scuba diving vacations

Nov

2012

2013 World's Best Diving & Resorts: Indonesia

What's underneath the surface in this archipelago - the world's largest - brings new meaning to the old expression "the scientists are baffled." That's because in addition to the thousands of varieties of fish and coral, divers are finding unidentifiable marine life in the blue, in the muck and on the reefs, that naturalists are hard-pressed to catalog.

Nov

2012

2013 World's Best Diving & Resorts: Galapagos

Whale sharks, a pod of dolphins, sea lions, a school of hammerheads, a large Galapagos shark, green sea turtles, hundreds of almaco jacks, blue jacks, bacalao, a school of leather bass, Pacific dog snappers, masses of bluestriped chub, yellowfin tuna and blue runners. A lifetime of sightings? Nope. A week's worth? Try again. How about a single dive? Such is life at many of the dive sites in the Galapagos archipelago.

Nov

2012

2013 World's Best Diving & Resorts: Chuuk

The Federated States of Micronesia are made up of four island groups - Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae - located in the eastern half of the Pacific Ocean. They're roughly 3000 miles (5000km) west of Hawaii, lying just above the Equator. The four states are actually grouping of 607 small islands and atolls. Generally speaking, the FSM comprises what is known as the Eastern and Western Caroline Islands.

Nov

2012

2013 World's Best Diving & Resorts: Australia

Put yourself in this tantalizing equation: One diver into 2,900 different reefs, in 133,400 square miles of ocean, with 900 islands to explore and 1,500 fish species to encounter. It happens only on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, or as the locals simply call it, the "GBR."

Nov

2012

Riviera Maya is a True Paradise for Scuba Divers

Riviera Maya is one of Mexico’s most desired destinations for scuba divers and snorkelers. Not only does the destination boast the Great Mesoamerican Reef, the world’s second largest coral barrier reef, and one of the world’s largest systems of cenotes, but the diving experts in the region are committed to catering to all levels of diving experience to ensure all visitors to the Riviera Maya can partake in the sport.

Nov

2012

10 Best Warm-Water Scuba Diving Destinations

The hottest dive spots — from the Caribbean to the Pacific — to beat the cold-weather blues!

Nov

2012

2013 World's Best Diving & Resorts: Cayman Islands Department of Tourism

From full scuba certification courses to one-day experiences for those who've never breathed off a regulator, the Cayman Islands qualify as a scuba diving shrine. While Grand Cayman receives the most publicity and visitors, all three Cayman Islands - Little Cayman and Cayman Brac being the other two -- offer outstanding scuba diving.

Nov

2012

2013 World's Best Diving & Resorts: Philippines

Where three bodies of water converge, expect off-the-charts biodiversity — in this 7,000- island archipelago that forms the northern end of the Coral Triangle, the Pacific Ocean, South China Sea and Celebes Sea meet to support 2,000 marine species.

Nov

2012

2013 World's Best Diving & Resorts: Tahiti Tourism

If there is one island that summons up all the romance of the South Pacific as a tropical paradise, it is Tahiti. It's been that way for more than two centuries, since the island's charms (including its free-spirited women) helped spark the mutiny on the Bounty. Today the international airport in Tahiti's capital of Papeete is the gateway to all of French Polynesia.

Nov

2012

2013 World's Best Diving & Resorts: Tahiti

There are a few places in the world that require studying a tidal chart when planning the day’s diving, but perhaps nowhere else with as much South Pacific romantic beauty as the islands of French Polynesia. High tide brings you elbow-to-fin with sharks, dolphins, tunas and other hunters when you try “pass diving,” a signature Tahitian experience. Fly like Superman through the small inlets funneling into lagoon pools. This is shark diving at its finest: Encounter gray reef, silvertip, silky, whitetip reef, blacktip reef, milk, lemon, great hammerhead and tiger sharks.

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