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If you’re looking to dive with tigers sharks and your looking to dive in the Bahamas, plus, if you’re looking to scuba dive from a liveaboard boat, then a Bahamas tiger shark diving liveaboard is the perfect solution for you. Choosing the best liveaboard is important and the Bahamas Aggressor is certainly one of the best liveaboard scuba diving boats in the Bahamas.
Belize liveaboard scuba diving is the best way to dive the sea in this region. As shore diving is almost unheard of due to the barrier reef that fringes the coastline. Experience The Great Blue Hole (No. 1 of the 10 Most Amazing Places on Earth according to the Discovery Channel). See sharks, which include whale sharks, hammerheads, reef sharks, lemon sharks and bull sharks. Have the chance of meeting a manatee and dive in crystal clear warm Caribbean waters.
Bahamas liveaboard dive boats are the best way to scuba dive the Bahamas. One of the best places in the world to experience sharks, including tiger sharks and bull sharks. Also known for ship wrecks, with healthy coral reefs and abundant sea life, stunning sea walls and one of the top blue holes to dive in the world. With year-round warm seas and mild air temperatures, the Bahamas makes for a great diving destination.
Visit the Rowley Shoals by liveaboard. Offering some of the best diving in Australia or possibly the world. The reefs are among the most remote and pristine marine areas in the world. Due to their remoteness and abundance of sea-life, plus some of the best visibility available, some argue the diving there trumps The Great Barrier Reef. The only way to snorkel and dive the Rowley Shoals is by liveaboard, as they are some 300 kilometres (188 miles) off the coast from Broome in Western Australia. Also, the diving there is a very limited season from September to December.
It is possible to learn to dive on a liveaboard, but those that teach non-divers to dive are very few and far between. In fact, the latest research shows just one liveaboard that provides non-divers with learning how to dive.
One of the best opportunities to see Dwarf Minke Whales is on a liveaboard in Queensland Australia. Fly to Cairns on the north east coast of Queensland. Then join a liveaboard to swim, snorkel and dive the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef is in itself an amazing place. But if you visit between June and September, you may also be privileged to see and swim with Dwarf Minke Whales too.
Farne Islands diving is some of the best Scuba Diving in the UK there is. If you love to see wildlife, and in particular seals, then you’re in for a treat. The best time to to dive in the Farne Islands is late September to early October, when the adolescent seals are around and the water temperature is between 14-15C (57-59F). At this time they are very inquisitive and will engage with scuba divers. The best tip for them to come close, is to set your buoyancy and float on your back. Doing this makes you appear less threatening and they will come right up to you and even bite at your fins.
Scapa Flow is in the Orkney Islands in Scotland at the most northern tip of the UK. There are eight main ship wrecks to dive that remain from the scuttled German fleet. The dive depths range from about 12 metres (40 feet) to about 45 metres (150 feet). The waters are the warmest in September where they rise to 14C (57F), but go down to 4C (39F) in April. Visibility can be as good as 30 metres (100 feet), but also drop to around 10 metres (33 feet). Which in UK terms is very good visibility. Dive boats are boarded at a place called Stromness on Orkney mainland.
Deep diving is underwater diving to depths beyond first stage diver training. For PADI and NAUI this means deeper than 18 metres (60 feet) and BSAC deeper than 20 metres (66 feet). But in practice deep diving is beyond 30 metres (98 feet) when divers can experience nitrogen narcosis.
You can dive year-round on the Great Barrier Reef. Although the best conditions for scuba diving are from June through October. For liveaboard diving, the best time to go is July through November. In the Coral Sea, the visibility is best in June and in September.
This is the first of many scuba diving stories, and this one is a diving story of my own. It’s about the time I flew to South Africa to dive with Great White Sharks. Unfortunately for me it wasn’t to be, and whilst I got to see a very large female Great White Shark (and very close-up for that matter), I didn’t get to see her underwater from inside the shark-cage. Maybe next time? If you have a scuba diving short story, please complete the contact form to the right of this page.
Full face snorkel masks are dangerous because of the “dead Space” and the potential for the build-up of CO2 inside the mask. Deaths of snorkelers have been linked to full face snorkel masks, which is more likely to happen if you buy a cheap, poorly made mask or if these masks are used under duress.
