DIVE SITES AND INFORMATION

 

American Samoa

 

 

British Columbia's Vancouver Island, Canada   

Cold-water diving and surfing along British Columbia's west coast.

 

 

 

Baja California   

The Sea of Cortez has abundant marine life and many endemic species.  Diving in the Los Cabos region including the Cabo Pulmo marine reserve is excellent.

 

 

 

Grand Bahama Island   

An assortment of marine life from the Caribbean

 

 

Japan & Okinawa    Japan

Shinjuku Lights, Tokyo

 

 

Away from the crowds and congestion of Tokyo, the Izu Peninsula provides a wealth of intriguing marine life unique to this Island nation.  At a latitude near that of Monterey Bay in California, divers encounter kelp and temperate marine life, while the Kuroshio Current provides warm water laden with tropical species.  Scuba divers are not allowed to take any marinelife.  Fish are plentiful and photographic opportunities are excellent.  The Izu region is famous for huge soft corals and tube-dwelling anemones.   

 

 

 

 

  

Main Hawaiian Islands

Hanauma Bay, Oahu

 

Kaua'i O'ahu Lana'i Maui Hawai'i

 

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

The largest coral reef system in the United States, it consists of ten mostly uninhabited bits of dry land extending 1000 miles northwest of Kauai.

 

 

Midway Atoll    Midway Atoll

Site of the famous WWII naval battle and Wildlife Refuge, Midway is a tiny outpost near the International Dateline.  The second oldest Hawaiian Island, it is the only location in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands where visitors have been able to visit and dive.  Home to some of the rarest animals on the planet.

 

Southern California    California

Diving in the Giant Kelp forests of Southern California's offshore islands from the live-aboard education vessel M/V Rapture.  Includes identification guide of common marine life.

 

Wakatobi, Indonesia    Indonesia

Fantastic wall diving in the Wakatobi Marine Park southeast of Sulawesi.

 

 

Surf Photos

 

 

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