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Bahamas
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The
Bahamas. So close, yet so far away. The Bahamas chain
is within a scant 50 miles from the coast of  Florida, but in that 50 miles you cross into
another dimension. A time and place without worries, relaxing
atmosphere, friendly people, and lest we not forget, some
of the finest diving in the the world. Whether you favor
wrecks, reefs, drift diving, walls, blue holes, caves
and caverns, or diving with sharks and dolphins, it's
all right here.
And the visibility, how about an average of 100'+, and
200' not an uncommon occurance. Dive services range from
small personal 6-paks where you may be one of the few
on the boat, to large personal operations with multiple
boats where you will get a chance to meet and dive with
scuba enthusiasts from all over the world. Where will
you dive? The choices are yours to make.
You can choose an island with lots of activity and a bustling
nightlife, or how about an island where few other people
will be seen, and the afternoon activities include swinging
in your hammock and watching the sun fall from the edge
of the earth.
Climate Winter 60 - 75F Summer 80 - 85F
Water Temp Winter 72 - 75F Summer 84 - 88F
Visibility 80 - 100 ft
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Aqua
Cat Cruises
PO Box 66-1658
Miami, FL 33266
305-888-3002, 888-327-9600
305-885-3323
ww@aquacatcruises.com
http://www.aquacatcruises.com
Scuba diving cruises from Nassau, Bahamas to the Exumas. |
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Caribbean
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Divers
at Play
diversplaying@aol.com
Roatan Bay Islands, Honduras
Tel: 011-504-9814-1779
In the U.S., please contact:
Roatan Live Aboard
Attn: Jeff Mendelson
info@roatanliveaboard.com
Tel: +1.954.636.2844
http://www.roatanliveaboard.com
The Tabutne I is a 70 foot, fully equipped yacht and
is Roatan's luxury LiveAboard scuba diving boat in the
beautiful Bay Islands of Honduras. For your pleasure,
we offer a 7-Day package. Roatan offers the best Roatan
Honduras SCUBA diving in the southern Caribbean. We
also offer scuba instruction for all ages and interests,
whether you would like to learn to dive or become an
instructor.
Explorer Ventures Ltd.
PO Box 488
Mabank, TX 75147-0488
USA
800-322-3577; 903-887-8521
903-887-8526
info@explorerventures.com
http://www.explorerventures.com
Liveaboard diving vacations for 16 to 18 passengers,
to Turks & Caicos, Saba, St. Kitts, St. Eustatius
and St. Maarten, and to the Great Barrier Reef and Coral
Sea from Cairns, Australia.
KATKANDU
PO Box 19
San Pedro, Belize, Central America
Ph. 011-501-226-3168
info@belizecharters.com
www.belizecharters.com
Katkandu is a 1998 Fountaine Pajot Crewed Catamaran
that offers 3 spacious staterooms plus crew's quarters,
2 large heads with showers, generator for air conditioning,
dive compressor for filling tanks, and a water maker
for plenty of H2O! Her large salon will sit 8 with room
to move.
Trimarine
Box 3069, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands,
VG1110
Tel. 1 284 494 2490
Fax. 1 284 494 5774
cuanlaw@surfbvi.com
http://www.BVIdiving.com
105 ft 20 passenger luxury liveaboard trimaran "Cuan
Law". Includes many watersports. Large cabins with
own bathroom. Great varied diving. Mostly sheltered
waters. Fabulous food.
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is in the center of the Indo-Pacific bio-sphere, and is
the largest archipelago in the world. There are over 17,000
islands spread across 3,000 miles, and diving conditions
are exceptional. It is one of the richest and most diverse
marine habitats on the earth. The rich diversity of marine
fish also extends to an equally rich diversity of marine
corals (over 500 varieties). In addition to reefs, you
can experience fantastic wall diving, "flying"
drift dives, and many great wrecks.
What
about the marine life? How about shrimp to whalesharks,
squid to dolphins, sea horses to blue ribbon eels, scorpion
fish to turtles, manta rays to..... well you get the
picture, this place is loaded!!
While
the infrastructure in Indonesia to support diving is
still young, there are excellent dive centers, resorts
and liveaboards throughout the area.
Climate:84
- 87F (29-31C)
Water Temp: 78 - 80F (26-27C)
Visibility: 80' - 100' (24 - 30m)
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Siam Dive 'n' Sail
68/14 Patak Road
Mu 2, Karon 83100 Phuket
Thailand
Ph. +66 (0)76/330-967
Fax. +66 (0)76/330-990
info@siamdivers.com
http://siamdivers.com
Live-aboard dive boats for safaris and diving adventures
in Thailand, Indonesia, Burma and the Andaman Sea. We
are Thailand and Burma liveaboard specialists. We also
conduct PADI instructor courses (IDCs). Be sure to visit
our main website where we offer free information on Thailand
and Burma (Mergui) scuba diving with full dive site descriptions
and galleries.
