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Encyclopedia > Dive site

This article identifies popular recreational diving sites around the world and describes the features of a dive site. Recreational diving is a type of diving that uses SCUBA equipment for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment. ...

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Bodies of water for diving

Most bodies of water can be used as dive sites:

  • lakes - small lakes are often used for diver training. Large lakes have many features of seas including wrecks and a variety of marine life. Man-made lakes, such as clay pits and gravel pits, often have lower visibility.
  • caves - these are more adventurous and dangerous than normal diving. See cave diving.
  • rivers - are often shallow, murky and have strong currents.
  • quarries - abandoned rock quarries are popular in inland areas for diver training as well as recreational diving. Rock quarries also have reasonable underwater visibility - there is often little mud or sand to create mid-water particles that cause low visibility. As they are not "wild" and usually privately owned, quarries often contain objects intentionally placed for divers to explore, such as sunken boats, automobiles, aircraft, and even structures like grain silos and gravel chutes.

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Dive site features

Many types of underwater feature make an interesting dive site, for example: An underwater scene just beneath the surface. ...

NASA image [1] showing locations of significant coral reefs, which are often sought out by divers for their abundant, diverse life forms.
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NASA image [1] showing locations of significant coral reefs, which are often sought out by divers for their abundant, diverse life forms.
  • The Topography of the site. Coral reefs, drop offs (underwater cliffs), rock reefs, gullies and caves can be spectacular. Deep dive sites mean divers must reduce the time they spend because more gas is breathed at depth and decompression sickness risks increase. Shallow regions can be investigated by snorkeling.
  • Historical or cultural items at the site. Ship wrecks and sunken aircraft, apart from their historical value, form artificial habitats for marine fauna making them attractive dive sites.
  • Underwater visibility varies widely. Poor visibility is caused by particles in the water, such as mud, sand and sewage. Dive sites that are close to sources of these particles, such as human settlements and river estuaries, are more prone to poor visibility. Currents can stir up the particles. Diving close to the sediments on the seabed can result in the particles being kicked up by the divers fins.
  • Temperature. Warm water diving is comfortable and convenient. Although cold water is uncomfortable and can cause hypothermia it can be interesting because different species of underwater life thrive in cold conditions. Cold water means divers tend to prefer Dry suits with inner thermal clothing which offer greater thermal protection although require training and experience to use properly.
  • Currents. Tidal currents can transport nutrients to underwater wildlife increasing the variety and density of that life at the site. Currents can also be dangerous to divers as they can result in the diver being swept away from his or her surface support. Tidal currents that meet solid underwater vertical surfaces can cause strong up or down currents that are dangerous because they may cause the diver to lose buoyancy control risking barotrauma.

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Popular diving locations

The following list of popular or interesting dive sites is shown by region, country and place.


Africa

Location of the Red Sea Image:Red Seaimage. ... Location of the Red Sea Image:Red Seaimage. ...

Americas - North, Central and South

Búzios (full name Armação de Búzios) is a resort town located in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. ... Cabo Frio is a Brazilian municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, by the Portuguese on August 15, 1615. ... Flag of Bonaire Bonaire is an island in the Netherlands Antilles, and as such, is a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 5th 944,735... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes on or near the United States-Canadian border. ... These are the Eisenhower Locks, located in Massena, NY. The Saint Lawrence Seaway in its broadest sense is the system of canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as far as Lake Superior. ... Location of Cozumel State Quintana Roo Presidente municipal Gustavo Ortega Joaquín Area   â€“Land   â€“Water ? km² N/A km² N/A km² Population   â€“Total (2003)   â€“Density about 90,000 (2003) Time zone UTC –6 Latitude Longitude 20°30′ N 86°57′ W Official website: Ayuntamiento de Cozumel Cozumel (Maya: Island... Playa del Carmen Playa del Carmen is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in the north east of the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, located at 20. ... Sacred Cenote, Chichen Itza Cenote (pronounced say-no-tay, plural: Cenotes) is the name given in the southern part of Mexico and Central America to freshwater-filled limestone sinkholes. ... Castara village beach looking south, Tobago Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ... This article is about the group of North American lakes. ... Darker red states are always part of the Pacific Northwest. ... Puget Sound Puget Sound is an arm (sound) of the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1976. ... Isla Margarita (Margarita Island) is the largest island of the Nueva Esparta State in Venezuela, situated in the Caribbean off the north eastern shore of the country. ... Mochima National Park (Parque Nacional Mochima in Spanish) is in Sucre State, Venezuela. ...

Australasia

Cape Byron Lighthouse Byron Bay (, ) is a town in the state of New South Wales on the eastern most point of the mainland of Australia. ... The Coral Sea is a region off the north-east coast of Australia with a namesake chain of islands (uninhabited), including the Willis, Coringa, and Tregosse Islets. ... Satellite image of a part of the Great Barrier Reef. ... Binomial name Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828) The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a distinctively-marked member of the subclass Elasmobranchii of the class Chondrichthyes. ...

