Lots of fun scuba diving in Kona Hawaii.....
2009-09-18 07:51:00 Here's a goby I've been wanting to get a good picture of for a long time, this one's about as close as I've managed to get, I may have another more head-on pic I've got to photoshop that may come out OK. I'm thinking this is a Twospot Sandgoby (Coryphopterus duospilus). The picture really doesn't do them justice, in real life they're.... invisible.... well, almost. They've got see through bodies. You can see all their internal structure and their body meat is literally clear.We've been diving pretty much every day since my little 4 day break early in the month. Tomorrow I'm not on the boat though, Bob and Cathy will lead the charter... gotta sit in my office and wait for the phone guy to come and get me service.... I ordered phone service a while back and the office is loaded with phone jacks as it used to have a multi-desk travel agency in it, but none of them work. I'm to expect the technician some time between 8 am and 5 pm... I can't help but think of the Seinf...
Mozambique, Africa, Scuba Diving Destinations
2009-08-17 07:42:00 SeeTheGlobe.com Travel Article :: Vibrant coral reefs are scattered all over the sea bottom in the close vicinity of the very protected launching site and varies from only a few meters to over 40 meters deep and therefore cater for the beginner as well as the advanced diver! This is the divers chance to indulge him/herself in coral reef diving "par excellence" and to experience the sight of huge Mata rays, whale sharks, enormous moray eels, vigorous game fish, massive potato basses and more! Nowhere else in Mozambique are Mantas so common and it is no wonder that the Inhambane coast is lately being called, the “Manta Coast”!Rate and Review : Mozambique, Africa, Scuba Diving Destinations
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Stimulus money pays fishermen to snare lost nets
2009-08-04 06:02:00 When commercial diver Kenny Woodside takes to the depths, he enters a world of murky low light and dangerous currents. Until recently Woodside and about 100 hundred other divers searched Puget Sound... Extensive site includes news of various topics like Marine animals,Marine biology, sharks,Whales,sea mammals,endangered species,birds,turtles,penguine,-seal,planktons,Fish,coral reef,coastal environment and more
Good fun scuba diving today.....
2009-06-23 07:51:00 We had fun today. Went up to "Hoover's" for the first dive, ended up at Kaloko for the second dive. At about 60-65 minutes into the second dive, customer Mel found this fish... nice find. It's a Devil Scorpion (Scorpaenopsis diabolus). This one wasn't all that large, maybe 7 inches or so. They are essentially one of the stone fish, and have a knack for blending in to their surroundings. Mel said she saw it move as she went by... what is noticeable about them when they move is the back side of their pectoral fins, they're extremely bright, looking like a brightly colored butterfly when they skip along the bottom.Here's a quick shot of the back view. You can only see the color open up right when they move, and I just barely caught part of it, but you get the idea.Later, Steve
Great scuba diving in Kona Hawaii today....
2009-06-21 08:49:00 Here's a Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta) feeding on a Blood Star. These little shrimp feed on the tube feet and legs of starfish. They are occasionally found deep in antler corals. When we find them we consider ourselves lucky, they often stay in the same coral head for long periods of time so we've got a shot at finding them repeatedly.We're at the start of a long stretch of days of diver charters. Today we were at High Rock for the first dive. I captained and the divers came up quite happy... great viz - 150' plus, along with lots of critters. Cathy said if the pinnacle wasn't in the way they could've probably seen the boat from the north arch (we're probably talking 200-250 feet or so)... man, that's clear. Between dives we moved down to Golden Arches and I hopped in for a Captain's dive, the surge had come up by then and the water was a bit milky, but probably still in the 125' plus visibility range. I didn't bother putting on my wetsuit... it's running 80...
Scuba Diving Cat
2009-03-04 05:48:00 Check this out! It's a video of a scuba diving cat (who looks a lot like Simon) involved in some kind of Russian experiment:
Kathleen Mitchinson?s Scuba Diving Group Missing off Indonesia | Marva Medi
2008-06-07 17:30:00 Kathleen Mitchinson, an experienced British scuba diver and dive master, was leading a group of European tourists on a dive when all five disappeared from the waters near Indonesia on Friday. British, French and Swedish scuba divers are among the missing. The divers were in the waters of Komodo National Park, exploring this 17 Zoom(s)
International Reality TV adventure filmmakers eye Philippine islands
2008-06-06 18:55:00 International adventure film producers of reality game show consider the Philippines as a good site after the 8th edition of “Survivor France” was successfully filmed in Caramoan, Camarines Sur. Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano told Davao reporters that the successful filming of Survivor France led other international producers to consider the islands in the Philippines as ...
