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 SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) Diving is a popular recreational, underwater activity made possible by providing breathing gas, usually air. The equipment used is either an ‘open circuit’ Aqualung or a ‘closed circuit’ Re-breather in which exhaled gas is recycled. Although there are obvious commercial applications in Scuba Diving, the numerous recreational activities (cave diving, wreck diving, marine surveys, underwater photography, nautical archaeology etc) dominate the internet and there are many centres providing such opportunities all round the world. Safety is clearly a key factor, with courses also available all round the world to controlled standards.
The Global Game
Overview
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What is Scuba
From the Scuba Guide - scuba diving types; Scuba certification
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Scuba Diving Centre
Information about best places to scuba diving. Diving equipment, how to start diving, videos.
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Wikipedia
Background to scuba Diving - a great place to start
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Dive Territory
A thorough overview of Scuba Diving for all
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SCUBA Diving Smiles
Comprehensive guide to scuba diving in the Caribbean and all things scuba. Includes basic dive and gear info, scuba diving tips, certification requirements, review of dive destinations and dive sites
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SCUBA Info
Written by scuba instructors to help answer all of those scuba questions, posed by new and old divers, and gear evaluations
About
The Physics of Scuba Diving - understand the science
Underwater, everything is different. Our senses work differently. We see differently because of the optics of water. We hear differently because sound travels much faster. There is the drag of water and the fact that the laws of gravity no longer seem to apply the way we instinctively know them on dry land. Colors are different because some of them are absorbed by water very differently than by air. Water is a much better conductor of heat than air is. As a result, we lose heat much more quickly in cold water. Most importantly, though, water is much, much denser than air. At sea level, water weighs about 800 times more than air. Which means that as you dive, you are quickly subjected to very substantial pressure. Since the human body consists mostly of water, you're in no danger of being crushed. However the gasses inside the human body are greatly affected. They get compressed a great deal the deeper you dive, and the impact of that is the most important reason why any diver must be aware of the physics of being underwater. From Scuba Diving Info. Read on ....
Scuba Diving Safety
Focus on the Rubicon Foundation - check out their archive
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Divers Alert Network
Scuba Diving and Dive Safety Association
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Attention on the Rubicon Foundation:
The Rubicon Foundation seeks to make research and undersea medicine documents more accessible
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Scuba-Doc
Comprehensive updated information about diving and undersea medicine for the non-medical diver, the non-diving medical professional and an excellent reference source for the diving medical specialist. Gases and pressure, accident management, FAQ, glossary, links to other diving medicine sites, etc
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BSAC Medical Section
Provides forms and medical guidelines available in word format
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Diving Medicals
From E-Med answers to many medical questions, online advice....
The History of Scuba Diving
SCUBA diving has mushroomed into a multi billion dollar business with thousands of dive shops, instructors and exotic destinations all over the world. Following this, there is a new group of divers, who seek out their history and endeavor to understand their origins. Investigating this history has resulted in greater recognition of those who made that history. More and more vintage diving gear appears on internet auctions and the price rises are a practical measure of that increased historical interest.
Scuba Equipment and Technical Information
Improve
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Choosing IDC
The first IDC Search Engine for PADI Instructors..
Breathing
Learn to breathe in an easy slow rhythm at a steady pace
General Resources
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Underwater Photography
Devoted to the art of underwater photography. Our mission is to help underwater photographers achieve their full potential; Equipment, Forums on equipment and knowledge, detailed Photo-course covering all aspects of underwater photography and Competitions including World Champions
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Scuba Herald
Find the latest scuba diving news in Scuba Herald. Scuba Diving articles, travel reviews and safety alert for all the diving community. It also covers education and science
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Diving Obsession
A diving community site that provides a worldwide directory of dive operators, destinations, and dive sites. Includes message board, user reviews, comments, ratings, and photos.
