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Dive Op / Resort	Live Aboard?	Area	Title / Review	Rating Advanced / Beginner	Diving Date	Reporter/ # Dives	Photos/ Helpful Votes
*Sigurdur Haraldsson/ N/A*		Iceland	"Cold Water Diving in the Land of Fire and Ice" We had heard a lot about diving Silfra- - a traditional bucket- list destination for divers- - which saw us researching a trip to Icela... Full report		10/2024	Ryan M Neely 100+ Dives
*Deep Blue Azores*		Azores (Terceira)	"Much better than I expected" In the Azores Islands, it's cold water diving. This year, with the warmest sea temperatures on record (surface temp in low seventi... Full report		9/2024	Patrick Ritter 500+ Dives
*Nautilus Explorer*		Sea of Cortez, Mexico	"An expedition on the Nauitilus Explorer on the Sea of Cortez" This was a first time expedition to search for Mobula rays, Orcas, Whales, Sea Lions, dolphins and the most important thing on our... Full report		7/2024	Peggy Goldberg 1000+ Dives
*Diving Guru*		Sri Lanka	"Southside Sri Lanka during the off season" Did two dives in a break from a two week bus tour of Sri Lanka. Diving in Unawatuna, on the southside of Sri Lanka, in between th... Full report		11/2023	Garry Wade Klein 1000+ Dives
*Argonauta*		Sardinia - Cala Gonone	"Awesome cavern diving " Please do not be misled by the star ratings regarding marine life - this is truly cavern diving. Did two incredible dives. 1) ... Full report		7/2023	SHARA NEIDELL 250+ Dives
*DeepSpot/ NA*		DeepSpot Poland	"DeepSpot Poland" While visiting the in- laws in Poland, we decided on a check- out dive in Europe's deepest pool, DeepSpot, on the outskirts of Warsa... Full report		7/2022	Bobby Munno 1000+ Dives
*We dive Portugal*		Lagos Portugal	"Really nice folks, fun dive, unusual fish" This was not the Azores, and not tropical diving. The water temperature was around 64- 67 F they supplied 7 mm wet suits which ke... Full report		10/2021	bill mashek 1000+ Dives
*Sindbad Dive Club/ Berenice Beach Club*		Aqaba, Jordan	"Jordan's underwater museum of military vehicles" I had a 6 hour layover in Aqaba Jordan before returning to Israel. I had read about the Jordanian government sinking military veh... Full report		11/2019	David 1000+ Dives
*Dive IS*		Iceland	"Silfra Fissure, cold but amazing - another bucket list dive" This was a "bucket list" dive; I had seen a presentation about diving in Iceland, and when the opportunity arose to make a 2- day s... Full report		5/2019	Phil Hamilton 1000+ Dives
*Ushuaia Divers*		ushuaia, Argentina	"Dry suit dive at the bottom of the world" Went to Ushuaia for a cruise up the coast of Chile. So I went a day early and dived with Carlos at Ushuaia Divers. After dry suit ... Full report		2/2019	John Yavorsky 1000+ Dives	1
*MV Invincible/ Ferry Inn*		Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, UK	"Challenging but worth the effort - diving German WW1 wrecks" This was a "bucket list" trip, a chance to dive the remaining wrecks of the German High Seas Fleet during the centennial year of t... Full report		4/2019	Phil Hamilton 1000+ Dives
*Sea Point Centro Subacqueo/ N/A*		Naples, Italy	"Bigger than Pompeii and not nearly as crowded!" The reason to dive in Baia is to see underwater archeological sites that date back to 200 BC. More info about the sites here: htt... Full report		8/2019	Ellen Marie Smith 500+ Dives	1
*Dive Aquarius/ Paradise Resort and Spa, San Teodor*		Sardegna, Italy	"Dive operation was generally good. " The staff at the dive shop were all excellent. Very helpful and accommodating. The diving itself was a bit disappointing. The boat... Full report		9/2019	Dale H Cowan MD 500+ Dives
*DIVE.IS/ no resort*		Iceland	"Diving in Iceland" I took a PADI drysuit class on one day with two open water dives, one in a geothermal lake (Lake Kleifarvatn)and the other in a gl... Full report		8/2019	Joseph Muratore 1000+ Dives
*Obsession II/ Ocean Backpackers*		Lundy Island, United Kingdom	"Seal diving off Lundy Island" My dive club runs a trip here each year. We stay at the backpackers hostel in Ilfracombe and go out on the day boats to Lundy Isla... Full report		8/2019	Faye Wilde 500+ Dives