Scuba Diving in Indonesia
2008-05-31 07:36:00 By Lilah Tusko Indonesia is one of the top scuba diving destinations in the world because of it has 20 percent of the world’s coral reefs concentrated in the waters. Indonesia is made up of more than 13,000 tropical islands (many of them deserted) and boasts of the longest coastline of any country anywhere in the ...
Malapascua Island: Thresher shark capital of the world
2008-05-26 02:52:00 by MONTY HALL “Great Ocean Adventure” TV series For every moment of these trips spent arguing with a bovine check-in clerk at an airport, or sitting on a loo in a fly-blown hotel as the latest local delicacy thunders exuberantly out of your system, there is an ultimate reward. As a firm believer in karma, and having ...
Brooke?s Point in Palawan : Origin of world?s biggest pearl
2008-05-22 12:29:00 Brooke’s Point, Palawan : This progressive town is the origin of the Pearl of Allah or the Pearl of Lao Tzu, the biggest pearl in the world. The Tridacna shell, weighing almost 50 kilos of the clam ?pearl? which measures 9.45 inches in diameter and weighs 6.4 kilograms is still being kept at the house of ...
The Club Villa Hotel, Bentota, Sri Lanka
2008-05-06 17:34:00 BOUTIQUE VILLA HOTEL | 17 STANDARD AC ROOMS Bentota is a charming beach side town housing some of the best hotels in Sri Lanka. The Club Villa Hotel is one of the more popular 3 star hotels in Bentota and although a 3 star property, Club Villa feels a lot more luxurious than a regular ...
Taru Villas Taprobana, Bentota, Sri Lanka
2008-05-06 15:18:00 DELUXE 4 STAR BOUTIQUE HOTEL | 9 SUPERIOR ROOMS If you are looking for that perfect Sri Lankan beach holiday away from the big cities, then head 40 miles south of Colombo to the tropical sandy beaches and mangrove lagoons of Bentota. A relaxed and peaceful place Bentota, where it’s easy to unwind and forget the ...
Mandara Resort opens in Mirissa, Weligama, Sri Lanka
2008-05-05 16:01:00 Mandara Resort in Mirissa, Weligama which opened last month has became the latest addition to Sri Lanka’s rich list of boutique hotels. The owners who’s first hotel Rosen Renaissance in Kataragama, also now re branded ‘The Mandara Kataragama’, have invested over £2 million in this latest Board of Investments [BoI] approved venture. The new Mandara Resort ...
Scuba Diving - Scuba Diving the Wrecks in Florida Keys
2008-05-01 07:31:00 By Lilah Tusko If it weren’t for the coral reef located in the Florida Keys, the United States would have nothing to offer as far as scuba diving and coral reefs are concerned. In addition to the living coral reef that has been a main scuba diving attraction of the Florida Keys for more than 35 ...
Why Don?t You Try Scuba Diving? AKA The Come-Dive-With-Me-Please Post
2008-04-23 14:22:00 This was taken shortly after my open water dive at Boquete Island near Puerto Galera. I was fortunate enough to be exposed to scuba diving at an early age. I took lessons as a teenager and since the license that PADI provides doesn’t really expire, I could theoretically keep diving as long as I practice ...
By: Atheista
Why Don?t You Try Scuba Diving? AKA The Come-Dive-With-Me-Please Post
2008-04-23 14:22:00 This was taken shortly after my open water dive at Boquete Island near Puerto Galera. I was fortunate enough to be exposed to scuba diving at an early age. I took lessons as a teenager and since the license that PADI provides doesn’t really expire, I could theoretically keep diving as long as I practice ...
By: Atheista
Saman Villas: Luxury Spa Hotel, Bentota, Sri Lanka
2008-04-15 00:10:00 LUXURY SMALL BOUTIQUE HOTEL | 27 LUXURY SUITES Relax, unwind and experience the luxury of Saman Villas; a paradise where emphasis is placed on privacy, comfort & unsurpassable hospitality. Saman Villas Luxury Spa Hotel is located approximately 100km south of Colombo’s international airport. The hotel is perched on a rocky headland dividing two long seemingly endless surf ...