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Diving Myths and Realities
In all diving situations, the knowledgeable, physically fit diver has more fun!".Dive Articles
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Divewise
Scuba Diving Resource with Worldwide Information
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Diving Adventures:
Photo gallery of dive sites
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Lost Treasures of the Seven Seas
Ocean Research Group, written by Pascal Kainic It is dedicated to all genuine treasure lovers, underwater archaeology and history re-discovered and helps in understanding why treasure hunting exists, and how the inflexible opposition of archaeologists coexists with irresolute laws and the inexhaustible attraction of economic profit. The website is only recommended to teachers for its educational value in presenting a delicate and actual issue: most contents on their own cannot be endorsed by the academic community.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Weather and tide information, tips and guides, charts etc
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Rodales Scuba
Rodale's Scuba Diving Magazine, with buyers guide to scuba gear
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Scuba Booty
Aim to become one of the best online resources for scuba enthusiasts. Bringing together Dive Travel, Scuba Equipment and Diving Enthusiasts into our easy to use family of sites
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Scuba search engine
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Dive Travel
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Scuba Diving Directory
Worldwide Dive Resources - listings for scuba diving centres, dive resorts, live-aboard, surfing, water sports and much more ..
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Scuba Diving. Magazine
Message Board, Equipment Reviews, Dive Travel, Dive Training and a lot more. Probably the largest site available, though it seems to focus more on the American market
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Scubalinx
Scuba Diving Search Engine
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Scuba Diving search engine
Scuuba,com "the longest scuba search engine"
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World Diving Zone
The Guide for Scuba Diving Enthusiasts
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Zero Visibility
Scuba news, reviews and travel; tips and tricks - beginners guide to underwater photography; forum and link directory
Wreck Diving
Publications
Where to dive
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ScubaSpots
World coverage, map based supplying key links to dive clubs, diver home pages and tourism information
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ScubaDuba
World wide portal to Scuba Diving; where to dive, discussion board, chat rooms, buddy directory, ....
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Scuba Diving from Wikipedia
Covers key dive sites around the world.
Conservation
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EarthDive.com
Theearthdive citizen scienceprogramme monitors the anthropogenic impacts faced by a host of marine habitats on a global level. Scuba diver's logs containvital data and together can help create a Global Snapshot of the world's oceans that can be used by decision makers at every level. Divers and snorkellers can log on and share observational data online
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Center for Marine Conservation
The Ocean Conservancy; top ocean issues, action alerts, campaigns and how to get involved
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Coral Reef Alliance
A member-supported, non-profit organization, dedicated to keeping coral reefs alive around the world; news, programs, coral reef resources to learn more about the subject.
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International Coral Reef Information Network
Aims to improve coral reef management practices, increase political support for coral reef protection, and share information on the health of coral reef ecosystems, with news, photo-bank, teachers' resources etc
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International Marinelife Alliance
#? IMA works to end human influences that degrade and destroy the world's marine environment, while improving the overall quality of life of people and communities living in and dependent on coastal and marine resources; education resources, awareness, reef conservation, fisheries management, status reports etc
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International Marine Mammal Association I
Nc.- dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals and their habitats worldwide, through research and education; discussion, images, links ( under development)
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OceanEnvironment
Promotes and initiates preservation projects and document the status of coral reefs, bio-diversity and the impact of man-made pollution through research programs, and educational expeditions; special events, image gallery, publications
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Ocean Watch
Set up for the preservation, protection and education of the local coral reef communities in Southeast Florida; links to ocean conservation sites
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Reef Check
Dedicated to global coral education, monitoring and management; species ID, data reporting, how to participate...
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Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Committed to the preservation of the marine environment;events, forum, discussion board, FAQ, fish gallery and quizzes, links ...
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Reef Net
An Internet information service designed to increase the understanding of coral reef ecosystems world wide and aim to facilitate discourse on coral reefs and make quality reporting available on current scientific articles, research findings, international conservation strategies, and management techniques.
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
A non-profit non-governmental organization involved with the investigation and documentation of violations of international laws, regulations and treaties protecting marine wildlife species.
Organisational bodies
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CMAS
World Underwater Federation; Directory of diving centres, sports, technical and scientific committees
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Divers Alert Network (DAN)
Non-profit medical and research organization dedicated to the safety and health of recreational scuba divers and associated with Duke University Medical Center (DUMC). Diving Medicine information, including FAQ, training, education, news and events...
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Handicapped Scuba Association International
The world's leading authority on recreational diving for people with disabilities - an independent diver training and certifying agency.
