Diving Holidays

    Blue Hole Lighthouse Reef, Belize

    The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 kilometres (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, over 300 metres (984 ft) across and 124 metres (407 ft) deep. It has formed…

    Cenote Dos Ojos Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

    This is a Cavern Dive...Not a Cave Dive. Crystal fresh water and lots of Stalactites, stalagmites and columns.Good buoyancy required.
    Stalagtites at the cave

    Chac Mool Cenote Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

    This is a cenote, essentially a technical dive.Most of the dive is dark, light required.Also there is no open water overhead for most of the dive.We went on a guided dive.There are two cenotes in the immediate area a short walk from parking.It was a fantastic dive with interesting geological…

    Elephant Rock Manzanillo Bay, Mexico

    Grey Reef Shark

    Embudhoo Kandu South Male Atoll, Maldives

    The embudhoo is one of the only kandus on the east side of Vaadhoo region, therefore the currents here can be really strong. It is a protected marine area and there are many ways to dive this site depending on the current and interests of the diver.If the current is ingoing, the south part of the…
    The Fish Rock Cave

    Fish Rock - The Cave South West Rocks, Australia

    This is known to be one of the top 10 dive sites of Australia. This dive starts at 24m deep on the Southeastern side where there is a cave entrance. The cave enter the rock and runs for about 15 metres then rises vertically into a chimney where torches are needed. Often Wobbegongs and Crayfish are…
    Nurse Shark in the cave

    Fish Rock - The Cave South West Rocks, Australia

    This is known to be one of the top 10 dive sites of Australia. This dive starts at 24m deep on the Southeastern side where there is a cave entrance. The cave enter the rock and runs for about 15 metres then rises vertically into a chimney where torches are needed. Often Wobbegongs and Crayfish are…
    School of grey nurse sharks

    Fish Rock - The Cave South West Rocks, Australia

    This is known to be one of the top 10 dive sites of Australia. This dive starts at 24m deep on the Southeastern side where there is a cave entrance. The cave enter the rock and runs for about 15 metres then rises vertically into a chimney where torches are needed. Often Wobbegongs and Crayfish are…
    wobbegong shark

    Fish Rock - The Cave South West Rocks, Australia

    This is known to be one of the top 10 dive sites of Australia. This dive starts at 24m deep on the Southeastern side where there is a cave entrance. The cave enter the rock and runs for about 15 metres then rises vertically into a chimney where torches are needed. Often Wobbegongs and Crayfish are…

    Guraidhoo Kandu South Male Atoll, Maldives

    The whole Guraidhoo Kandu is a marine protected area, and has several dive sites. There are two main channels: Lhosfushi Kandu and Guraidhoo Kandu. Between them there is Medhu Faru. The reef is complicated and offers many different ways to dive the site. Is a highlight in South Male and some safaris…
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    HMAS Brisbane Sunshine Coast, Australia

    "The second HMAS Brisbane (D-41) was a Perth class guided missile destroyer laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company at Bay City, Michigan, USA, on 15 February 1965, launched on 5 May 1966, and commissioned on 16 December 1967. She was christened by the wife of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, who…
    Just another day at the office!

    HMS Pandora Far Northern, Australia

    HMS Pandora was a 24-gun frigate of the Royal Navy, built by Adams and Barnard at Deptford, and launched on 17 May 1779. She was deployed in North American waters during the American Revolutionary War but was put 'in ordinary' (mothballed) after 1783.When the news of the mutiny on the Bounty reached…
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    Lankan Manta Point North Male Atoll, Maldives

    Lankan or Manta point is one of the most exciting dive sites in Maldives. It consists on three cleaning stations (or four) for mantas. It is almost sure to find the big guys here.The most important part is to stay away of the cleaning stations (the base of the rocks). If a diver stands there, the…
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    Lankan Manta Point North Male Atoll, Maldives

    Lankan or Manta point is one of the most exciting dive sites in Maldives. It consists on three cleaning stations (or four) for mantas. It is almost sure to find the big guys here.The most important part is to stay away of the cleaning stations (the base of the rocks). If a diver stands there, the…