*Nautico Dive Academy/ N/A*		Gran Canaria, Canary Islands	"Gran Canaria shore diving" I have dived with these guys a few times, although they used to be called Dive Academy Gran Canaria and have recently changed owne... Full report		4/2019	Faye Wilde 500+ Dives
*SCUBA Montserrat/ Olveston House*		Montserrat	"W T H is Montserrat?" What I wish I had known before I left home is that the dive shop only accepts CASH. SURPRISE! SCUBA operations were expensive an... Full report		7/2019	Bobby Munno 1000+ Dives
*Orca Dive Center/ stayed in hotel*		Easter Island	"Unusual and Beautiful Easter Island" Getting there is a challenge. Navigating the Santiago airport is not easy as it is poorly marked and poorly staffed. Lines move ve... Full report		1/2019	Laura Mosqueda 500+ Dives	4
*Fifth Element*		Reunion Island	"Scary Dive Guide" Scary dive guide I went diving with this company while in Reunion Island and had a frightening experience. I was almost out of a... Full report		10/2018	C Leroy Anderson 1000+ Dives
*Liveaboard Mikumba*		[RAJ AMPAT WEST PAPUA	"Excellent I knew the libiard was pretty basic" [I knew the liveboard was basic. Diving set equipment were very small The most I dislike the bathroom in front of the dining are... Full report		4/2018	Ms angelica litteken 1000+ Dives
*Liveaboard Mikumba*		[RAJ AMPAT WEST PAPUA	"Excellent I knew the libiard was pretty basic" [I knew the liveboard was basic. Diving set equipment were very small The most I dislike the bathroom in front of the dining are... Full report		4/2018	Ms angelica litteken 1000+ Dives
*Dive Timor*		S.E. Asia	"Unexplored Region - above and below the sea" Timor is the newest country in S. E. Asia and just emerging from violent and unstable past. So visitors come here to experience the... Full report		9/2018	Adam Preston 1000+ Dives	2
*Best Spot Azores*		Sao Miguel Azores	"Great Atlantic diving with an excellent dive centre" This is Atlantic diving so rocky reefs and volcanic rock rather than coral reefs. Plenty to see on the local dives including octop... Full report		9/2018	Faye Wilde 500+ Dives	2
*Porquerolles Plongee*		France, Cte d’Azure	"Diving in a marine park in the French Mediterranean" As part of a wider trip in Europe, I spent two days on Ille de Porquerolles, which is part of the Port Close National Park, just o... Full report		7/2018	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Magmadive*		Iceland	"Iceland - diving the Silfra fissure and ticking off a bucket list item" This is not a cheap experience, but it is a unique experience and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The water is around 2 degrees Celsius a... Full report		7/2018	Faye Wilde 500+ Dives	1
*Porquerelles dive / Rented studio on the island*		France, Porquerelles island ,	"FRANCE: The best spot for fish and wreck diving?" I had been travelling in Europe on a motorcycle, and carried with me my mask, dive computer, camera housing in case the opportuni... Full report		7/2018	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Strytan Dive Centre*			"Diving in Northern Iceland" Iceland is already pretty far north, lying just below the Arctic Circle, but in the north of the country are two very different an... Full report		6/2017	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Sri Lanka dive tours*		East coast Sri Lanka	"Diving the HMS Hermes wreck in Sri Lanka" HMS Hermes was the world's first purpose built aircraft carrier, laid down in 1918 at Newcastle in the UK, launched in 1919, but d... Full report		9/2015	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Dive shop in Irkutsk*		Russia	"A dive into Lake Baikal, Siberia" If you ever happen to take a trip on the Trans Siberian Railway across Russia, as I did recently, one of the stops on the way is t... Full report		8/2014	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Scapa Scuba/ Cottage in Stromness*		Orkney Islands, Scotland	"Diving the scuttled World War 1 German ships at Scapa Flow, Scotland" ]Recently I spent a week on