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International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD)
Providing training and presenting safe and proven concepts for advanced recreational and technical diving;
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FAQ
articles from Nitrox Diver Magazine, cave diving and more....
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NAUI
National Association of Underwater Instructors; trains, qualifies, and certifies leaders and instructors, establishes minimum standards for various levels of diver training, and provides various programs, products, and support materials to assist NAUI leaders and instructors with their diving supervising and teaching;
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PADI
Professional Association of Diving Instructors - " the way the world learns to dive"; news, dive centers, recreational facilities, the system , FAQ , courses, fun stuff etc
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Scottish Sub Aqua Club (SSAC)
Where to start for all diving in Scotland; news, training, dive sites, articles from Scottish Diver Magazine.
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Scuba Divers World Site
A centralized location for all their Scuba Diving needs, with links to Dive Centres, Dive Resorts, Live A Boards, Equipment Manufacturers and much more.
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SSI
#Scuba Schools International, a world-wide leader in diving education that specializes in business support for dive businesses; options #, support, news and information...
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Sub Aqua Association
Information, pictures and lots of links
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International Association of Notrox and Technical Divers
With offices worldwide and over 10,000 instructors teaching our programs, TDI has become the largest international specialized dive agency, with a wide range of courses; library of training materials and professional resources, news and events, highlighted divers, and regions.
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YMSA
Servers-Blogs-Forums
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Scuba Monster.
Offers forums and articles where you can find travel tips, learn more about the marine life, share your scuba diving experience, get advice on diving equipment, ask medical questions, or discuss scuba diving destinations.
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Scuba Forum
No-nonsense discussions about important scuba diving issues. Topics are chosen from hot topics and controversial issues covered by CDNN news reports, editorials and articles.
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Scuba Board
A wide range of very active topics Faq
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Diver to Diver Forum
From Scuba Diving; Ask questions. Get answers. Bond with fellow divers. Join the lively crowd on our "D2D" forum for some serious dive talk and some not so serious banter.
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Underwater Australia Forums
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Scuba Monster.
Offers forums and articles where you can find travel tips, learn more about the marine life, share your scuba diving experience, get advice on diving equipment, ask medical questions, or discuss scuba diving destinations.
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x3msport
Dive forum about diving for divers with forum articles and information about dive equipment, dive education, dive holidays, everything from the beginner to the expert.
Commercial
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Scuba Gear Super Site
Scuba Gear and Scuba Diving Equipment Resource for all levels of diving. Buy Scuba Equipment at Discount Prices. Information on diving and snorkelling equipment. Scuba Bargains. Online prices with in store service.
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All About Scuba
Quality New Scuba Equipment. Buy the most affordable Dive Gear on the Net. Offering Hands Free Dive Propulsion Vehicles, Green Laser Pointers, Free Giveaways, and much, much more
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Aqua Scooter USA
Premier source for aqua-scooters, parts, and service. Shop online today to receive discounts on these amazing personal watercrafts as well as fuel, accessories and parts. Aqua Scooter USA - the one stop shop for everything aqua-scooter
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Association of Diving Instructors
Courses and resorts, worldwide
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Cost Rican Scuba Diving
Agencia de Viajes Escenarios Tropicales S.A.
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Discover Scuba
High quality training and travel programs.
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Divers Discount Supply
Scuba and snorkeling gear suppliers. Certified SCUBA instructors standing by to answer questions at 800-34-SCUBA
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Dive with David:
In the Mediterranean - snorkelling, fun dives, experience dives, try dives as well as formal PADI recognised courses
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Gibsub Diving.
Dive center offering daily shuttle to dive sites in the straits of Gibraltar with access to the largest concentration of wrecks in the peninsula, PADI diving courses rental and retail of diving equipment.
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Kevlacat Power Catermarans
Diving and sportfishing articles and resources on this website of manufacturer of fast, rugged, smooth riding custom diving catamarans. Designed to tackle the Great Barrier Reef, now built in America.
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Online Scuba
(UK) one of the largest online shops for all types of scuba equipment. From hose clips to full technical diving rigs, just about everything you will want is on the site and just about everything on the site is available in stock.
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Scuba Diving Vacation Packages, Centres and Training
Search for scuba diving centres, schools & resorts worldwide. Find centres offering scuba diving instruction, certification & training. Book scuba diving packages online.