Philippine Department of Tourism Entices Greater Share of Japanese Dive Mar
2008-04-12 06:50:00 The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) and members of the local tourism sector recently staged the best of the country?s underwater adventures at the Marine Diving Fair 2008 (MDF) in Tokyo, Japan. Brightly lit and bearing images of cool blue aquatic scenery, the Philippines stood out as one of the largest foreign exhibitors in the three-day ...
SCUBA DIVING AT TARKARLI
2008-04-06 13:20:00 SCUBA DIVING AT TARKARLI Dive into the sparkling waters off the Konkan coast near Tarkarli beatch (6 km from Malwan in Maharastra) and snorkel near Sindhudurg Fort.This part of the Konkan is largely unknown,its waters still pristine.The beaches are the some of the best in the country and the marine life is varied,with coral reefs,colourful fish, dolphins and sargasum forests.Diving in a new area between Tarkarli and Vengurla has just started,so get yourself there between October and May to make the most of it.
Adventure Philippines breaks out at world?s biggest travel fair
2008-04-03 06:40:00 It’s all about leaving the beaten path behind and taking on pure, high-octane adventure. From mountain trekking to spelunking, encountering rare migratory birds or giant whale sharks, the Department of Tourism (DOT) formally lunged into the Adventure Philippines campaign at the recent Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB Berlin), the largest travel fair in the world. According to Ace Durano, ...
Scuba diving at the Place of Refuge in Kona Hawaii
2008-04-02 09:49:00 Scuba diving off Kona Hawaii from Steve on Vimeo.Here's a quickie underwater video of part of the drop off at the Place of Refuge taken with my Canon G9.
Philippines is Scuba Diving Magazine?s Top Value Dive Destination
2008-03-23 03:14:00 The Philippines earned top rank in the Top Value Destination for the Pacific and Indian Ocean Region category in the 2007 Top 100 Readers? Choice Survey published in the January 2008 issue of Scuba Diving Magazine, the most widely read publication for scuba diving enthusiasts in the United States. Garnering a near-perfect score of 96.6 points, ...
Department of tourism Hosts French Underwater Photo Contest
2008-03-23 03:13:00 Department of Tourism (DOT) Undersecretary for Special Concerns Phineas Alburo (left) with Atlantides Plongee Manager Catherine Ragot and a member of the 21-strong French diving group look over the trophies to be presented to the winners of the annual Atlantides Plongee underwater photography contest. The Department of Tourism (DOT) recently welcomed the contingent Atlantis Resort in ...
Beach Holiday - Lighthouse Hotel and Spa, Galle, Sri Lanka
2008-03-18 17:57:00 Galle is a UNESCO World Heritage City and the oldest sea port in Sri Lanka, standing on one of the main sea routes in the southern part of the country; it is one of the most charming cities on the island and the area also boasts some of the best beaches in Sri Lanka. Tour ...
Lighthouse Hotel and Spa, Galle, Sri Lanka
2008-03-18 16:56:00 LUXURY SMALL HOTEL | 60 DELUXE ROOMS | 3 THEME SUITES The Lighthouse Hotel and Spa is a contemporary hotel, but its architecture and interior decor boasts of the colourful history of the port city of Galle - designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage City. Overlooking the Indian Ocean, this stunningly beautiful property sits atop ...
Luxury Beach Holiday at Heritance Ahungalla, Sri Lanka
2008-03-18 13:33:00 When it comes to holidays in Ahungalla, laid back is putting it mildly. This sleepy fishing village on Sri Lanka’s West Coast is the ultimate hideaway, where life ambles along at an easy pace and the only challenge is which bit of the beautiful, palm-fringed beach to stretch out on next. Indeed, this glorious sweep ...
Heritance Ahungalla, Sri Lanka - Triton Hotel
2008-03-17 19:45:00 LUXURY BEACH HOTEL | DELUXE ROOMS | LUXURY SUITES | ROYAL SUITES Heritance Ahungalla Hotel and Resort, is one of the legendary Geoffrey Bawa architectural fantasies come to life, where the uninterrupted line of sky mergers with the sea, giving the illusion of continuous flow right into the azure waters of the main swimming pool. ...
Department of Tourism Steps Up Ecotourism in the Philippines
2008-03-16 21:50:00 The Department of Tourism (DOT) has stepped up its thrust to highlight ecotourism around the country through Magandang Pilipinas. The said project brings together the DOT, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, ABS-CBN Foundation?s Bantay Kalikasan and US-based nonprofit organization Conservation International to identify, develop and promote various ecotourism sites around the country. According to Tourism Secretary ...
