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November 09, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Best Beach Vacation
The world’s largest coral reef system, the Great Barrier Reef stretches almost 1500 miles into the Pacific from the tip of Queensland. Designated a Marine Park by the Australian government and a World Heritage Area by UNESCO, the reef is home to an extraordinary abundance of species and habitats. Snorkeling, diving and fishing are rightly popular along the reef, nowhere more so than on the Whitsunday Islands, where the silica sands and aqua waters of the Coral Sea create the perfect beach.
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August 22, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Best Beach Vacation
Los Roques Archipelago attracts a number of visitors that come to do many different activities. The natural beauty of the beaches attracts most tourists. Coral reefs are of special interest to professional and recreational scuba divers. Sport fishing and windsurfing are also practiced in Los Roques.
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August 12, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Dive Sites
North Sulawesi is located within the ‘Coral Triangle’, a territory which spreads from western Thailand all the way through eastern Indonesia. To the east of Borneo and below the Philippines, Sulawesi is an oddly shaped island in the Celebes Sea. North Sulawesi refers to the most northerly point. Just a few hundred meters offshore the continental shelf plunges towards the deep oceanic trenches which offers nutrient rich waters. The fact that evolution here has been uninterrupted for millions of year means that the marine life in this particular part of the Coral Triangle is extremely diverse.
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August 01, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Dive Sites
Nusa Penida is the largest of 3 islands (the others being Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan). The water here is fairly cold (because of the ocean currents) but often startlingly clear, with gorgeous corals and prolific fish, with some turtle, shark (including grey reefs and silver-tips) and – Aug-Sep – Mola-Mola (the weird and wonderful Sunfish).
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July 29, 2009
By: WorldBeach
Category: Dive Sites
Maldives is endowed with innumerous marine species and dive locations and scuba diving in Maldives is always fun-packed. Diving is a most favored water sports activity in Maldives. To experience thrilling adventure under the water, dive san diego, maldives holidays, dive instructor, dive holidays, dive packages, dive gear, dive school will take you on a diving safari to popular dive sites in diving dhoni. Most of the atolls has various unspoiled dive locations.
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