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Maldives
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The
Maldives are located about an hour's flight southwest
of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean. This country is made
up of about 26 atoll
 formations,
comprising over a thousand islands and scattered like
gem stones in a north to south direction. With a population
of just 238,500, only 199 islands are inhabited and 75
have been set aside exclusively for tourist resorts.
 Although
topside wildlife is limited, the underwater world is indescribably
beautiful. The Maldives are one of the most coral rich
regions of the world. Over three quarters of the world's
reef fish can be found in their waters. For scuba divers
the Maldives are simply heaven.
Diving in the Maldives can be accessed from land based
resorts which use day boats that take vacationers out
to the reefs, pinnacles, and channels that comprise the
Maldives atolls. For the more exotic Maldives diving,
you can experience the remote atolls from a live aboard
dive vessel.
The diving for experienced divers is excellent. There
are drop offs, overhangs, cuts, pinnacles, and wrecks
full of life. Aside from the pleuthra of reef fish, divers
will encounter turtles, moray eels, sharks, mantas, and
even whale sharks.
Climate: 75 - 86F (24-30C)
Water Temp: 78 - 86F (26-30C)
Visibility: 70 - 150+ Ft. (21 - 45+ m)
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Blue
Horizon
Feeroaz Magu,
Male' , 2002,
Maldives.
Ph. +960 321169
Fax. +960 328797
bluehrzn@dhivehinet.net.mv
http://www.blue-horizon.com.mv
Boats with air conditioned cabins and attached private
bathroom / toilet. Kitchen, Lounge with TV, VCR and musif
player. Seperate dive tender.
Live-a-board dive operator offering 2 to 3 dives a day
with 1 night dive per week. This also includes all meals,
1.5 liters of water per pax, 3 dives a day + 1 night dive
per week, oxygen, tanks, weight and transfer from aiport
to boat (in HulhuMale') and back to airport on last day.
Resort stays also available.
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Palau
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Located
between Guam, The Philippines and Papua New Guinea,
Palau is an archipelago which is more than 640km (400
miles) long. The jewels of Palau are its 200 Rock Islands,
densely forested limestone islets of varying sizes and
shapes.
Palau's
unique geography makes it a divers' mecca. Three major
ocean currents converge there, funneling a wide variety
of marine life: 700 corals and anemones, 1,500 kinds
of reef and pelagic fish, rare chambered nautilus and
giant tridacna clams that are commonly over four feet
long and weigh a quarter-ton.
Moreover, Palau Lagoon encloses dozens of World War
II shipwrecks, coral reefs, blue holes, giant undersea
tunnels, stalactite-filled caves and over 60 vertical
dropoffs.
Because of the diversity and density of the marine life
and the topography of the islands, Palau is regarded
as one of the best dive sites in the world.
Average Visibility: 100+ ft.
Average
Water Temperature: 82F
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Ocean Hunter
P.O. Box 964
Koror
PW 96940
PALAU
Tel.: +680-488-2637
Fax.: +680-488-5418
E-Mail: info@oceanhunter.com
Web: http://www.oceanhunter.com
Ocean Hunter I has been Palau's most exclusive liveaboard
since 1993. With only 6 divers onboard, guests experience
a unique and personal opportunity to explore the pristine
reefs of Palau. Ocean Hunter III is Palau's most luxurious
liveaboard, and our new addition to the Ocean Hunter fleet,
accommodating 16 divers.
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The
 coral reefs of the Red Sea stretch from southern
Sinai to the offshore area of the Deep South, which is
only reached by liveaboard. The coastline covers a distance
of more than 930 miles (1500 km).
Two coastal resort towns, Hurghada on the African mainland
and Sharm El Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula, are the main
dive destinations, but the most popular dive sites are
spread all over the region.
Among the hundreds of common fish species you will encounter
daily are clownfish, butterfly fish, angel fish, parrot
fish, lion fish, and turkey fish. You will often encounter
schools of barracuda, and even sharks. Occasionally you
can spot graceful manta rays too! The variety and amount
of life is truly remarkable. Now add a vast assortment
of colorful soft and hard corals and you have a diving
site that ranks as one of the best in the world.
 You
will find an abundance of fish and organisms from tiny
polyps to the huge Napoleon wrasse. But Egypt is also
quite famous for the many interesting wrecks, particularly
at the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba and in the Strait
of Tiran.
