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French Polynesia PacificSchool of Jacks chasing away a grey reef shark. Check out the love bites on this pregnant beauty!
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Cayman islands Caribbean SeaThis is not a dive site, but a location for wildlife. There are nurse sharks in the canal as well as loads of large Iguanas and more. Worth a look - check it out from one of the stingray dive/snorkel boats from people like Don Fosters Dive
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Australia Tasman SeaGreat shore dive, with swim throughs, little caves, & plenty of fish life. Good solid Sydney shore dive.
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Mexico Caribbean SeaAlways great. A must dive location... year after year.
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Cayman islands Caribbean SeaA typical WSW wall dive for Cayman. Just off Smith's Cove at Eagle Ray Rock. There are beautiful swim-thru's and if you can find one that's not highly traveled, you'll see marine life that we have not bumped into. The operators are very into no touchy-feelie, but rookies (and even experienced divers) sometimes get too close.
Cayman is great for the small stuff, turtles, rays etc. - if you want sharks, go elsewhere (although we do get a few off the North wall) - the life here is great but look hard and slow down - there's no rush man!
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French Polynesia PacificSafety stop ring bubble
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Bahamasbeautiful walls
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Egypt Red SeaOne of the best Hurghada-neightbour dive sites.
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Cayman islands Caribbean SeaThe west side of Cayman is great. It's quite well dived but there's loads to see. Don Fosters are my operator of choice. People say the North wall is better and it is great - but for me, dives on the West always result in great enjoyment.
The deep dive is usually to 100ft. and then the following shallow usually to 50. It's usual to see more life on the shallow dive but the deeper dive results in more spectacular stuff as far as I am concerned.
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Ireland Irish SeaMy buddy and I
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Malaysia South China SeaAs the name suggests, this site has a small lighthouse on top of a long narrow but shallow reef. The reef itself is quite large and has a variety of habitats. Under the legs of the lighthouse it is only 4 metres to the top of the reef. The coral here is in excellent condition and therefore popular with snorkelers during the day, but it also is the hang out for small shoals of fish and makes an excellent safety stop after the dive. Going West from the lighthouse and dropping off the coral takes you to a whip garden at a depth of 12 to 14 metres and a good spot to find Whip Gobies. Look out for the grumpy Titan Triggerfish that patrols this area. I think it's best to dive this site as a twilight dive as the sun is going down and catch the dramatic light as it shines through the legs of the lighthouse. Lots of Anemonefish and colourful coral here. Sea Temp 29c in May
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Bahamas Atlantic (South)This was my 4th year diving the Exumas.
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Fiji Koro SeaThis great shark was sleeping and allowed me to approach within 10'. Kai Viti Divers at Wananavu Resort makes 3 tank dive trips to the Bigh Waters.
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Cayman islands Caribbean SeaGreat Dive, the visibility was about 70 feet. The diving on Cayman Brac and Little Cayman are, in my opinion, superior to the diving on Grand Cayman
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Cayman islands Caribbean SeaLots of vibrate corals and fish. Current is swift. Freedive/snorkelled along reef and channel opening.
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French Polynesia PacificCanon G9, Ikelite housing no strobe
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United Kingdom AtlanticWeather dependent but potential for fantastic green temperate water diving.
Unspoilt and isolated.
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Turkey Aegean SeaPerfect place for diving. With geat variety of spicies.
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Turkey Aegean SeaThe place is developed by Active Blue Dive Center which is quite professinal diving center with very good educated staff. The place could offer diferent depth divings, you could find many of the aegean spicies. You could also see the proto corals, aincient remainings, hot water underwater springs etc.
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Pakistan Arabian SeaShores of Karachi
Korangi creek
This is the only beach in the whole Karachi which is safe to use for water sports round the year. Its protected shallow water, the beautiful surrounding mangroves forest makes it look like a paradise.
During the time of British Empire “Dogs and locals” were not allowed. Ironically still even after the so called independence locals are not allowed to go to the beach yet. In early 90’s the Pakistan Air force spent millions of dollars to set up wind surfing club. One of the hangers was converted into storage facilities for wind surfers, Catamarans and rescue boats. Special slip way (ramp) was constructed for convenient of loading and off loading boats and boards. Since the excess was restricted t Karachites. The club with its all glory did not survive more then couple of years.
DHA Encroachment wall.
This wall is artificially created to grab the land from the nature; this swampy land was nesting ground for migratory birds, and the home for fishing communities. Fisherman’s families were living for centuries had been slowly evicted in order to build a colony for soldiers, large inter tidal area and the sandy beaches had been converted in to prize land for obscene profit making schemes with total disregard for ecology, and environment. Consequently, to day Bunder Island is under the threat of sinking, Gizri Creek entrance had been blocked, not far in future mangroves will pay the ultimate price. Some expert said “that over a period of time, The Landhi and Korangi industrial area could come under the threat of flooding by sea water”.
The second largest marina club was design to provide water sports for karachiits. Unfortunately the major investment of building and operating this club was phenomenal cost. along this DHA marina club there were 40 other plots were designs for general public to built there sea front water sports club. But the position of the plots never handed over to the civilians. Ironically this marina club did not have floating marina.
Clifton Beach
Clifton is the safest beach of Karachi city, the gentile slope takes hundreds of meters before it gets four feet deep, even during the monsoon people can play around safely and have fun.
This beach has blackish soft sand; the Oysters rocks consist of three islands use to be a paradise for scuba divers, the rich fauna and flora around the islands was attractive site for safe diving and bottom fishing... In early fifties and sixties we could see a flourishing colony of Sea horses. Over the period the pollution slowly destroyed the habitats of the marine life, the underwater visibility use to be 30 feet has reduced to 5ft. after the disaster of Tasman Sprit it not safe for scuba diving in this area.
The two sources of the pollutions which brings millions of gallons of polluted water to the Clifton beach are, One from the west, the entrance of Keamari harbor with each out going tide every day. The source is Neher-e- Khayam of Boat Basin pouring millions of gallons of raw sewage every day, which mixes up with the industrial pollutant from Layari River ends up on the Clifton beach and the other source is Gizri creek pouring millions of gallons of industrial pollutant from Landhi, Korangi industrial area, and the Bhance colony, through Malir River, and the Korangi creek.
Manora Island
Manora Island and the connecting road to the sand-pit should have been a pride tourist attraction, earning millions of $ for the city, it is off limit to the civilians the old fishing communities has been systematically genocide. The sandy beaches on the south of the island and the connecting belt one side and on Northern side the forest of lash green Mangroves forest. A pool of biodiversity, had been fenced out for the karachiites
Baba-Bhit & Shamsh-Pir
The two famous and historical Islands who were the backbone of the fishing communities are in wretched condition. The resident of those Island are treated like 2nd class citizens in thei...
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