    Lankan Manta Point North Male Atoll, Maldives

    Lankan or Manta point is one of the most exciting dive sites in Maldives. It consists on three cleaning stations (or four) for mantas. It is almost sure to find the big guys here.The most important part is to stay away of the cleaning stations (the base of the rocks). If a diver stands there, the…
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    Maaya Thila North Ari Atoll, Maldives

    Maayaa thila is probably one of the most popular dive sites in North Ari Atoll, and is common to find 3, 4 or more dhoanis around with lots of divers around, specially in high season. It is a marine protected area that has a thila at 6m with a diameter of around 80 meters. Around the thila is a wall…

    Maaya Thila North Ari Atoll, Maldives

    Maayaa thila is probably one of the most popular dive sites in North Ari Atoll, and is common to find 3, 4 or more dhoanis around with lots of divers around, specially in high season. It is a marine protected area that has a thila at 6m with a diameter of around 80 meters. Around the thila is a wall…
    Scalloped Hammerhead

    Rasdhoo - Madivaru Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives

    On the south side of Madivaru island in the Rashdoo island is this worldwide famous site for Hammerhead Sharks encounters. The reef formation is spectacular and quite confusing, as it has two pools with sandy entrances, forming like bridges at 15m, with the pools at 20 to 30m.This dive site is…

    Punta Sur Cozumel, Mexico

    WARNING: Experienced divers only!Starts just after "Devil's Throat" with a great drop-off. Large groupers, turtles... There is a cave named "The Cathedral" with large sponges.
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    San Luciano wreck Manzanillo Bay, Mexico

    The San Luciano is a 300-foot-long steam vessel, sunk during the hurricane of 1959.This wreck is home of many sea horses and marine sea life. This is a great dive site for snorkelling (the top of the wreck is only 4 ft. beneath the surface).
    spiny puffers :)

    San Luciano wreck Manzanillo Bay, Mexico

    The San Luciano is a 300-foot-long steam vessel, sunk during the hurricane of 1959.This wreck is home of many sea horses and marine sea life. This is a great dive site for snorkelling (the top of the wreck is only 4 ft. beneath the surface).

    San Luciano wreck Manzanillo Bay, Mexico

    The San Luciano is a 300-foot-long steam vessel, sunk during the hurricane of 1959.This wreck is home of many sea horses and marine sea life. This is a great dive site for snorkelling (the top of the wreck is only 4 ft. beneath the surface).
    picture of the ship from the beach

    San Luciano wreck Manzanillo Bay, Mexico

    The San Luciano is a 300-foot-long steam vessel, sunk during the hurricane of 1959.This wreck is home of many sea horses and marine sea life. This is a great dive site for snorkelling (the top of the wreck is only 4 ft. beneath the surface).
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    Shark and Ray Alley Ambergris Caye, Belize

    Shark Ray Alley which was annexed to Hol Chan officially in 1999.This dive site offers large populations of manta, sting, and eagle rays, as well as nurse, sand, and Caribbean sharks are located here.

    Palancar Reef Cozumel, Mexico

    This was my first experience of a coral garden.I didn’t realise it wassuch a literal phrase, believing it to be more of an accepted term for acoral collective.Palancar reef is very garden like.In the clearwater against the pale sand, the coral colours are breathtaking as theypeek from caves…
    White Tip Reef Shark

    Hafza Thila North Ari Atoll, Maldives

    Great dive site as there is a cleaning station for sharks. The best way to do this dive is with the current. Jump in from the boat and descend as fast as possible to the end of the thila. It might be necessary to "climb" a little bit along the top of the thila. Once the current point is reached,…
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    Maalhoss Thila North Ari Atoll, Maldives

    On the northern side of Maalhoss there is the Maalhohu Uthuru Kandu, and in the middle this thila. The top is at 6m and in the south part there is a group of caves starting at 7m. They keep descending at a maximum of 25m. Inside lots of black coral (coloured white). This is a nice place for…