If you are interested in sharks you will have the opportunity
to encounter various species like the silky shark, gray
reef sharks, oceanic white tip and the manta ray along
with many others depending on the area you visit. Cruising
dolphins and friendly sea turtles are especially, but
not exclusively, found in the northern region. In the
southern regions you will even have an opportunity to
see the endangered Dugongs (Manatees).
Climate Average 75F (23C) January 108 (42C) August
Water Temp Average 68F (20C)January 84 (29C) August
Visibility 100+ ft (30+ m) except during local plankton
blooms
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M/Y
Seven Spices
Luxury Travel of Egypt
New Marina, office D-41
Hurghada, Egypt
Tel: +2 065 3441 464
Fax: +2 065 3441 464
contact@luxurymotoryachts.com
http://www.luxurymotoryachts.com/
Beautiful and luxuriously appointed 40 meter dive yacht,
with a passion for scuba diving without having to compromise
on the finer things in life. Charters available from overnight
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Discovery Divers
PO Box 225,
Hurghada,
Red Sea,
Egypt
Tel. 0020 (0) 12 7472899
Fax. 0020 (0)65 3448251
info@discovery-divers.com
http://www.discovery-divers.com
The largest selection of top quality liveaboards in the
Red Sea, whether you are an individual, small or large
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M.Y. Juliet Liveaboard
Sharm el Sheikh
Egypt
Tel. 2012 218 2668
Fax. 202 4539 515
http://www.julietdivers.com
M.Y. Juliet departs from Sharm weekly throughout the year.
Our exciting dive itinerary has plenty of variety and
includes the very best coral reefs and islands between
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Scuba
diving in Thailand has always been considered world-class.
If you’ve ever dreamed of swimming with a whale
shark, this is the place to do it. Not only is the land
diverse above water, but below as well with huge boulders
that create havens for both large & small fish.
Keep an eye out into the blue for schools of tuna and
other large pelagics cruising around. You will find
everything in this underwater paradise from large pelagics
to ribbon eels.
A major water sports center is the southern island of
Phuket in the Andaman Sea. The majority of diving destinations
close to Phuket are located in nearby Phangnga , where
hundreds of limestone islands rise up from the blue
waters. Also popular are the largely uninhabited Similan
Islands, recently listed among the world's ten most
beautiful spots for underwater scenery and the spectacular
Phi Phi Islands near Phuket.
Climate: 70 - 93F (21 - 34C)
Water Temperature: 80 - 87F (27-31C)
Visibility: 30' - 130' (10 - 40m)
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Siam Dive 'n' Sail
68/14 Patak Road
Mu 2, Karon 83100 Phuket
Thailand
Ph. +66 (0)76/330-967
Fax. +66 (0)76/330-990
info@siamdivers.com
http://siamdivers.com
Live-aboard dive boats for safaris and diving adventures
in Thailand, Burma and the Andaman Sea. We are Thailand
and Burma liveaboard specialists. We also conduct PADI
instructor courses (IDCs). Be sure to visit our main
website where we offer free information on Thailand
and Burma (Mergui) scuba diving with full dive site
descriptions and galleries.
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 Chuuk,
known to most divers as Truk, because of Truk Lagoon,
boasts a vast, shallow, beautiful lagoon, and is a Mecca
for wreck divers. Known to the world as the graveyard
of the Pacific, Truk Lagoon is the final resting place
of more than 70 WW II ships and hundreds of aircraft that
fell to the U.S. Forces during "Operation Hailstone".
Many of these wrecks rest upon the bottom with trucks,
jeeps, planes and equipment they were carrying still intact.
During the past 50+ years these huge artifacts of the
past have become home for a profusion of soft corals and
marine life.
Less dived and spectacular itself is the outer reef with
peaks, caves and dropoffs with hard and soft corals in
a kaleidoscope of colors and shapes. Here you can experience
hundreds of species of fishes and lots of palagics.
Climate: Warm & Humid Year Round Low to Mid 70's Night
Mid to Upper 80's Day
Water Temperature: 78 - 85F
Visibility: Up to 100+ ft (30+ m)
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Truk Lagoon's S.S. Thorfinn - Seaward Holidays
P.O. Box 1086, Weno, Chuuk, FM 96942
Federated States of Micronesia
Phone: (691) 330-3040
FAX: (691) 330-4253
Seaward@mail.fm
http://www.thorfinn.net
Welcome aboard Truk Lagoon's SS Thorfinn, one of the world's
largest and most seaworthy live aboard dive cruisers.
A superbly equipped ship well suited to diving adventures
at Truk Lagoon and exploring on Pan Micronesian 'Voyages
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