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Scuba Tanks
When your dive is on the line don't trust anything less than the experts at Bottom Time for SCUBA tank repair, rentals and sales; North Carolina.
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Eco Divers
Manado PADI dive center and underwater photography center in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, offering scuba diving trips to Bunaken, Bangka and Lembeh Strait. With dive site descriptions, maps and underwater galleries.
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Joe Diver America
Online shopping and discounts for all your scuba gear
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Neptune Scuba Diving
Live-aboards, equipment sales and travel.
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New Wave Divers
Discounted packages on scuba diving programs and accommodation in Boracay Island, Philippines. Free diving.com.ph email address.
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Pennekamp Page
Info on scuba diving in Key Largo, Florida.
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Prestaciones Submarinas
NAUI Pro Platinum Dive Center, the only NAUI Nitrox Facility in Mexico, DAN Business Member, Training Center & PDS, ASHI Training Center for First Aid & CPR. Full Instructor Trainer Development Center. Dive Trips. Underwater Photography and Video Service. The best quality, and professional attended by owners only, Romina Viscarret & Daniel Millikovsky.
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Cameldive
For courses, leisure diving and live-aboards in the Red Sea. Visit world famous dive sites including SS Thistlegorm and other wrecks. Stay in our cosy and intimate hotel, in Na'ama Bay, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
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Dive Point 7
Scuba Diving & Snorkelling in the Red Sea; offers PADI and ESA training, includes a photo gallery of recent dives
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DiveTribe
#specialists in Red Sea Scuba Diving, based in El Gouna, on the Egyptian Red Sea.
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Emperor Divers
Scuba diving holidays in the Red Sea including day diving, live-aboard cruises, and all PADI courses.
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Red Sea Diving and Live-aboard Operator
Affordable Red Sea liveaboards, daily diving, snorkelling & land tour holiday packages. Details of the Red Sea area and maps and a useful links section.
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Seadogs Sports
High Quality Scuba Gear direct to the public at Wholesale price
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Workskiff
Designer and manufacturer of Unsinkable aluminum boats. Safe, exceptionally durable and seaworthy all-welded boats for diving and fishing in coastal waters
Africa
South Africa
Overview
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Weather Service - South Africa
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Adventure Diving Safaris
Adventure diving safaris and holidays to South Africa and Mozambique - Great White cage diving, shark diving and wreck diving. Faq covering country information, dive sites, wildlife experiences, weather, travel health etc.
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African Scuba
Presents a comprehensive database of dive sites, dive schools and tour operators and plan a scuba tour of South Africa, see the online scuba magazinegallery and underwater video
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Aliwalshoal scubadiving
From Beach Bus situated off the KZN South Coast in South Africa.
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Best Dive Sites
From Rainbow Tours - locations in the region and what they have to offer - Rainbow provide adventure diving, eco diving and shark diving
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Best Dive Sites
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Dive in South Africa
Provides an extensive database of dive schools, charter services, accommodation establishments and dive sites forums, sell and buy second hand gear and advertise for dive buddies
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Dive Sites of Cape Town
From Web Smith - a tremendous range of diving to be enjoyed, both in the Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean, from shipwrecks to reef diving, seals to shark diving, shallow to deep or technical diving.
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Dive South Africa and Mozambique
Adventure scuba diving and wildlife safaris in South Africa and Mozambique. Great White cage diving, shark diving, wreck diving plus whales, dolphins, turtles and whale shark diving
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Diving in Cape Town
All the sites that the local dive charters dive regularly. There are also some sites that can be dived as shore dives by those divers confident enough to do their own thing.
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Diving-in-ponta-do-ouro
Mozambique Devocean Diving.18 different high quality off-shore coral reefs, big game and small fish, clean white beaches
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Prodivers
Dive Center located in Sea Point Cape Town, courses, dive sites, shark diving, events, links
Asia
Overview
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Asian Diver Magazine
An electronic version of the print magazine; a regular point of reference for web-surfing divers from around the world, features over 300 pages of content and a fast expanding number of regular advertisers.
