Brownbanded bambooshark

Misool Eco Resort is located on a private island, Batbitim, south of Sorong, Indonesia. Misool Island, a former shark fishing camp, has become a marine reserve! Arriving in Sorong the day before your stay, you are transferred in 4 to 5 hours with the speed boat to Batbitim. Passing through the Salawati archipelago, Misool is located 165 km from the nearest port and 20 km from the first village, in the very heart of the world's largest marine biodiversity. This haven of serenity is eco-responsible, created with recuperated wood, without cutting down trees, practicing waste recycling, and with a locally-based staff. Forty guests are accommodated in 8 charming cottages on the edge of the northern lagoon and in 11 villas in the southeast and northeast of the island. Life here is punctuated by sunrises and sunsets. You take your meals in front of a translucent lagoon where you watch the fish. There is no telephone network. The diving center, on stilts, is suitable for professional photographers and videographers with about 50 m2 dedicated to them for camera maintenance and headlight loading. The lounge with the library is located in the dry area. A huge sunny veranda allows you to relax during the surface interval between the three daily guided dives, including a twilight dive. Nitrox is available for certified divers. Divers under 15 years of age must contact the center prior to booking. Due to the isolation of the resort, safety being a top priority here, there are no-deco dives, solo or at more than 30 m depth. Your vacation here has a scent of adventure with a pinch of locally produced aloe vera, ginger, and coconut massages. Nice paddle rides are to be tried! [+]

Koh Kood BBdivers is located in Koh Kood, Thailand. There are 2 offices, the first one is in Klong Chao on the main road just next to the High Season Resort. The store offers a wide selection of diving and snorkeling equipment as well as waterproof bags. For backpackers looking for cheap accommodation, there is the BB Dorm, a small 8-bed dormitory located just behind the dive shop. Then there is a shop in Siam Beach, in Bang Bao Bay, near the beach, on the car park of the Siam Beach Resort. The boat leaves from the pier near the store. Divers have an appointment in the store here before leaving for a day trip at sea. PADI training courses are offered. Divers in training do the theoretical part of the courses on-site, the water training with exercises takes place at the beach. Daily diving and snorkeling trips are offered around the island. The supervision is made by an international team led by Kristel who founded the school. She makes sure that the operation specific to BB divers is respected, seeking to ensure that clients are treated as friends. In recent years, they are also located in Koh Chang, more touristic and in Koh Mak, to access even less immersed reefs. BB Freedivers also welcomes freedivers with interesting training courses. [+]

All 4 Diving is located in Phuket, Thailand. Open all year. In one of the most popular diving destinations of South Asia. PADI 5* IDC Center, specializing in first dive training to instructors courses. They organize daily trips from Phuket, Racha Islands and Phi Phi Islands to Ko Dok Mai, and to the 3 most popular dive sites in the Andaman Sea : Shark Point, the Anemone Reef and the King Cruiser wreck. Due to the remoteness of Hin Muang and Hin Daeng, this highly popular destination is operated by privatized motor boat. In the morning, you’ll board the 26 m-long MV Mermaid, spacious and comfortable for diving, snorkeling and diving to head for Phuket to the Krabi region. Diving platform for an easy in and out. Large wardroom to relax. Upper deck sheltered from the sun, for afternoon naps. Delicious breakfast and hearty lunches, prepared on board. Between dives, fresh fruit, pastries, coffee, tea and soft drinks. They also propose outings to the Similan and Surin Islands, Ko Bon and Ko Tachai, Richelieu Rock and Burma, in the Mergui archipelago. The isolated location of the Similan and Surin Islands, on the west coast of Thailand, coupled with the maritime influence of the Indian Ocean and the protection of these islands National Parks, gives a magnificent biodiversity and abundance of marine life. Most of the islands are uninhabited and have white sandy beaches and huge scattered rocks. Manta Rays and Whale Sharks. Compulsory reservations as the number of divers is from now on limited in these parks. [+]

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BB Divers Koh Chang is located in Koh Chang, Thailand. It´s a PADI IDC 5 star center open daily, offers training from beginner to instructor with regular IDCs. It's possible to free dive and daily excursions are offered on the nearby reefs. Services include transfers to hotels, lunches, drinks, manuals, and PADI certifications, the use of all equipment, a certified guide for recreational diving and a certified instructor for training, speaking several languages. The embarkation takes place on traditional Thai fishing boats, modified and adapted for diving, the Blue Lagoon for 50 divers and 100 blocks and the small boat Sky Saeng for 30 divers and 40 blocks. There are chilling areas as well as spaces to get equipped and dis-equipped. It's an environmentally friendly center with water fountains on boats, reusable dishes to avoid disposable plastics, pick-up of plastic bags underwater by guides and customers, use of Biodiesel by boats, pooling of boats during the low season to limit oil and pollution. Beach cleaning is made by the shop and offers to customers. They join the Nemo project with the reintroduction of clownfish in Koh Rang National Park. During the dive they monitor the coral with slates representing the color of the different corals, checking the colors and vitality of corals to determine if they are affected by time or their positioning. They also offer 4-day reef conservation training to learn all about corals, their vulnerability and conservation, recognize fish, and work on your buoyancy control. [+]