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Scuba Diving Dominican Republic – PADI certified dive boat operation located in Bayahibe, a small fishing village on the south coast of Dominican Republic. A place that offers some of the best dive spots for scuba diving on the Caribbean side of this beautiful island.
Bayahibe is an excellent place to learn scuba diving from the beginner’s level up to a dive master. Great dive sites for new divers, challenging dive spots for the more experienced. Scuba divers of any level can come here for scuba diving and bring their non diving friends and family members too. There is lots to do for everybody.
We have it all in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic. Divers from around the world come here every day for unforgettable experience of diving in the real Caribbean, scuba diving in Dominican Republic.
We are the only dive operation in Bayahibe that specializes in scuba diving, scuba lessons, snorkeling and trips for private groups. For about the same price you can enjoy scuba diving or boat trips only with your family or group of friends, make your own schedule, nobody will rush anywhere. The only limitation is the weather and the sea conditions.
We are Canadian owned, PADI certified dive boat operation, run only by our family members. We specialize in scuba diving with small private groups between 2 – 5 people and the schedule is done completely by our customers. Our clients and their satisfaction is our priority. Our boat Sharky, and the shop – Sharky’s Shop are located on the beach in Bayahibe, one of the nicest places to go scuba diving in Dominican Republic.
Our clients are mostly couples or families up to 4 divers. But we can accommodate a group size from 2 to 30 divers or from 4 up to 70 non divers.
If you want to learn scuba diving or book a trip, doesn’t matter if it’s a scuba trip or just a fun boat trip there is never anybody else on the boat, just members of you private party. You do the schedule, only the weather can change it.
Vava’u offers a vast array of year round diving for all levels and experiences. Topographically, the islands of Vava’u offer stunning underwater caverns and cave systems, where divers can surface in different chambers, and encounter the marine life that inhabit these areas.
Soft Coral walls and large Sea Fans can be found on many of the dive sites, and there is even a wreck dive within the sheltered harbor waters. Mandarin Fish and Seahorses have also been located in the main harbor.
With our high speed boat most of the dive sites are within a 20 minute ride, enabling us to spend more time underwater and also to see the beauty of the islands as we travel.
A variety of snorkeling sites are available and with the crystal clear waters that surround some of the islands, it is an ideal opportunity for people to discover the marine life. Most of the caverns are accessible from the topside by kayak and snorkel, so for the non-divers in your life there are still things to do.
The Humpback Whales (Megaptere novaengaliae) belong to the Baleen whale family, though while at first their size may appear intimidating, their diet consists of the small side of marine life, their teeth are actually plates of keratin, forming filters that separate water from food when feeding.
Every year from July to November they complete their migration from the cold feeding waters south of New Zealand and Australia, to the warmer tropical waters of Tonga where they give birth to calves and perform courtship readying themselves for the next season.
Watching the Humpback Whales is a treat everyone should see, both above and below the surface they aim to please with wonderful displays of activity. Breaching, spy hopping, fin slapping are a few of the behaviors regularly encountered on the surface of the water. The most heart warming though, are the underwater views of mother’s resting with their calf, taking a well-earned break whilst still keeping an eye on her restless and often playful calf.
Channel Islands Dive Adventures mission is to offer well organized dive trips to unique and interesting destinations with a dive/travel guide present, to help foster new friendships with other like minded divers and above all to promote safe and fun diving.
Channel Islands Dive Adventures is owned and operated by Ken Kollwitz. Ken was certified at 16, had a 10 year surface interval and has been diving the last 20+ years mainly around the Ventura-Monterey-Channel Islands area. He considers himself a true cold water diver with his favorite diving around Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Other places Ken really enjoys to dive are Jade Cove, Port San Luis / Avila / Morro Bay area, Monastery beach and San Clemente Island. Ken has a sense of adventure and enjoys all types of diving such as; hunting, wrecks, photography, drift, deep, tech, deco and more. Ken is always looking for new exciting out of the way dive sites and hard to get too dive sites.
Ken is an insured NAUI Divemaster and a brand new NAUI Scuba Instructor. He is certified in limited wreck penetration (TDI); advanced nitrox/decompression procedures (IANTD), open water buddy for disabled divers (HSA) and he is a DAN diving emergency specialist provider.
Ken has been a member of the Channel Islands Divers dive club for the past 17 years where he has served as President and Dive Coordinator. He also has been a member and helped out with various other local dive clubs and organizations such as the Channel Islands Underwater Photographic Society and the Channel Islands Council of Divers. He has also helped out the Ventura College advanced NAUI dive program for the last 5 years. Ken formerly worked for the Sunfish dive boat as a Divemaster and Operations Manager.
Besides diving, Ken enjoys planning, organizing and leading dive trips locally and abroad and he really enjoys meeting new divers and working as a Divemaster. Ken believes safety is #1 and having fun is #2.
Diveheart is an incredible organization and it is the “CAN DO” spirit that Diveheart hopes to instill in all its participants by giving them the confidence and independence that allows them to face their own life challenges and overcome barriers that before might have seemed insurmountable.
Through SCUBA diving, the Diveheart Foundation supports and facilitates programs that teach children and adults with disabilities and the military wounded to fly. Thanks to the wonder of the water column, the oceans and lakes of the world become the forgiving weightless environment of outer space, giving perfect buoyancy to a child or adult who would otherwise struggle on land.