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Dive The World – liveaboards, resorts, scuba diving holidays
Diving vacations and holiday packages on liveaboard charters, scuba safaris and cruises, dive resorts, PADI courses, and tours, trips and travel worldwide - Burma Myanmar and Burma Banks, Indonesia - Bali, Sulawesi - Bunaken and Wakatobi, Malaysia - Sipadan and Layang Layang, and Thailand - Phuket and Similan Islands, plus a whole lot more...
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Dive The World Malaysia
Malaysia scuba diving and Borneo dive resort adventures in Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai, Layang Layang and Lankayan Island.
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Dive The World Indonesia
Komodo, raja Ampat, Manado - Bunaken and Bali diving - Indonesia dive resports in bali and sulawesi - Manado, Bunaken Island, Lembeh Strait and diving liveaboards to Komodo, Irian Jaya, Raja Ampat, Bangka, Sangihe Archipelago, Wakatobi, Alor, Banda Islands and Flores.
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White and Blue Dive club
Similan Islands liveaboards, daily dive trips and PADI dive courses from our dive centres in Phuket, Koh Phi Phi & Koh Lanta
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Fun Dive Bali
Bali, one of the the best marine environments in the world; Scuba Diving, Snorkeling, Dive packages, Daily Dive Trips, Safari Dive, PADI Courses;
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Dive The World - Burma
Provides diving opportunities on the Burma Banks - Liveaboard diving cruises to Burma Mergui Archipelago, Burma Banks, Similan Islands, Myanmar and Thailand dive charter safaris - and has useful coverage of dive sites and tourist information
Borneo
Overview
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Gopro-Borneo
Instructor career training, all level of scuba courses located in Semporna, Borneo, Sabah and daily dive trips to Sipadan, Mabul and Kapalai Malaysia.Where to Dive in Borneo; locallinks
India
Overview
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Scuba Diving in India
From India Adventures, providing information - tips, where to dive, permits, etc
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Scuba India
Provides this guide to scuba and other useful resources, including clubs, training and packages.
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Map and details
Of the Andaman islands from Wikipedia. Over 400 Islands rocks and reefs, with specially good dive sites to suit all levels at Havelock, Neil Island and Wandoor.
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Dive India.
The leading dive centre and resort in the forgotten paradise of the Andaman Islands; it offers a full array of fun diving activities and training courses from beginner to professional with both PADI and SSI.
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Map and Goa details
From Wikipedia; shipwrecks and sea-life provide great reasons to explore the seas at Goa. Visibility can be a problem at times (4 to 12 meters)
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Dive Destinations
And Dive Sites from Culture Holidays
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Diving Courses in Goa
Information and Map of Goa from Nikkis Travel
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Barracuda Diving
Provide courses; destinations, sites, and a helpful Map and details about the Lakshadweep Islands from Wikipedia;
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Official Island Site
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Kakshadweep
Opportunities, including scuba diving
Israel
Overview
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About the Red Sea and maps
From Red-Sea Diving; has other useful information about the area in the links section
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Desert-divers
Dahab Red Sea for daily diving, PADI courses, camel dive safari, freediving and more. Read about Dahab, Sinai and the Red Sea. How they were formed, the area they cover, and their significance in our lives
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Point Seven Diving and Snorkelling Centre
Located in Shark's Bay, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on the Red Sea, offering recreational dives and PADI / ESA courses. Diving Sites #, links to local information.
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Sharm-el-sheikh
Situated on the Southern tip of the Sinai peninsula, between the Red Sea and the mountains of Mount Sinai; the site provides loads of information on diving and other water sports in the area
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Tekstreme
Technical diving is fast becoming a popular extreme sport with divers looking to go that bit deeper, for that bit longer, in safety, exploring silent canyons and deep wrecks in warm waters teeming with life. Teksteme Diving is supported by a fully trained team of technical instructors and instructor-trainers, with the latest in technical gear and incredibly high safety standards
Japan
Overview
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Okidiver
A news website for local american divers in Okinawa, Japan. The main page is diving news, there is also a photo album for members to post pics to and the most popular part is the message board.
Korea
Overview
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Scuba in
Korea. - a comprehensive English-language scuba directory for foreign divers living in or visiting Korea; the best place for visitors to get information on dive buddies, trips, courses, equipment, aquarium shark diving, Korean tide charts and weather for dive planning purposes, gallery and message board.
Philippines
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