Archive for August, 2009
August 31, 2009 at 10:13 PM · Filed under Scuba Diving
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“Wakatobi Dive Resort” on a beautiful tropical island, located in the remote and peaceful Wakatobi archipelago in the Banda Sea, Indonesia.
While diving here you will see pristine coral reefs, abundant colorful fish and rare, cryptic critters.
Wakatobi is located in an area that encompasses the highest coral reef biodiversity in the world. It simply means that at Wakatobi will have the greatest opportunity to see the greatest variety and diversity of marine life.
The entire Wakatobi region has been turned into a sustainable protected marine park.
August 30, 2009 at 6:16 PM · Filed under Scuba Diving
Christmas Tree Worm, an invertebrate that builds a tube into the coral, the only thing we see is its beautifully decorated head/antennae.
The head/antennae works like a net to catch tiny plankton that float by in the ocean currents. The antennae are also like gills, allowing the worm to breathe.
When the worm feels threatened (nearby movement) it will disappear down into its tube in the blink of an eye.
August 30, 2009 at 2:36 AM · Filed under Scuba Diving
Blue Spotted Stingray …what vivid colors!
The only known predator of the Blue Spotted Ribbontail Stingray is the Hammerhead Shark.
August 29, 2009 at 6:15 PM · Filed under Scuba Diving
Can you name this Maldives Fish?
August 29, 2009 at 3:57 PM · Filed under Scuba Diving
There are many varieties of the 4-Eye Butterfly Fish.
Why do they appear to have 4 eyes?
One of the reasons for the spots on tail is an aid for the fish to camouflage themselves on the coral reefs.
Most butterfly fish have pointed snouts, useful for plucking out the small coral animals and getting into small crevices for tiny invertebrates which they feed on.
To a predator, the large dark spot on the tail appears to be the fish’s head and often allows the butterfly to escape being the “blue plate special” of the day.
August 29, 2009 at 3:34 AM · Filed under Scuba Diving
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Why people go on Honduras Vacations, because it is one of the world’s top scuba diving destinations.
Located in the western Caribbean Sea, this exotic tropical island has everything for your SCUBA diving vacation, wreck diving, scuba lessons and certification, fun dives, day or night.
Sun drenched beaches, coral reefs (the world’s second-largest barrier reef stretches from Cancún to Honduras), Mayan ruins, proximity to the U.S., and good value.
There are also rain forests, cloud forests, exotic wildlife, and volcanoes — without the crowds of Cancún. …Some of the region’s least discovered beaches edge the long Caribbean coastlines of Nicaragua and Honduras.
La Ceiba, a colorful city in Honduras, is a jumping-off point for the mostly English-speaking Bay Islands, which attract about 30,000 visitors annually. One sign of the area’s growing popularity: Continental Airlines (CAL) is expanding service from one day a week to seven from Houston to Roatan, the largest of the Bay Islands, once a haunt of pirates.
Roatan has plenty of diving resorts, as well as many small hotels and independent diving operators who offer outstanding diving opportunities at very competitive prices.
Choose Roatan Honduras for your Scuba diving vacation:
- Wall Diving
- Wreck Diving
- Whale Sharks
- Dive with Dolphins
- Part of the World’s 2nd Largest Living Coral Reefs
- Brain Coral
- Night Cave Diving
- More than 32 Sites within a 15-minute boat ride
- Outstanding Shore Diving
- Many excellent dive operators
August 24, 2009 at 5:29 AM · Filed under Scuba Diving
If you are a “Scuba Instructor” we want to hear your stories!
There were two people who influenced me to become a scuba diver. The first was Loyd Bridges from Sea Hunt- how cool I thought it would be to breathe underwater! Then a few years later we had career day at my high school. Our presenter was a high fashion model, she had prepared a slide shows of her world travels. In them she appeared in a wet suit with scuba gear and all on a sandy white beach with a clear blue sky. She described her encounters with sharks and many other things. I’ll never forget how excited I felt, thinking of the possibilities of seeing a new world, a world I had not been exposed to other than the movies. This was attainable was thrilling!
I never planned either profession- but about five years later I became a model, quite unplanned, and within a few more years a scuba diver- and then Instructor.
It still gives me chills to watch the excitement in a new divers eyes, when they see for the first time. one of Gods perfectly painted, beautiful creatures!
If you are a “Scuba Instructor” please tell us your story!
Where’s your favorite dive site? What interesting situation did you have? What marine life have you encountered?
Tell us anything!