Philippines Welcomes More Underwater Photography Contests This Year
2008-03-14 21:49:00 The Philippines is fast becoming a center for underwater photography as the country hosts two European diving competitions, as well as an international exhibit, this year. According to Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, ?We are enthusiastic about welcoming divers from around the world to our shores. Activities like this help place the Philippines in the map of ...
Lara Dutta to do scuba-diving with Akshay in Blue
2008-03-12 09:09:00 Lara is on a fast track now. There’s a new determination in her to overcome her inhibitions, whatever they might be worth. While she prepares to do her first ever avant-garde film Devdas with Sudhir Mishra where she intends to change her entire image and get-up to play a modern-day Paro, in a new ...
Lara Dutta to do Scuba-Diving in Blue
2008-03-10 11:14:00 Lara is on a fast track now. There's a new determination in her to overcome her inhibitions,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Scuba diving with a re-breather
2008-03-07 00:47:00 This is cool. On a typical dive, the Poseidon Discovery lets divers stay underwater at least three times as long as scuba gear can, and since you don?t exhale into the water, you don?t create bubbles or noise that can scare off fish. Instead of being limited by the amount of air you bring with you, a re-breather extends your time underwater by scrubbing what you exhale. How about a 3 hour dive instead of a 1 hour dive.
By: techRivet
Scuba diving and protogynous hermaphrodites in Kona Hawaii...
2008-03-04 00:29:00 Now there's a phrase that's probably not gonna be googled a lot. Something few people know is that several species of fish are actually hermaphroditic. In the case of these fish, Psychedelic Wrasses (Anampses chrysocephalus), they all start as females that form a harem under a dominant male. If the male ever disappears, then the dominant female will change sex and become a male. Protogynous hermaphrodites go from female to male. The reverse is true in protandrous hermaphrodites. I suspect there are some Hawaiian fish that might do that, but you'd have to ask a marine biologist... but there are some recognizeable fish elsewhere that do just that. The most common ones I can think of are several of the clownfish (everyone seems to know them as "Nemo" these days) species. They start as male, and then the most dominant member becomes female as needed - this insures that if two young clownfish find each other they can successfully pair up and mate. Back in my aquarium shop day...
Whale watching, diving boost tourism in Southern Leyte
2008-02-28 08:33:00 One among the remotest barangays in the province, Barangay Son-ok in Pintuyan, has become the haven of the biggest and friendly fish in the sea, the whale sharks, which draws hundreds of foreigners last year, Provincial Tourism Officer Nedgar Garvez disclosed in an interview with PIA Southern Leyte recently. Whale sharks are known as harmless fish ...
Scuba Diving Recreational Symbol Signs
2008-02-27 23:13:00 Scuba Diving Recreational Symbol Signs New available in 5 different materials and 3 different sizes. Choose from 6 inch, 12 inch, and 22 inch sizes. If you don't find what you need here, visit our custom stencils page
By: Stencil Ease
Philippines cited Destination of the Year in Paris int?l dive show
2008-02-05 02:02:00 By Cynthia Balana Philippine Daily Inquirer The country took center stage as ?Destination of the Year? during the recent 2008 10th Salon de la Plongee, an international diving trade show in Paris, France, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. Quoting a dispatch from Philippine Ambassador to France Jose Abeto Zaide, the DFA said the Philippines, taking ...
Scuba Diving ? Are those ?special? Scuba Diving masks a waste of money? [de
2008-01-30 17:01:00 I was doing some research to find out what is new on the market of scuba diving masks and I found some interesting offerings...
Scuba Diving in Kona Hawaii.....
2008-01-28 05:22:00 Hi again, The last post was sorta commercial, but hopefully informative for some, so I thought I'd bump it down a post. I really don't post many pics of divers doing their thing. Part of it is I don't want to infringe on anyone's privacy and lots of times I take pictures with divers in them I'm close enough to really tell who they are, and more often than not, when I take a shot from a distance it comes out crummy to where I can't photoshop it well. Typically they get tons of red in them after the fixes, these I took out as much red as I could. I'm hoping with the RAW function on the Canon G9 (which I really didn't use on my Olympus sp-350) I'll be able to get a relatively accurate color of the deeper scenes. Diving in Kona is different from many places in that nearly all of our dive sites have both deep and shallow water. We can take the group down the dropoffs (which usually start at about 35-40 feet and drop to beyond recreational diving depths) for a while to exp...
