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Spring is Here Again - Cairns Australia
By Bob Halstead October in Cairns is magnificent. The South-East trade winds loose their sting, the sky clears and is so blue that looking out over the beaches the sea looks sparkling and clear and blue too. Fooled by all this, I went for a swim with some friends off Trinity Beach, one of Cairns’ Northern Beaches. We had a barbeque on one of the excellent free council barbeques, did not illegally consume a bottle or three of pink sparkling wine in a public place, and got wet. Along the beach the...
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Diving Lanzarote
Always wanted to learn how to dive but never had or took the time to do it. Did a lot of traveling all over the world and every place I have been I just looked quickly with a mask and snorkel. Well that changed about 11 years ago, I did my PADI Open Water back in the Netherlands where I am from, becouse I was traveling a month later to Central America and would be two days of on Roatan/Honduras. The water was cold during my course and no visability but I liked it a lot. Than the two days I was o...
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Total Submersion @SunsetHouse!
Total Submersion is heading to Grand Cayman 1 - 8 June 2013, for an unforgettable diving excursion here at Sunset House. Book your spot today to meet new dive buddies, explore great dive sites, explore the Kittiwake wreck and much more - all in eight days! Packages start at $1499 including :Roundtrip on-island transfersSeven nights accommodations Four days of two-tank boat diving Unlimited shore divingWelcome cocktail partySpecial guestsSpecialty Clinics, seminars, contests and prizesUnderwater ...
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Fall Special (Better than 5th Night Free Packages)!
During this exciting time of the year, where diving is at it peak, with everything from flat calm seas to coral spawning, Sunset House is offering for travellers booking early 25% off accommodation portion of their package and 20% off the dive portion of their packge.This special is only for all classes of rooms, based on availibility. 7 nights accommodations in an ocean view room, 6 days of two tank boat diving, unlimited shore diving, daily breakfast, transfers from and to the airport here in ...
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Im Alive, dream or reality
IM ALIVE! How many times have we forgotten to live, focused in our obligations and surviving, forgetting completely the sense of live, and all the dreams that we used to have when we were children. Well, I can say that dreams exist, and they can come true, all is to keep the faith and look in to your heart and wait for the magic to make them real. I can tell you that since my childhood the love for the sea and its living creatures was fomented by my parents to whom I am deeply thankful for the o...
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Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay Las Vegas Nevada
So for Xmas I did another tank dive. Shark reef at Mandalay bay Las Vegas is a really cool dive, with lots of life in the tank. The tour starts with a tour of the entire facility and then off to the locker rooms to don your wet suit. Once you are comfortably in your 5 mill you slide in to a full chain mail suit, bcd, then in to a small pool for weight check. After a few fin pivots the dive master opens a gate and you are off into the shark pool. Down on the top of the "ship wreck" one more safet...
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Diving along the western U.S. coastline (California)
Scuba diving is a passion that is shared by individuals in all parts of the world. It is a common bond that unites people for years of enjoyment.Although the East Coast of the United States is fertile with magnificent......
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Get in the water and win a new Aquadive watch: Fort Lauderdale FL Wreck Trek
Entries rolling in for the Aquadive Great Underwater Watch Hunt in Wreck Trek Fort Lauderdale! The first official entrant in the Aquadive Great Watch Underwater Watch Hunt officially turned in her token and clues on Thursday, December13, 2012 and is now in the running for a new Aquadive Bathyscaphe 100 wristwatch (value $1990). UK diver Caroline Cunningham put together the clues hidden amidst the famous wrecks off the shores of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and found her token for entry into the comp...
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The Turtle Tomb - Pulau Sipadan
96 800x600 THE SECRET OF SIPADAN, THE TURTLE TOMB The sea always have had a special place in human dreams, it is the place of sailors and divers legends and even the subject of great novels like Julio Verne’s Thousand Leagues Under the sea, where the professor Pierre Aronax prisoner of Captain Nemo narrate his adventures in his trip in Nautilos. The deep space of the sea keeps many mysteries that we have tried to investigate and develop, nevertheless in many cases we could just being surprised a...
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Shark Feeding course in Chainmail w/ Cristina Zenato
Ever wonder what it’s like to hand feed sharks in chainmail? Well this was on my bucket list and I poked around the internet and found 2 "local" shark feeding programs. Both were located in the Bahamas, just a puddle jumper of a flight away from my humble abode in southeast Florida, Fort Lauderdale’ish to be exact. One was Stuart’s Cove which was a 2 day course and the other was a 3 day course run by UNEXSO. I have never seen the Stuart’s Cove operation so I can only compare from what I’ve read ...
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Top Tennessee Dive Sites for 2012
Jeff’s Quarry - (3.88 out of 5 with 8 votes as of 10/25/2012) A privately owned quarry near Murfreesboro, TN. About 10 acres with no facilities on site but reasonably good visibility. There were cars, boats, platforms, a city bus, tires, an airplane and a van with a small skeleton suspended. Loch Low-Minn Quarry - (3.81 out of 5 with 27 votes as of 10/25/2012) Loch Low-Minn is a dive resort dedicated to instructors, students, and certified divers. Paddlefish are one of the oldest fishes, with fo...