the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland, diving the scuttled First World War German battles... Full report		8/2013	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Strytan and Dive Iceland*		Iceland	"Two unique dives in Iceland" Recently I spent two weeks in Iceland, a country that has some interesting features such volcanoes, glaciers, icebergs, geysers an... Full report		6/2012	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Strytan Dive Centre/ Hostel in Akureyri*		Northern Iceland	"DIVING IN NORTHERN ICELAND " Iceland is already pretty far north, lying just below the Arctic Circle, but in the north of the country are two very different an... Full report		6/2017	Andrew Falconer 500+ Dives
*Rhea Divers/ Pestana*		Porto Santo + Madeira	"blue wonder" Porto Santo + Madeira Atlantic diving – the idea sent chills through my body. Friends recommended it with only a short flight (4 ... Full report		8/2017	Michael Joest 1000+ Dives	2
*SCUBA Iceland/ Centerhotel Klopp in Reykjavik*		Silfra, Iceland	"Beautiful Silfra, Iceland" The lovely wife Agnieszka and I did the full PADI drysuit training certification with wonderful Polish instructor Kuba of SCUBA Ic... Full report		7/2017	Bobby Munno 1000+ Dives
*Johns Diving Charters*		Scapa Flow - Orkney Islands	"Awesome wrecks in Scapa" John is a very experienced charter operator. So experienced that I think he finds non expedition level divers without rebreathers ... Full report		5/2017	Lee Martin 250+ Dives
*Aggressor*			"The other Tragedy of the Sri Lanka Aggressor" The Other Tragedy of the Sri Lanka Aggressor My dive buddy and I were on the Sri Lanka Aggressor for the final Rec Diving week, F... Full report		2/2017	Timothy J Hedrick 1000+ Dives
*Unawatuna Divers*		Sri Lanka	"expected more" There never ever started a vacation with that many calamities than this one. First Air Sri Lanka stopped it´s service out of Frank... Full report		1/2017	Michael Joest 1000+ Dives	1
*Scuba Montserrat/ private residence*			"Montserrat - off the beaten path and worth the trip" While visiting my brother, who has a home on the island, I had a chance to get a couple of shore dives in with Scuba Montserrat (w... Full report		10/2016	William G Bain 250+ Dives
*Scuba Duba*		Puerto Madryn, Argentina	"Great diving with sealions in Argentina" Wonderful, one- tank dive as part of a Cape Horn cruise. All arranged privately by email (thanks to Caroline at the store) and easi... Full report		1/2016	Steve Forster 1000+ Dives
*DIVE.IS*		Silfra, Iceland	"Unworldly scenery, 300-foot viz, and delicious water" I booked on the Dive. Is Web site well in advance. They're very popular during the summer months, so I'd advise you do the same. E... Full report		6/2016	Harvey S. Cohen 250+ Dives
*Nautilus Explorer/ Nautilus Belle Amie*		Soccorro	"Great Diving in the Socorro Islands" Great trip on the new Nautilus Belle Amie. The boat is very spacious with extra large cabins with double beds. As usual, the foo... Full report		4/2015	Mike O'Keefe 250+ Dives	1
*Exploramar Diving/ Hosteria Mandala*		Puerto Lopez, Ecuador	"Puerto Lopez, Ecuador, but alas no Isla de la Plata" We signed up for a day of diving with Exploramar, hoping we would get to make the trip to Island de la Plata, the “poor man’s Gala... Full report		11/2015	Mark A. Magers 250+ Dives
*Dive Iceland/ One Day Stop on a Cruise Ship*		Silfra Crack, Iceland	"Best Viz in the World" Diving the Silfra Crack is definitely one of those "Been there, done that, got the t- shirt" places. It is claimed to be the clear... Full report		7/2015	Robert Halem 250+ Dives
*Santorini Dive Center/ Callisti Thera*		Santorini, Greece	"Great Experience in Santorini's Caldera" Diving the caldera of a 3, 500 YO volcanic explosion in the eastern Aegean provides a unique underwater experience. No coral format... Full report		7/2015	James Filipczak 1000+ Dives
*Dive Iceland/ Hotel Holt*		Iceland - Silfra Spring	"Iceland - Silfra Spring" A very unique diving experience. No animal life in the spring, just incredible visibility. The better your tolerance for cold wa... Full report		2/2015	Kris Kraman 250+ Dives