Scuba Diving Pets
2008-01-22 14:56:00 Scuba diving lover Gene Alba loves his pets sooo much that he wanted to share his passion for scuba diving with them. He designed scuba equipment for his cat “Hawkeye” and his dog “Muttley”. (nice!). His cat stays submerged for over an hour at a time! via & via
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Tubbataha Reef nominated in new 7 Wonders of the World
2008-01-22 02:12:00 The 96,000- hectare Tubbataha Reef, Asia?s best marine park, has been nominated as one of the seven new Wonders of the World. Tubbataha, a reef ecosystem in the middle of the Sulu Sea, along with around a hundred other natural attractions across the continents have been selected and officially recognized last July 2007. Alex Marcaida, an environmental ...
The world of New Zealand scuba diving
2008-01-14 21:12:00 New Zealand is a wonderful place to vacation, and scuba diving around our coastline is simply breath-taking. Our coastal waters offer some of the best scuba diving and snorkelling in the world. There are many wonderful New Zealand dive spots including the world renowned Poor Knight Islands and the Rainbow Warrior Wreck, plus closer to Auckland, ...
AMY WINEHOUSE SAVED BY SCUBA-DIVING
2008-01-03 16:59:00 Troubled singer AMY WINEHOUSE credits Caribbean scuba-diving trips with BRYAN ADAMS for helping her battle her alcohol and drug addictions. The Rehab hitmaker spent Christmas and the New Year with the rocker at his home in Mustique. And the star insists the trip has changed her outlook on life. She says, ?I?ve learnt to appreciate ...
Sairee Beach Accommodation Full | Koh Tao busy with New Year scuba diving r
2008-01-03 12:23:00 Since the New Year’s celebrations we’ve had a rush of people arriving on Koh Tao island. With many visitors still in ‘party mode’ it’s not too busy around the Koh Tao dive sites, but Sairee Beach resorts are filling up quickly or already full! If you’re planning on arriving on Koh Tao, Thailand in the near future our ...
AMY WINEHOUSE ?SAVED? BY SCUBA-DIVING
2008-01-03 11:43:00 Troubled singer AMY WINEHOUSE credits Caribbean scuba-diving trips with BRYAN ADAMS for helping her battle her alcohol and drug addictions. The Rehab hitmaker spent Christmas and the New Year with the rocker at his home in Mustique. And the star insists the trip has changed her outlook on life. She says, “I’ve learnt to appreciate ...
Scuba Diving in Krabi
2007-12-28 18:13:00 The remarkable variety of dive sites that are concentrated in such a small area, particularly off Phi Phi Don Island, is what makes this area unique, as do the amazing limestone cliffs that rise dramatically out of the sea and plunge equally dramatically straight down underwater. The opportunity to relax on exquisite beaches, explore the numerous coves and bays, whilst enjoying some colourful and enticing scuba diving or snorkeling in this marine park environment, is one not to be missed.Learn to Dive in Krabi Krabi is a great place to learn to dive as there are a number of first-rate dive shops offering affordable scuba accreditation (usually with PADI) all the way from absolute beginner up to master instructor.In many hotels you can 'try a dive' in your pool, or dive shops offer 1 day 'try a dive' trips. Many people go on to take the PADI Open Water Diver course which is a 4 day course that combines some theory with practical experience (around 6 dives). Once complete you can ...
By: Krabi guide
Scuba Diving and Marine Life Posters Art Prints Clearance Sale
2007-12-27 01:12:00 There is a clearance sale at my recommended source for scuba diving and marine life related posters and art prints. This sale is through until January 15, 2008 only. Apparently, prices could be up to 75% off so this clearance sales is … ……
By: Fine Art Prints
Scuba Diving In Thailand
2007-12-25 00:00:00 Thailand is sandwiched between The Gulf of Thailand on its eastern coastline and the vast expanse of the Andaman Sea on its western coast. It is in these body of waters that scuba divers can explore the marine life of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean without having to cross continents. The waters in Thailand ...
The Best Scuba Diving Destinations
2007-12-14 06:23:00 After scuba diving for many years, I became enthralled with the sport and decided to search out the world's best places to scuba dive. The options of great scuba diving destinations are endless, but here are my top three diving sites. |
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