    Angaga Thila South Ari Atoll, Maldives

    This is a rounded and small thila 1,5km south west of Angaagau island. Starts at 10m and drops slowly to 30m. There is a big cave on the north part with a very good life. The thila is about 80m long, so is easy to circle it in one dive to find the groupers and grey reef sharks, swimming usually in…

    Hanifaru Bay Baa Atoll, Maldives

    Hanifaru Bay lies in the Baa Atoll, and is famous for its gathering of manta rays andwhale sharks - sometimes scores of mantas and several whale sharks,which are usually solitary and very rare - occurs occasionally betweenMay to November.Hundreds of Mantas come to this spot to feed, when the…
    Dos Ojos

    Cenote Dos Ojos Cenotes, Mexico

    Dos Ojos is a flooded cave systemlocated south of Playa Del Carmenand north of Tulum, on the Caribbeancoast, in the state of Quintana Roo,Mexico. The exploration of Dos Ojosbegan in 1986 and has never stoppedsince. The documented underwaterextend of the cave system is atleast 61 km.Dos Ojos has…
    Gran Cenote

    Gran Cenote Cenotes, Mexico

    This cenote is part of thesystem Sac Aktun which means white cave in Maya. In 2007 a team of cavediver discover the connection between this system and Nohoch Nah Chichand now we have the biggest system of underwater caves in the wold(157km ).Gran Cenote is located 4 km outside Tulum in Coba…
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    Gran Cenote Cenotes, Mexico

    This cenote is part of thesystem Sac Aktun which means white cave in Maya. In 2007 a team of cavediver discover the connection between this system and Nohoch Nah Chichand now we have the biggest system of underwater caves in the wold(157km ).Gran Cenote is located 4 km outside Tulum in Coba…
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    Gran Cenote Cenotes, Mexico

    This cenote is part of thesystem Sac Aktun which means white cave in Maya. In 2007 a team of cavediver discover the connection between this system and Nohoch Nah Chichand now we have the biggest system of underwater caves in the wold(157km ).Gran Cenote is located 4 km outside Tulum in Coba…
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    Gran Cenote Cenotes, Mexico

    This cenote is part of thesystem Sac Aktun which means white cave in Maya. In 2007 a team of cavediver discover the connection between this system and Nohoch Nah Chichand now we have the biggest system of underwater caves in the wold(157km ).Gran Cenote is located 4 km outside Tulum in Coba…
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    Las Redes Akumal, Mexico

    This site was named by the original explorers of the Akumal reef for the giant commercial fishing net that was found blanketing it. Now, the net has been removed, but the marine life still abounds. Las Redes is known for the abundant marine life, schooling fish, barracudas, stingrays, lobsters and…

    Dick's Reef Akumal, Mexico

    This site was named after Old Dick, the now retired former owner of The Original Akumal Dive Shop. This is the most topographically diverse dive site in Akumal with coral structures that reach 20 feet (6m) from the bottom to interspersed islands of coral in the sand.For you brave divers, ask any of…

    Xaak Akumal, Mexico

    This 60-90 ft. dive site, located about 15 minutes north, is a very special dive. Reef fingers reach up to 30 feet from the sea floor. Turtles, nurse sharks, rays, and a bright spectrum of fish are common sightings here.
    Spider Crab

    Hol Chan Marine Reserve Ambergris Caye, Belize

    Hol Chan means 'little channel' in Mayan and is one of the most popular day trips from Ambergris Caye.There are three dive sites in the area where you can see many reef fish, groupers, rays eels, lobster, crabs and nurse sharks.

    La Poza de Sabalos Xcalak, Mexico

    5 minutes boat ride from shore. Tarpon all year round. Sometimes you can see Turtles, Eagle Rays, Sting Rays, Nurse Sharks, Morey Eels...

    Poza Rica Xcalak, Mexico

    The kind of Dive Site where you can spend your whole dive in a few square meters and find lots of interesting stuff.