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Scuba Diving Amongst The Wrecks In Scapa Flow (Best Wreck Diving UK)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Liveaboard, Scuba Diving Tips & Safety, Scuba TravelTagged , , No Comments on Scuba Diving Amongst The Wrecks In Scapa Flow (Best Wreck Diving UK)

Scapa Flow is in the Orkney Islands in Scotland at the most northern tip of the UK. There are eight main ship wrecks to dive that remain from the scuttled German fleet. The dive depths range from about 12 metres (40 feet) to about 45 metres (150 feet). The waters are the warmest in September where they rise to 14C (57F), but go down to 4C (39F) in April. Visibility can be as good as 30 metres (100 feet), but also drop to around 10 metres (33 feet). Which in UK terms is very good visibility. Dive boats are boarded at a place called Stromness on Orkney mainland.

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What Is The Best Time To Visit The Great Barrier Reef? (For The Best Diving)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Liveaboard, Scuba Diving Tips & Safety, Scuba TravelTagged No Comments on What Is The Best Time To Visit The Great Barrier Reef? (For The Best Diving)

You can dive year-round on the Great Barrier Reef. Although the best conditions for scuba diving are from June through October. For liveaboard diving, the best time to go is July through November. In the Coral Sea, the visibility is best in June and in September.

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What Is Deep Diving For Scuba Divers? (26 Tips For Deep Scuba Diving)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Learn to Scuba Dive, Liveaboard, Scuba Diving Tips & Safety, Scuba TravelTagged , No Comments on What Is Deep Diving For Scuba Divers? (26 Tips For Deep Scuba Diving)

Deep diving is underwater diving to depths beyond first stage diver training. For PADI and NAUI this means deeper than 18 metres (60 feet) and BSAC deeper than 20 metres (66 feet). But in practice deep diving is beyond 30 metres (98 feet) when divers can experience nitrogen narcosis.

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My Great White Shark Story In South Africa (But Didn’t Get To Dive With It)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Liveaboard, Scuba diving stories, Scuba TravelTagged , , No Comments on My Great White Shark Story In South Africa (But Didn’t Get To Dive With It)

This is the first of many scuba diving stories, and this one is a diving story of my own. It’s about the time I flew to South Africa to dive with Great White Sharks. Unfortunately for me it wasn’t to be, and whilst I got to see a very large female Great White Shark (and very close-up for that matter), I didn’t get to see her underwater from inside the shark-cage. Maybe next time? If you have a scuba diving short story, please complete the contact form to the right of this page.

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Lionfish Problem In Caribbean (Should Scuba Divers Kill Them?)

By Russell BowyerPosted in Liveaboard, Scuba Diving News, Scuba TravelTagged , , No Comments on Lionfish Problem In Caribbean (Should Scuba Divers Kill Them?)

Whether you like it or not as a scuba diver, as a snorkeler or as a conservationist, lionfish in the Caribbean are being slaughtered by scuba divers with spears. Invasive lionfish are out-breeding, out-competing and living longer than the native fish stocks and other marine species in the region. The native species that the invasive lionfish are decimating, are important for ecological, commercial and recreational reasons. So this article considers whether it’s right to kill these creatures on spears as scuba divers. For me it goes against the grain for the usual conservationist nature of scuba divers, as lovers of all marine creatures. But I will admit to joining a group of scuba divers that went on a culling exercise of lionfish.

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