Asia

The position of Sai Kung District within the Hong Kong S.A.R. Sai Kung (西貢; pinyin: Xi1gong4; Cantonese: sai1 gung3) is the second-largest of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ... Satellite photo of the Andaman Islands. ... Alor is the largest island in the Indonesia, which from the west include such islands as Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores Solor and Lomblen. ... Ambon may refer to two geographical places. ... Bali is an Indonesian island located at , , and one of the Lesser Sunda Islands. ... Map of Flores Island Flores (Portuguese for flowers) is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. ... This article is about the prefecture. ... Sipadan island Sipadan is the only oceanic island in Malaysia; rising 2,000 feet or 600m from seabed; it is formed by living corals that grow on top of an extinct volcanic cone that took thousands years to develop. ... Tioman Island is a small island, 39 km long and 12 km wide, located off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia in the state of Pahang. ... Palawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. ... Busuanga Island is the largest island in the Calamian Group in the province of Palawan in the Philippines. ... Coron can refer to the following things: Coron, a municipality in Palawan in the Philippines Coron Island, under the jurisdiction of the municipality Coron, Maine-et-Loire, a commune in the Maine-et-Loire département in France This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... Anilao is a 4th class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. ... Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. ... Boracay is a small bone-shaped tropical island located approximately 200km south of Manila and 2km off the northwest tip of the mainland island of Panay in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. ... Cebu is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. ... Dumaguete City is the capital city of the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. ... Puerto Galera is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. ... Guadalcanal, a 2,510 square mile (6,500 km²) island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands, is largely a jungle. ... Sairee-Beach Ko Tao (also often Koh Tao, Thai: เกาะเต่า, lit. ... Pattaya Bay as seen from Buddha Hill Pattaya (Thai พัทยา Phatthaya) is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand (, ), about 165 km southeast of Bangkok in the province of Chon Buri. ... Phuket (Thai ภูเก็ต) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ...

Pacific

NASA Satellite photo of the Galápagos archipelago. ... Binomial name Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) The Gray Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) is one of the most common sharks found around coral reefs of Indo-Pacific waters. ... Truk Lagoon is a sheltered body of water almost fifty miles long by thirty miles wide surrounded by a protective reef. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... Attack on Truk Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date 17 February 1944 – 18 February 1944 Place Truk, Caroline Islands Result Decisive American victory In World War II, Operation Hailstone was a massive naval air attack launched on 17 February and 18 February 1944 against the Japanese naval and air... Map of Yap Yap is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, the westernmost state of the Federated States of Micronesia. ... Binomial name Manta birostris Dondorff, 1798 The manta ray, or giant manta (Manta birostris), is the largest of the rays, ranging up to 6. ... Bikini Atoll - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image The Flag of Bikini Atoll Bikini Atoll (also known as Pikinni Atoll) is an uninhabited 6. ... Russell, Bay of Islands The Bay of Islands is an area in the Northland region of the North Island of New Zealand. ... The Cavalli Islands are a small group of islands of the east coast of the North Auckland Peninsula in northern New Zealand. ... Great Barrier Island (Harataonga Bay) Location of Great Barrier Island Great Barrier Island is an island in the north of New Zealand, situated 88 km to the north-east of central Auckland in the outer Hauraki Gulf. ... The Poor Knights Islands are a group of uninhabited islands off the east coast of the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. ...

Europe

Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: La Manche, IPA: , the sleeve), also for some time known in England as the British Sea, is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the... The Inner Farne seen from Seahouses harbour The Farne Islands (also referred to less formally as the Farnes) are a group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. ... Families Odobenidae Otariidae Phocidae Pinnipeds (fin-feet, lit. ... Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. ... The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire and existed between 1871 and 1919; it grew out of the Prussian Navy and the Norddeutsche Bundesmarine. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... The Aegean Sea. ... The Skellig Islands are two small, steep islands lying west of County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. ... Location Motto of the autonomous region: Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres (Portuguese: Of the islands, the most beautiful and free) Official language Portuguese Capital Funchal Other towns Porto Santo, Machico, Santa Cruz, Câmara de Lobos, Santana, Ribeira Brava, Caniço Area 797 km² Population  - Total (1991)  - Density... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Aegean Sea. ...

Other diving regions

BAS headquarters The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), formerly the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), is an institute of the Natural Environment Research Council, and has, for the last fifty years, undertaken the majority of Britains scientific research on and around the Antarctic continent. ...

See also

Diving in the sense of going underwater, has these purposes. ... This article identifies popular recreational snorkeling sites around the world and describes the features of those sites. ...

External links

  • Galapagos diving
  • The British Sub-Aqua Club - BSAC Travel Club where to dive
  • The Daily Diver - User reviews of dive operators, dive sites, non-diving activities and much much more...
  • Caribbean Scuba Diving around Isla Margarita - Isla Margarita offers some excellent Caribbean scuba diving and Caribbean snorkeling.
  • Scuba Diving Magazine - The official website of Scuba Diving magazine, The Magazine Divers Trust. Honest gear reviews, expert tips, vacation guides, dive plans and more!
  • Wannadive.net: Free World dive site atlas
  • Vietnam Diving: Welcome to diving in Vietnam.

  Results from FactBites:
 
Diving locations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (995 words)
This article identifies popular recreational diving sites around the world and describes the features of a dive site.
Deep dive sites mean divers must reduce the time they spend because more gas is breathed at depth and decompression sickness risks increase.
Dive sites that are close to sources of these particles, such as human settlements and river estuaries, are more prone to poor visibility.
Scuba diving - Wikitravel (5639 words)
Scuba diving is an excellent way to see some very beautiful sites: coral diving sites with their colourful sea life are the most famous but other scuba diving attractions include shipwrecks and caverns.
Diving is a major travel activity: dedicated divers plan entire dive holidays, and others may want to include dive sites in their itineraries.
Shore-based dives are dives where the site is close enough to the water's edge that a diver can swim out into the water and descend to the dive site.
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