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Coron: Wreck Diving Capital of the Philippines

2. 7. 2015
If you want to explore some of the world's best wreck diving, Philippines should be on your bucket list. Especially the wrecks in Coron Bay, and surrounding shores of Busuanga, are some of the finest dives sites in the Philippines today. The majority of these shipwrecks result from a sustained air…

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Utila - The Jewel of the Bay Islands

1. 7. 2015
Some of the best diving in the Caribbean awaits divers in Utila, the smallest of the Honduras' Bay Islands. More than eighty diving sites are located around the islands among its extensive reefs teeming with marine life, including the magnificent whale shark. But it's Utila most divers find their…

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Milford Sound: Tricking Deepwater Species into Shallow Depths

30. 6. 2015
New Zealand's Milford Sound is regarded as one of the top tourist destinations to see and it's even called the eighth wonder of the world. Situated on the west coast of the South Island, this northern most fiord of a World Heritage-listed area is quiet, still and breathtaking in any weather. Bounded…

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Deepest Pool in the World Planned in London

24. 6. 2015
An ambitious start-up entrepreneur has announced plans to build the world's deepest indoor dive centre outside of London this year. The company, that is building the world’s largest and deepest, multi-level, indoor research, training and development pool, is called Blue Abyss. Alongside, hyperbaric…

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Dahab: One of the Finest Places to Dive

23. 6. 2015
The Red Sea, quite simply, offers some of the best diving in the world, with everything from macro marine life, shallow coral gardens to sweeping reefs capes and deep current-strewn wrecks. Especially dive sites around Dahab are world class - the most popular wreck dive in the world, consistently…

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Ao Nang: Home to an Unmissable Macro Life

16. 6. 2015
There are many great beaches in Thailand, but among them all, Ao Railay beach is supposed to be the best. This beach located nearby Ao Nang, a small resort town that was originally put on the travel map by backpackers, many of whom came for the excellent climbing that the local karst rock formations…

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Egyptian Scubadiver Breaks Record in the Longest Dive

8. 6. 2015
Egyptian scuba diver Walaa Hafez breaks Guinness World Record for The Longest Open Saltwater Scuba Dive. His new World Record is 51 hours and 20 minutes. The event took place on the 4th of June, 2015, during the Red Sea Festival at the Red Sea Resort off Hurghada, Egypt at a depth of around 10…

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Scapa Flow: World Class Shipwreck Diving

8. 6. 2015
Fantastic wreck diving can be found in the clean waters and unspoilt environment of Scotland's Northern Isles. In fact, it ranks as one of the top wreck diving destinations of the world. This top wreck spot is home to the remains of the German High Seas Fleet that was scuttled in Scapa Flow on 21st…

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The Blind and Diving

20. 5. 2015
15 years ago, I had the idea that it would be nice to show diving to the handicapped. At that time, this idea was not entirely new – I knew that the diving of people on wheelchairs was relatively common, but it seemed to me as quite a logistic challenge. I was looking for a group of people with a…

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Diving into the Philippines' Dangerous, Underwater Gold Mines

14. 4. 2015
Filipino divers disappear into water as opaque as chocolate milk as they blindly dig in search of gold trapped in muddy sediment. It's risky business: As miners go deeper, underwater tunnels could collapse or the compressor that provides air may fail. Hari Sreenivasan reports on a dangerous venture…

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