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The Underwater Explorers Society (UNEXSO) dive center was established in 1965. Open every day of the year from 8 am to 5 pm. On-site, a 2-story shop, Sun and Sea Outfitters, is stocked with diving equipment and holiday clothing. After a great day of diving, relax by the pool at the Dive In Marina Bar & Restaurant and sit down to a Bahamian meal or... a cheeseburger! Step back in time with a visit to the Dive Museum, featuring diving artifacts from UNEXSO's inception in 1965. Board one of the 7 Unexso boats for half or full-day trips with equipment rental and nitrox filling. Whether you are an experienced diver or a beginner, a family or a honeymooner, you will find a team of professional diving instructors on-site! You don't have to dive or snorkel to see the spotted or long nose dolphins in their environment. Even non-divers have the chance to interact with these incredible animals by swimming alongside them. Because swimming with dolphins is a Bahamian island-specific activity! Meet them in the waters of Orange Cay, or in the freshwater river that divides Andros Island. When you go out to meet wild dolphins, there is no guarantee that they will cooperate. With the Dolphin Swim, divers swim with dolphins in the protected waters of Sanctuary Bay. With the Dolphin Close Encounter program, you can sit on a partially submerged platform and spend time with the dolphins. UNEXSO also offers a half-day dolphin assistant training course (minimum age 16) to learn more about dolphin care. You then buy your photo! Also explore the popular wrecks Theo, Sea Star, and Rose that Unexso helped sink in the waters of Gran Bahamas. Explore some of the best sites in the Bahamas with Unexso such as Shark Junction, Theo's Wreck, Dolphin Dive, and Deep reefs. [+]

The Reef Oasis Dive Club is located within the Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach Hotel in Freeport, Grand Bahama. The center is open year-round from 8 am to 5 pm. Special offers are available for your double room full board diving holiday at Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach and diving. The best dives in the Bahamas are for lemon, nurse, and tiger sharks. Plan your Bahamas diving holiday from November 15 to May 15 for great encounters with Caribbean reef sharks at Shark Alley on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, every week. Equipped with specially designed shark wetsuits, board one of the Reef Oasis boats for Tiger Beach. Here you can enjoy the memorable photo and video opportunities with the tiger sharks. However, insurance is required for this trip and a check dive is mandatory the day before diving with the sharks. Groups are welcomed onboard a catamaran approved for 20 divers. Wreck, early morning, and night dives are also available. The Reef Oasis Dive Club training center offers PADI courses from Discover Scuba Diving to Divemaster. Specialties with deep and wreck dives are taught by the PADI instructor team. PADI Shark Expert and Shark Awareness courses will excite those who want to improve their knowledge of sharks. Snorkelers will enjoy the Caribbean wildlife in the warm turquoise waters of the Atlantic Ocean, either around the Lucaya Gold Reef fish farm or at Peterson Cay. A special rate is available for children under 12 years old. Equipment rental is available on site. Non-divers can enjoy the beach at Viva Wyndham Fortuna. Reef Oasis Dive Club is involved in environmental protection with coral reef conservation. Please remember to respect the 24 hour waiting period before flying out after the last dive. [+]

The Raie Manta Club is located on Rangiroa atoll, less than an hour's flight from Tahiti. The Raie Manta Club, located on the Tiputa pass side, is open all year round. Every day, the departure for an exploration dive takes place around 8 am and the rehabilitation dives are organized around 10 am. The second exploration dive takes place from 1.30 pm. If you wish to do a sunset or twilight dive, this takes place in the late afternoon at around 5 pm, upon request. Transfers by 4x4 are free of charge from your guesthouse. The bilingual instructors, state-certified and sea guides, will prepare your equipment and then, after their briefing, they will guide you to discover this exceptional fauna. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced diver, you will dive in small groups of the same level on the reef or in the drift, in the passes, in an ongoing current. Customized safaris are organized on request for photographers and for film shoots. Manta rays, more numerous from July to November, are present all year round. The great hammerhead shark "Tamataroa" is attracted to the leopard ray aggregations from December to February. Tursiops bottlenose dolphins are very playful and are present all year round. Seven different species of sharks can be seen in all seasons, both outside the atoll and inside the passes and lagoon. Whether the trade winds or the maramu blow, Rangiroa offers great diving opportunities all year round. Rangiroa is the largest atoll in the South Pacific and one of the largest in the world. It is 76 km long and 24 km wide. Made up of a 300-meter wide coral strip, it surrounds the lagoon with its turquoise waters, rich in wildlife. To the north, separated by the two passes of the atoll, the villages of Avatoru and Tiputa are about 12 km apart. [+]

The O2 Fakarava dive center is located in the Fakarava atoll in Polynesia. Ranked in the world's Top 10 for the best dives, Fakarava is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Come aboard our 7.50 m semi-rigid dive boat, fitted out with an awning to shelter you from the sun. Go diving in the Garuae channel to the north, the widest in Polynesia, with its concentration of pelagic fish and sharks. You can also expect some exceptional encounters in the Tetamanu channel to the south. A family atmosphere awaits you at the O2 Fakarava diving club, with passionate instructors on hand to share some (very!) special moments with you. Ideal for those with a fear of water, try your hand at diving in the calm turquoise lagoon. Alternatively, try an SSI Try Scuba experience that allows you to admire Fakarava's fish-filled underwater world. For their part, most underwater photographers and divers wait every year for the marbled loaches to breed in Fakarava's passes. Choose one of Fakarava's guesthouses, each with its own identity. You can also camp in Fakarava or rent a holiday home. [+]

The Mantaray Island Resort is located on the island of Nanuya Balavau, in the Naviti virgin islands group north of Yasawa, in the Fidji Archipelago. Surrounded by beautiful coral reefs with dive sites for all levels divers. They offer a range of courses to dive most of the sites. The exercises take place in shallow waters, in front of the beach of the Center. Divers who have not dived for a long time, perform a check dive from this beach with an SSI dive instructor. 3 or 4 SSI training days with possibility to follow the theoretical courses online before coming on site. Snorkel courses with certifications in 2 days while exploring the crystal clear waters of the Yasawa Islands. 2 daily diving boats departures from the island to get to one of the 40 dive sites near the Mantaray Island Resort. To see : 2 recently sunk wrecks, real artificial reefs which are every year more encrusted with corals. Located just 3 mn from the Mantaray Island Resort. Two liners, the 160 feet Navigator and the 140 feet Glory lie 20 to 30 m deep. The sites are composed of caves, drop-offs, pinnacles and coral gardens. Drift diving with sharks, at night . Around 7,000 different species of fish live on these coral reefs and near coastal habitats. The smallest reef shelters 300 different animal varieties. You’ll discover endemic fish such as Two-Color Rabbitfish and Black Rabbitfish with a yellow tail. Rarely seen as couples. Very well preserved Islands, with few boats on the sites. Special dive trips on request to observe Black or Whitetip Sharks, Gray Reef Sharks and even Bull Sharks. Manta rays dive trips from May to October. [+]