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Norway Atlantic (European coastal)Steep wall with small sandy shelves, sometimes big shoals fish.
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Greece Aegean SeaA wall dive that facilitates plenty of interesting marine life if you can see it!!! Visibility is rather limited all year round with a few exceptions (August, September). Relatively deep 30-40m.
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Mexico Caribbean SeaAwsome dive - lots of fish and overhanging mounds w/ a few swim throughs
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Maldives Indian OceanExperience grade: OK for Open water divers, but make sure not to wait too long on the surface while there is some current.
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This dive sites is simply excellent. It has a very convenient shape, and beautiful formations, easy to dive and you can always expect to get thrilled by a nice encounter.
On your way down - you will get surrounded by a giant shoal of blue keel unicorn fish.
You will be able to see the top of the thila as soon as you stick your head under the surface. It is shaped oval and the top is at 5 -13m, which makes it extremely convenient for a safety stop on the way up.
The thila is sloping down steadily on each side with plateaus and big coral blocks positioned here and there all the way to the sandy bottom at around 35m.
By the coral blocks on the top you will be able to find stone fish and scorpion fish hiding underneath and in small holes and crevices. If you look really carefully, it is often possible to find a small leaf fish, hiding between the soft coral and sponges.
Under some of the bigger coral blocks you can sometimes find baby white tip reef shark or a nurse shark or two.
Hawksbill turtles and gray reef sharks are visiting the thila frequently.
more info about Hafza Thila including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Northern Mariana Islands Philippine Sea A VERY NICE DIVE SITE............PHOTOS CAN ONLY BEGIN TO DESCRIBE SUCH A PLACE! more info about "GROTTO" including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Honduras Caribbean SeaVery popular dive site in the south west of Utila. Shallow bay with very fine sand and some seagrass, slightly sloping deeper, opening with a hard coral walls towards the east and west, 30m+. Garden eels in the deeper parts on the sand. Juvenile angelfish, Peterson cleaner shrimp, arrow crabs, juvenile spotted drums hiding out at cleaning stations on the sand. Seahorses and Peacock flounders. On the reef creole wrasse, butterflyfish, trumpetfish, hawksbill turtles. Good for macro.
more info about Little Bight, Utila including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Norway Norwegian SeaBig wreck in good shape. resting at the dept of approximately 180 feet
Visibility 20- 90 feet, depending on the season.
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Indonesia Flores SeaManta Alley located about Tora Langkoi Bay was described in the briefing as a deep gully that funnels the changing tide at up to 3-4 knots at the top and bottom of the tide, and could still be running at up to 1 knot during our dive at "slack water". A bit of a giveaway from the name of the site, but this signature Komodo dive is the main location in Komodo to find manta rays - often as many as 10 or 20. It's a rock islet that just punctures the sea's surface in a small craggy chain, inside the bay along the south coast of Komodo.
Streamed out on the end of your reef hook, are exposed to the full force of the current, so your valve free-flows as you face into it, your hose vibrates like a guitar string and mask is likely to fill with water whenever turn a head
You'll start your dive to the east of the rocks where another submerged mound rises to just a few metres below the surface. In the lee area between this mound and the rocky islet, where the maximum depth is 15 metres, there are almost always a couple of juvenile mantas playing around.
Another option however, is to drop down the steep eastern slope of the mound to the site's deepest section. Follow the slope of orange soft corals and encrusting invertebrates down to depth where giant trevally, white tip and black tip reef sharks roam in search of food. Make your way round to the north and in the direction of the islet chain, keeping alert for some huge black fantail rays resting on the bottom of the reef's substrate.
Eventually you arrive at a series of 3 underwater channels that run between the islet and its most northerly rocky protrusion. The channels are 18 metres or so deep and quite wide. Often schools of large bumphead parrotfish hang out here and mantas circle this area too.