*Nautilus Swell*		Alaska, USA	"Diving Alaska" This was our fourth trip to Alaska, our first aboard the Nautilus Swell, built in 1912. There were 11 very experienced divers abo... Full report		6/2014	Pierre Hurter 1000+ Dives	1
*Aquaventures*		near Cork, Ireland	"Diving with Aquaventures in Baltimore, Ireland" Dove with Aquaventures out of Baltimore on their hard boat (Wave Chieftan). Did several drift dives around islands and pinnacles i... Full report		7/2014	Neil Burgess 250+ Dives
*Aquaholics*		Northern Ireland	"Diving Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland" Dove with Aquaholics out of Ballycastle. Their self- catering house there for divers is brand new and very comfortable with a large... Full report		7/2014	Neil Burgess 250+ Dives
*Nautilus Swell*		Alaska	The Nautilus Swell is a refurbished tugboat and set up in a most pleasing way for divers. Each room had a private shower and bathr... Full report		8/2013	C Leroy Anderson 1000+ Dives
*Orca Dive Centre/ Park Plaza Verudela*		Pula, Croatia	My dive buddy and I spent the first night in another hotel . . . the Park Hotel. It was a HOT night (34*C/ low 90's F) and the hotel... Full report		8/2013	David Schwab 250+ Dives	1
*Indies Trader/ Westwind*		Bikini Atoll - Marshall Island	This is clearly a "bucket list" trip, very expensive with extreme diving. Most dives are 150+ for 20+ minutes resulting in deco s... Full report		11/2012	Stephen D Pahl 1000+ Dives
*Pico Sport/ Jeiroes Do Mar*		Pico Island, Azores	European divers head to Pico or Horta, two mid- atlantic islands of the Azores 3 hrs from Lisbon or 5 hrs from Boston to dive with ... Full report		9/2012	DAVID SHEM-TOV 500+ Dives	2
*Rainbow Divers*		Nha Trang, Vietnam	The typical routine is a two- tank morning boat dive to the offshore islands. The area we dove in was a marine park. The boat was... Full report		3/2012	Elizabeth Crapo 250+ Dives
*The Dive Shop, Sihanoukville*		Cambodia	The Dive Shop is based in the coastal city of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, but they operate mainly on Koh Rong Island, which is a 2. 5 ... Full report		3/2012	Elizabeth Crapo 250+ Dives
*Issa Diving Centre*		Vis, Croatia	When we set off on our little roadtrip to Croatia via a friend in Munich the plan was to go to Croatia Divers as recommended on he... Full report		4/2010	Stephen Elves 100+ Dives
*Scimitar Diving/ Aqua Hotel*		Portland nr Weymouth, Dorset	The Setup Scimitar runs 2 hard boats - Scimitar and Cutlass (both with diver lifts - luxury) and a RIB - Sabre from their base ... Full report		6/2010	Stephen Elves 100+ Dives
*Aquatours/ Sherazade*		Sudan	A few years ago I met an Australian divemaster who had worked the Red Sea, and recommended liveaboard diving out of Suda... Full report		10/2009	Paul Gillespie 250+ Dives
*Paradis Resort Diving*		Mauritius	Paradis Diving is set within the resort of the same name in SW of Mauritius. It is an upmarket resort with great golf course, tenn... Full report		10/2009	Graham McGregor 250+ Dives
*MV Radiant Queen*		Scapa Flow	Emily Turton was an amazing skipper, cook, and very knowledgeable regarding Scapa Flow. She has a MCA category 3 Boatmasters Licen... Full report		5/2009	Elaine & Lisa 1000+ Dives
*Blue Ocean Whale Watching*		Portugal, Azores, Pico	Azores, Pico Island Pictures with a couple of manta rays in great visibility caught my eye in a dive magazine. It was an articl... Full report		8/2009	Michael Jöst 1000+ Dives
*El Salvador Divers*		El Salvador	Looking for something different, I heard that there was "volcanic lake diving" in El Salvador, so I went online and checked it out... Full report		2/2009	Greg Liebman 250+ Dives
*albert marvelli/ mv invincible*		scapa flow scotland	five guys from new york went to scapa flow scotland on a two week trip here are some details. scapa flow is home to about 2 doz... Full report		9/2008	al marvelli 1000+ Dives
*Centro Sub Campi Flegrei*		Naples, Italy	This was not a dive for the creatures. Just as the Naples area is famous for Pompeii and the ruins, there is another set of ruins... Full report		10/2008	Robert Halem <100 Dives	1
