Official dive vacation thread

[shiftline]

I sure did. I think there is a clip of them somewhere in the video but it's from the side and in the distance so can't really tell. Was a very cool experience

[daplatapus]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

One heartbreaking thing I saw was a lot of coral bleaching. One reason I keep going back to the Big Island was just how vibrant the coral colours were, porites, pocilliporas and others, lots of pinks and yellows ...... this year so much white.

While I'm sure there are tons of reason's for coral bleaching, there was an interesting article in DAN's Alert Diver that's a good read and a fairly seeming simple remedy if more people knew...

http://www.alertdiver.com/Sunscreens-Coral-Bleaching

[rishu_pepper]

My wife and I will be going to Okinawa, Japan in March 2016, diving at the Zamami Islands. We've never done any scuba before (taking the cert in new year), although I have done some snorkeling in Hawaii many moons ago. Really looking forward to it!

[chef]

A few years ago I had the chance to snorkel and dive the Philippines, Bali and the gili islands.
Philippines were cheap and beautiful. Tons of fish and incredible massive colonies of sps!!!! I was in boracay. For incredible sps color Bali gets my vote. The snorkeling in sanur absolutely blew my mind!!! Have fun in the Philippines!!!

[lemon604]

I don't dive but I was in the Philippines couple of years ago,. Heading back to Palawan next February. Here's the video of me snorkeling in Palawan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzIrq71z5yQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgDjZt7mcs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfwqpHJYRoE

[shiftline]

Originally Posted by lemon604

I don't dive but I was in the Philippines couple of years ago,. Heading back to Palawan next February. Here's the video of me snorkeling in Palawan



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzIrq71z5yQ



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgDjZt7mcs



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfwqpHJYRoE

That is one packed reef!

[Myka]

No kidding! ^

Originally Posted by shiftline

Here is my video from diving in the Galápagos Islands last spring. Amazing place

http://youtu.be/txTjzcw1Fv0

So many sharks - awesome!!!

[Reef Pilot]

Saw my first shark while snorkeling, off St.John's (Caribbean) a couple weeks ago. Startled me as he was right under me about 10 ft down, so quietly got out of there as fast as I could... Turned out to be just a nurse shark (not supposed to be dangerous),... but I didn't know that at the time. Was about 6 - 8 ft long.

[saltcreep]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Saw my first shark while snorkeling, off St.John's (Caribbean) a couple weeks ago. Startled me as he was right under me about 10 ft down, so quietly got out of there as fast as I could... Turned out to be just a nurse shark (not supposed to be dangerous),... but I didn't know that at the time. Was about 6 - 8 ft long.

A couple of years ago in Belize, our dive operator let us use spearguns on all of our dives to hunt lion fish. The smaller lion fish would get fed to the nurse sharks right off the spear. It got to the point where the sharks would follow us on the dives.

The larger lions were bagged and brought back to the boat for a beach bbq.

[Myka]

Cool! I want to eat lionfish.

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