Once you're through the channels onto the west side of the islet, you'll be out of bottom time and making your way up to 5 metres. Again the shallows here seem to be a favourite jaunt with manta rays. If the rays are not present then watch the surge areas close to the rocks. These are home to some formidably sized fish such as mangrove red snapper, emporers and giant sweetlips. Great barracuda often patrol here too.
Manta Alley is always one of the most frequently requested dives on any Komodo liveaboard, provided that you can handle the chill of these southern waters.
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Northern Mariana Islands Philippine Sea I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE BEST DIVE SITES IN MICRONESIA. THE SERIES OF UNDERWATER CAVES OFFER DIVERSE MARINE LIFE AND THE LIGHT AND SHADOWS AND COLORS ARE SUPERB FOR AN UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER! more info about "LEFT VENTRICLE" AT THE GROTTO including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Maldives Indian OceanRasdhoo Atoll - Maldives.
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Belize Caribbean SeaDaily boat trip is about 90 minutes to the dive site. To see the whale sharks, its important to dive 2-4 days after a full moon and the best months are April, May and June. Placencia is a pretty quaint little town, nothing like the far busier San Pedro. Seahorse Dive Shop is probably the best in the area and the owners are fantastic divers and captains.
more info about Gladden Spit, East of Placencia, Belize including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Indonesia Celebes SeaBetter than Bunaken or Siladen. Lots of soft coral. Occasional schools of bumphead parrotish.
more info about Bangka Island, Bunaken National Marine Park including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Netherlands Antilles Caribbean SeaNice dive at Playa Lagun, one of the top spots at the caribbean island curacao.
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Maldives Indian OceanExperience grade: OK for Open water divers, but make sure not to wait too long on the surface while there is some current.
This dive sites is simply excellent. It has a very convenient shape, and beautiful formations, easy to dive and you can always expect to get thrilled by a nice encounter.
On your way down - you will get surrounded by a giant shoal of blue keel unicorn fish.
You will be able to see the top of the thila as soon as you stick your head under the surface. It is shaped oval and the top is at 10 -13m, which makes it extremely convenient for a safety stop on the way up. During rough sea you may difficult to find the Thila, so better to carry GPS.
The thila is sloping down steadily on each side with plateaus and big coral blocks positioned here and there all the way to the sandy bottom at around 35m.
By the coral blocks on the top you will be able to find stone fish and scorpion fish hiding underneath and in small holes and crevices. If you look really carefully, it is often possible to find a small leaf fish, hiding between the soft coral and sponges.
Under some of the bigger coral blocks you can sometimes find baby white tip reef shark or a nurse shark or two.
Hawksbill turtles and gray reef sharks are visiting the thila frequently.
more info about Hafza Thila - North Ari Atoll including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Papua New Guinea PacificPig Island isn't shown on the map. It's the last in a small chain along the barrier reef. It's one of our most popular dive sites. Check
website and click on the Pig Island tag for more info.
more info about Pig Island - ocean side reef including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Spain Atlantic (African coastal)Quiet bay. The dive is from harbour with a comfortable entry. Full of sea horses, damsel fish, nudis, an lot of small stuff
more info about Sardina Bay, Canary Island including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Norway Atlantic (European coastal)ww2 wreck in good condition, one of the my favourite wreckcs. Depht is fro 60 feet to 130 feet, deck level.
Normally you will find schools of fish here, and the wreck is a must for uw photographers :)
more info about "fisser" including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Honduras Caribbean SeaPopular dive site on the south shore of Utila, named after the type of black corals found there. Shallow top of the reef with sand channels and hard coral formations, then more or less steep wall of hard corals dropping down to 40m+ parallel to the shore. Different kinds of angelfish, creole wrasse, trumpetfish, toadfish, spotted drum, green moray, slender filefish.
more info about Black Coral Wall, Utila including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Egypt Red SeaSuperb dive spot for larger pelagics and coral life.
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Papua New Guinea PacificA shipping channel between Kranket Island and Leper Island near Madang.
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