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Bonaire Full Moon Dive, APR 2010
(Sorry about the alignment, but I can’t find the gaps in the editing view.) Dive # 421 Date: 28APR10 Location: Bari Reef, Bonaire Pressure IN: 3300 OUT: 900 Capacity: 80 cu.ft. Time IN: 10:45pm OUT: midnight Bottom Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Maximum Depth: 40 ft. Visibility: murky in the shallows, but fine below 25 ft. Bottom conditions: reef and sand chutes Temperature Air: 80’F (approx) Water: 82’F no current Highlights:- sea plumes in the sand at the top of the reef- sleeping parrot fish, lying ...
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Top Puerto Rico Dive Sites for 2012
Fajardo - (12 votes, 3.92 out of 5 stars as of 8/27/2012) The marine life is very diverse, including manatee, dolphins, green and hawksbill turtles, spotted eagle rays, barracudas, groupers, lobsters, moray eels, cowfish, boxfish, blowfis, and more. Little caves are the favorite places of lobsters, puffer fishes, and eels... Flamingo Beach - (2 votes, 4 out of 5 stars as of 8/27/2012) The scuba diving here is amazing, with an abundance of marine life to enjoy. In addition to schools of vibrant t...
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Iberostar Cozumel Review
Iberostar Cozumel Just got back from Iberostar Cozumel. It was my first actually stay at the hotel. Visiting it years ago I was impressed with the beauty of it and finally had the opportunity to stay there. The hotel is set on the south end of the island and the last hotel before you get to the light house at the end of the island. It is an Eco friendly resort. The place is crawling with wildlife. Flamingos, turtles, tons of iquanas, and all kinds of birds. We saw parrots in the lobby visiting p...
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Top New Jersey Dive Sites for 2012
120 Wreck - (4 votes, 5 out of 5 stars as of 6/22/2012) The 120 Wreck lies about 8 miles from Manasquan Inlet, in 79-83 feet of water, on a nice hard sand bottom, and is very low-lying. Wreckage consists of a thick keel, about 120 feet long and 3-4ft high and 3 feet wide, with low decking off to the sides. A chain pile, no anchor, and some deck winches and bollards are evident Algol - (4 votes, 4.5 out of 5 stars as of 6/22/2012) This is the largest vessel yet used in the New Jersey Artificial R...
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Top Minnesota Dive Sites for 2012
Madeira Wreck - (4 votes, 3.5 out of 5 stars as of 6/18/2012) The Madeira was built and launched at the Chicago Yard of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company in 1900. It had a plate keel and was shaped very flat and full to maximize cargo capacity with minimum draft. The vessel was built to carry bulk cargoes of grain, lumber or iron ore economically about the Great Lakes and on the coasts, under tow of a steam powered freighter... Square Lake - (8 votes, 3 out of 5 stars as of 6/18/2012) Square Lake...
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Top Wisconsin Dive Sites for 2012
Prins Willem V - (10 votes, 4.10 out of 5 stars as of 5/15/2012) Known as the "Willie" this is one of the most popular wrecks in Milwaukee. She lies intact at about 80ft with penetration possible for the trained and experienced divers. Dutch motorship built in 1948 at Neder-Hardinxveld, Netherlands by N.V. Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek, "De Merwede" Voorheen Van Vliet & Co. for Oranje Line, Maatschappij Zeetransport N.V., Rotterdam, Holland. On May 10, 1940, when she was only two-thirds complete...
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Top New Mexico Dive Sites for 2012
Blue Hole - Santa Rosa (22 votes, 3.68 out of 5 stars as of 5/9/2012) Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, has been visited by mammoths, native Indians, Spanish conquistadors and even famous outlaws. This deep well of clear, artesian water now hosts thousands of wet-suit-clad divers each year. Also known as "Nature’s Jewel," it’s a favorite site for dive training because of its consistent year-round water temperature and good visibility. Besides drawing divers from all across New Mexico, the spr...
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AN UNUSUAL DIVE: Jules Undersea Lodge
Damon - 5/03/2012 4:38 PM
I know many divers who dive every month, and are quick to say: "Great live-aboard cruise! I must have logged in a jillion dives!" I must be a lousy SCUBA diver, because diving once or twice a year is more than enough for me. Diving just for the sake of diving, or taking photos of star-fish bores me I need a specific destination or activity (i.e. exotic animal encounters) to make it interesting. So, since my PADI Certification in 2001, I’ve sought out unique experiences. One fun dive was in the d...
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Top Bahamas Dive Sites for 2012
Dean’s Blue Hole - Clarence Town on Long Island (15 votes, 4.53 out of 5 stars as of 4/30/2012) The deepest blue hole in the world—at 202 metres (663 ft)—is Dean’s Blue Hole, located in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas. Shark Dive - Nassau (21 votes, 4.52 out of 5 stars as of 4/30/2012) Dive with 40-60 Caribbean Reef Sharks James Bond Wrecks - Nassau, New Providence (23 votes, 4.22 out of 5 stars as of 4/30/2012) "Wrecks" from two James Bond films. The boat from "Never Say Nev...
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