Diving With Whale Sharks: An Experience Of A Lifetime

Diving with whale sharks

Ask an avid diver about the creatures they long to encounter on one of their dives and I can almost bet my money that seeing or diving with a whale shark is right up their on their list along with manta rays. Ask a diver who has been lucky enough to encounter one and you’ll [...]

Swimming with Sharks in Shanghai

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Although Shanghai in China is surrounded by the sea, it is a very hard place to find any decent scuba diving. The sea water surrounding the city is full of silt and offers very poor visibility. However there is a solution for residents and visitors to Shanghai to get some world class Shark Diving in [...]

Mall Diving at the Dubai Aquarium

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The Dubai Mall is an insanely large shopping mall, located in Dubai UAE, at the base of the Burj Khalifa the tallest building in the world, and has several “largest” and “firsts” to its name including a 21 screen multiplex cinema, to an Olympic size ice skating rink inside the mall. But most fascinating of [...]

The White Shark Café

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The White Shark Café is not your typical local barista serving up mocha lattes and cappuccinos. This “café “ located somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean between the Mexican Baja Peninsula and Hawaii is a site where a peculiar phenomenon involving Great White Sharks takes place each year. In 2000 Marine biologists, oceanographers, [...]

The Secret Shark Pits – A Must Watch For Ocean Enthusiasts

Secret Shark Pits

I recently had the pleasure of stumbling across one of the most interesting TV Documentaries I had seen in a while. National Geographic Channel’s – Secret Shark Pits. In the waters surrounding Africa’s Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean, local diver and naturalist Hugues Vitry discovered what he calls “the Shark Pits”, a phenomenon and [...]

Halle Berry Dives With Great Whites For New Movie

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Scuba Divers, if you’ve ever wished to see what Halle Berry would look like in a wetsuit, then your prayers have been answered! In her latest film ‘Dark Tide’, currently in production, Halle plays the role of a Scuba Diving Instructor in an action packed thriller. The Oscar-winning actress known to play some intense and [...]

Top 5 Shark Diving Destinations in the World

Top Shark Diving Destinations- South Africa

For those of you ready to face your fear or or undertake the seemingly insane pursuit of intentionally taking the plunge in shark infested waters…

Top 3 Extreme Dives in the World

Eagles Nest Sinkhole Florida

For those of you that think Scuba Diving is much to sedate to even be considered a sport, you have definitely not heard of people taking the plunge at these Extreme dive sites. A far cry from the usual leisurely diving at tropical islands in the Caribbean or the coral reefs around the World, extreme [...]

Dive America’s Aquariums

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Scuba Diving at an aquarium is one of the most unique diving experiences you can have as a Scuba diver.  Firstly you have controlled water temperatures, limitless visibility and hundreds of marine specimens to view all in a single location. Aquarium’s also allow divers the opportunity to feed the fish, and get a behind the [...]

Dive with the Sharks at the Mall of America

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Talk about strange places for Scuba diving and unique experiences and one of the first places that come to mind is diving with sharks in icy Minnesota. Somehow that phrase doesn’t sound right, however it’s true. If you are ever in Minneapolis and visit the Mall of America, the Underwater Adventures Aquarium provides you with [...]