*Bormes Plongee*		France	This was my second trip to the Med coastline of France. Growing up reading Cousteau's adventures in 2005 this was a pilgrimage bac... Full report		7/2008	Vincent Reed 250+ Dives
*RV Bounty Bay*		Pacific	Boat is a 42' catamaran. See [. . . ] . Trip was to Pitcairn Island and dependencies (Oeno and Henderson Isla... Full report		2/2008	Harry E. White 500+ Dives
*Oceanwide Expeditions/ M/V Aleksey Maryshev*		Antarctica	This was strictly dry suit diving. The air and water were both at 32 degrees F. Inexperienced dry suit divers need as much exper... Full report		2/2007	Robert M. Jacon 500+ Dives
*Green Monkey/ Bunkum Beach House*		Montserrat, Lesser Antilles	My wife and I recently took a trip to Montserrat (August 2007). Due to Hurricane Dean we arrived a day late but we were able to ge... Full report		8/2007	Brian Gibson 250+ Dives
*The Cotton Dive Centre/ Cotton Bay Hotel, Rodrigues*		Indian Ocean, Rodrigues Island	Rodrigues is a quiet and lonely island situated in the southern Indian Ocean, a brief 2 hours flight from Mauritius. It's a dry ro... Full report		1/2007	Stanley Zuk 1000+ Dives	1
*Mascareignes Plongee/ Beach Villas*		Mauritius, Grand Baie	Mauritius is a wonderful and interesting vacation spot in the Indian Ocean, sorrounded by great beaches and healthy beautiful cora... Full report		1/2007	Stanley Zuk 1000+ Dives
*Acuanauta Diving Center*		Argentina, Lake District, Pat	This is cold water dry suit, altitude, alpine diving. I was basically given a tour of a manmade underwater recreation area with se... Full report		12/2005	Harvey Monroe 500+ Dives
*Acuanauta Diving Center*		Argentina, Lake District, Pat	... Full report		12/2005	Harvey Monroe 500+ Dives
*Seawolf Diving/ Vue Pointe*		Montserrat	... Full report		6/2006	brant shenkarow 1000+ Dives
*Waterworld*		SW Ireland	Diving from a RIB in the Magharee Islands. This is cold water diving, a bit more adventurous than what the Red Sea or Caribbean h... Full report		7/2006	David Schwab 250+ Dives
*Orca Diving/ bed and breakfast unrelated*			The undercurrent report was accurate and still up to date. This is definitely off the beaten track. Mostly, South Americans, Euro... Full report		1/2005	Harvey Monroe 250+ Dives
*Great White Adventures*		Eastern Pacific	For the second year in a row, San Francisco- based Great White Adventures (GWA) has chartered the Solmar V out of Encenada, Mexico ... Full report		8/2004	Kent Bonde 1000+ Dives
*Diving Center Shark/ Medulin, Croatia*		Croatia	3* hotel was inexpensive, but good. Diving was expensive, also good . . . not so much for the life in the water, but for the grea... Full report		9/2005	David Schwab 250+ Dives
*Naia*		New Caledonia	This was an exploratory trip to New Caledonia. The 24- hour crossing from Vanuatu was quite rough. The sails were raised to help ... Full report		7/2003	Rob Mougey 500+ Dives	1
*Aquatique/ none*		Manama, Bahrain	Did this dive while visiting Bahrain on business. They meet you at a resort and bring all their gear there. Very friendly aussies... Full report		4/2004	Terry Kraft <100 Dives
*Scuba Nation/ N/A*		Sihanoukville,Cambodia	Scuba Nation in Sihanoukville, Cambodia has been in operation for about two years. We chose the two day five dives (one a night d... Full report		1/2004	Jan R Shaw 1000+ Dives
*Rainbow Divers/ Phu Quoc Island off Vietnam*			Rainbow Divers has been active in Vietnam in the Nha Trang area (a marine reserve on the East Coast of Vietnam)for over 10 years. ... Full report		1/2004	Jan R Shaw 1000+ Dives
*Sea Wolf Dive School/ Erindale Guest House*		Montserrat	Montserrat is an Eastern Caribbean island with an active volcano on the southern end. There is one dive shop run by a German ex- p... Full report		12/2001	Dwain Lovett <100 Dives
*Ana Mandara Resort*		Nha Trang, Vietnam	We went to Vietnam to check out the Diving, based on a small add in Asian Diver (I think). We would not go back for the diving (i... Full report		5/2002	Matt & Ellen Tate 1000+ Dives

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