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Azores Sub diving school is located on the south coast of the island of Sao Miguel, Azores, in the marina of Vila Franca do Campo. Azores Sub is open all year round, with daily boat trips at 8:30 am and 2:30 pm. Azores Sub offers PADI courses suitable for beginners with the Discover scuba diver program, which includes snorkeling and a first dive to discover the rich underwater world of Sao Miguel Island. These dives prove to be a unique experience. For the more experienced divers, specialty courses are organized with dry suit diving, Drysuit Diver, or nitrox courses. At Azores Sub Diving Center, the snorkeling and freediving courses are supervised by a certified instructor so that these experiences are unforgettable and done with maximum safety. Participate with Azores Sub Diving center in the sea trips to the most beautiful dive sites of the Azores, the Formigas and Dollabarat reefs. The passage of pelagics such as manta rays and sharks will enchant you if you are patient in the water. The underwater landscapes around Sao Miguel are shaped by volcanic lava with natural arches, passages, caves, and drop-offs. You'll even dive in hydrothermal hot springs! Also, explore the wrecks dotting the areas where ships once anchored off Vila Franca do Campo. You will discover many anchors dating from the 16th century in the middle of schools of yellowmouth barracudas and yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana). In the crevices, find beautiful morays and huge groupers in the beam of your lamp. Diving and snorkeling are relaxing and invigorating activities that everyone can enjoy in the waters of the Azores due to a water temperature ranging from 16°C to 24ºC and visibility up to 30 meters. [+]

Bali Diversity is located in Amed on the northeast coast of Bali, 2.5 hours drive from the airport, in a quiet location, ideal for relaxation, and for those who want to take a break. It is a popular area with a succession of small bays and black sand beaches, only one and a half kilometers from the famous Jemeluk Bay. The owners are instructors who love Asia and speak many languages between them, having dived all over the world. One is an avid marine biologist and the other is passionate about underwater photography. The dive center has a classroom and a large terrace with a beautiful ocean view, the perfect place to watch the sunset while sipping a fresh fruit juice! Facilities include breaks with coffee, tea, water, fruit, and towels. In the Kubu, Amed, and Tulamben area, diving is mainly done from the beaches. The center has air-conditioned cars with a capacity of 8 people to take divers to sites along the east coast of Bali. If you are diving from a boat, you will embark with your dive guide on a fisherman's Jukung, which has a small capacity of 2 to 4 divers. Amed is a quiet place that has nothing to do with the busy southern part of Bali. The fringing reefs are suitable for swimming, snorkeling, and scuba diving, and nature lovers and photographers alike will enjoy it. In the resort, you stay at Double One Villa for your diving holidays, which is open to the sea with parking spaces available. Enjoy your evenings in Amed's unique village atmosphere where you can meet divers from other parts of the world, in the warungs. [+]

Best Spot Azores Dive Centre is located in Ponta Delgada, on the island of Sao Miguel, Azores. Here you are in a 5 star PADI and AWARE dive center. Nevertheless, PADI training for beginners is in the spotlight with Discover Scuba Diver and Scuba Diver sea baptisms. Choose the 10-dive package with or without equipment rental, if you want to have time to observe pelagic animals. On Best Spot Azores Diving center boats, you have access to around 50 dive sites around Faial Island. Some of the Best Spot Azores dive guides are biologists who give you an educational introduction to the marine life of the Azores. Experienced, they guide you in a calm, relaxed and safe manner. During your diving holiday in the Azores, go on long trips out to sea to observe the passage of rays, tuna, and kingfish in the blue. Take advantage of a diving holiday on Sao Miguel Island to go on snorkeling trips with family and friends, with insurance and equipment included. Best Spot Azores guides explain how to use the equipment, fins, mask, and snorkel and give you technical tips to practice safely. The Best Spot Azores diving club organizes trips to the sea, either for a walk along the coast or for a beautiful encounter with the local fauna, in the middle of the Azores' underwater landscapes, in a zen atmosphere. [+]

Sakalav Diving is located on the beach of Bemoko, on the west coast of Nosy-Be, facing the island of Sakatia. Nosy Be island is located between the two archipelagos of the Sakalava country with the Radama in the south and the Mitsio in the north. Closed during the month of February, Sakalav Diving is managed by Alain-Benoit Rassat, an underwater photographer and videographer specializin in oceanography, and Nathalie Bazard, specializing in tourism and 4* hotel business. NAUI PADI CMAS instructors have decided to make a living out of their passion by sharing it with both beginners and experienced divers. Sakalav Diving can accommodate groups of up to 30 people by privatizing the boats. Nevertheless, the groups are composed of a maximum of 4 or 5 divers per supervisor, although the 3 9m long boats can take 8, 10 or 12 divers respectively. The drift dives take place with boats that follow the divers' bubbles. The sailors will take care of you: they will carry your equipment in the boat before your arrival in the morning, change your block between the 2 dives, unload it on the way back to the shore, rinse and dry your equipment and bring it back to the boat for the night. Don't worry about anything else but your dive! Stay underwater as long as you want, only your consumption and the data of your computer dictate your timing. Your dives are personalized and take place according to what interests you. Alain-Benoit and Nathalie organize diving cruises in catamaran or trimaran, for 2 to 10 divers, between Radama and Mitsio islands. At your request, video and photo courses, macro or atmospheric, are organized by Alain-Benoit, a real pro in underwater photography. During the whole year, bio dives take place with the search for nudibranchs, seahorses, antennae, and leaf fish. Don't miss the whale-watching trips. [+]

Zen Dive Bali is located 30 minutes from Singaraja, near Lovina, in the north of Bali, about 3 hours drive from the airport. You are close to the best macro site in Bali, Puri Jati. The resort overlooks the Bali sea, nestled in tropical gardens and engulfed by vegetation. The objective of your stay here is to find yourself in harmony with yourself and your loved ones, in a state of complete relaxation, in a sanctuary of well-being... with the impression of having aged 10 years younger! You are staying in a luxurious villa with refined Balinese traditions, delicious cuisine, revitalizing ayurvedic treatments, daily practice of yoga, meditation, and pranayama. Diving is practiced in a context of plenitude with a different approach to the underwater environment. Zen Harmony Diving offers a synergy between diving, health, yoga, meditation, pranayama, and Ayurveda. Everything is centered on controlled breathing and an orientation towards meditation. You are sensitized to eco-responsible gestures for the protection of the oceans and the world's climate. You are aware that you are doing your part and that sustainable development is necessary for mankind and the environment. These stays are adapted to divers looking for different approaches from the world to the West and who want to progress with Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, herbal medicine, and shamanic practices, in a beautiful harmony between body and mind. This approach considers the whole human being as a whole rather than the functioning of each part of the body individually, according to the concepts developed by Dr. Mahendra Shah. [+]