association website (MBARA.org).
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Mexico Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of CaliforniaDive trip from Club Cantamar
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Australia Coral SeaVisted by a lot of day boats, so coral cover and quality not as pristine as it might be. Still a nice enough site though.
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Maldives Indian OceanVery good for diferent level diving
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New Zealand Pacificgreat site
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New Zealand Pacificwall dive to 50m all around island, summer temp 18c, boat from tutukaka.
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Portugal Atlantic (European coastal)Thois picture was manipulated
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Portugal Atlantic (European coastal)We can find many nudibranchs on this Island
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South Africa Mozambique ChannelBoat entry, rough launches, lots of charters to choose from. Always early morning starts
Selection of reefs: 2 mile, 5 mile, 7 mile and 9 mile - these are the distances from shore (boat ride).
Varying depths, lots of variety of reefs, amazing marine life.
Viz can be an issue as the current and swell can pick up considerably with changing winds etc., but always a challenge and lots of fun. Not for the faint-hearted.
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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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Egypt Red Sea2 Wrecks Numidia and Aida, Sharks
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United States PacificThe cliffs off halona blow hole go from cliff to 15 feet to 40 feet to 100 feet. Approximately cliff to 100 feet within 200 feet from shore. Hard to get in and out if any swell is apparent. I saw a Manta ray last time I dove there.
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Egypt Red SeaReef St. Johns
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