Diveheart: The Diveheart Foundation supports and facilitates programs that teach children and adults with disabilities
Build confidence and independence
Offer a sense of freedom and high adventure
Empower individuals to set goals and believe in reaching for them
Event Invite
Jim Elliott – Founder and President of Diveheart will be instructing the local team on being a divebuddy for the disabled – we will be holding an Intro to Scuba event and you are invited for a first hand look at this incredible experience!
When: March 20th 2010
Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm
Where: Queen of the Valley Wellness Center (Synergy)
Address: 3421 Villa Lane – Napa, CA 94558-3056
About Diveheart:The Diveheart Foundation was founded in Early 2001 and is a non-profit tax exempt 501 (C) (3) national organization chartered in the state of Illinois. The purpose of Diveheart is to provide and support educational SCUBA diving and snorkelling experience programs that are open to any child, adult, or veteran with a disability with the hope of providing both physical and psychological therapeutic value to that person.
Black Lagoon Products is also an official sponsor of Diveheart Napa with their very generous donation of DarkFin Gloves for all the disabled divers! A big SDG THANK YOU!!!
Our Company:
Black Lagoon Products is a privately owned company based in Knoxville Tennessee.
Black Lagoon Products is the only manufacturer in history to ever use natural latex rubber to produce a webbed glove. Our first rubber webbed glove was designed and manufactured in San Diego CA in the early 1980s and has since undergone numerous design changes.
Our company’s “confidential” rubber dipping process, combined with over 20 years of studying a variety of water sports and marine life propulsion, makes us uniquely qualified to design and produce the worlds first and only practical webbed glove suitable for use in all category’s of water sports that make use of the hands in some way to create resistance for the purpose of propulsion. In short, Darkfin gloves superior materials and unique natural design make it the best webbed glove in the world!
Our Mission:
To offer to the world the highest quality product we can produce, at the most affordable price and the most streamlined service possible. We envision a day when Darkfin Power Gloves are considered standard water sport equipment the world over.
Benefits:
With 12 sizes to choose from and the new contoured shape, Darkfin gloves fit great!
Light weight rubber does not absorb water and become heavy
Darkfin gloves are tough as nails and with a little care it might out last your wet suit.
Builds upper body strength
Tread water easier using less energy
Easy to care for, rinse them off and throw them back in the original UV protective bag.
The principle of Swim Challenge is simple: it’s a MEN vs WOMEN duel!
From April 1st to November 30, 2010, the more you swim, the more you contribute to fighting cancer. Men are swimming for prostate cancer and women are swimming for breast cancer. (See detailed press release below)
Swim Challenge is open to anyone, whatever age, nationality, country or swimming level!
How to participate?
Sign up as a challengerThe first step to participate in Swim Challenge is to sign up as an individual in a category (Men or Women).Then you will have the possibility to join a team. In order to do this, you will have to get the team code from your team leader who created the team. This code confirms your acceptance to the team.A few rules to remember:- You can only join one team- Once you have joined one, you cannot change teams
- You can come back to your profile at any time to create a team
- You can come back to your profile at any time to join a team
Swim Challenge is organized by Aqua Sphere, one of the world’s leaders in swim equipment.
IN THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES – WHO WILL GO THE LONGEST?
Aqua Sphere Challenges Men and Women to Swim for a Cause
VISTA, Calif. – February 19, 2010 – Aqua Sphere, the leader in high-end, innovative swim products, dares to see who will go the distance—men or women?
As the sponsors of the Swim Challenge, Aqua Sphere, the company that promotes comfort and long-lasting performance in the water has thrown down the gauntlet in an effort to raise funds and awareness for breast and prostate cancer and in the process, determine who rules the pool.
Beginning April 1 through November 30, swimmers of all abilities can sign-up and sign on to www.swimchallenge.org each day to log their hours (not their laps) in the water. Whether they like it smooth or rough, on their backs or their stomachs – it’s not the stroke that matters but who will outlast their competition.
The Swim Challenge website will track the total time, men vs. women, via a “leader meter” posted on the website and created as a widget so that competitors can keep tabs on their counterparts. The site will also allow swimmers to individually track their personal progress in the pool, encouraging them to swim longer each day.
“Regardless who wins, they both win,” says Olivier Laguette, Director of Marketing for Aqua Sphere. “We’ve all been personally affected by cancer in some way or another but instead of simply writing a check, we wanted to do something fun that would promote a healthy lifestyle as well as some healthy competition – and a little bit of gender wars seemed appropriate.”
Aqua Sphere, the originator of the “swim mask,” is widely known for their line of comfortable aquatic eyewear including the popular Seal and Vista masks and the Kaiman and Kayenne goggles. Designed for form and function, swimmers can simply fit the frames to their face and forget about them while they enjoy swimming for time, distance, exercise or just fun.
About Aqua Sphere
Aqua Sphere is the worldwide brand of choice for swimming gear, based on the highest industry standards of design and innovation. Launched in the mid-90s as a division of the diving industry leader Aqua Lung, Aqua Sphere is committed to supplying eye protection for dedicated or casual swimmers, enabling them to feel safe, comfortable and at home in the water. The company’s numerous innovations include the Seal, the first swim mask featuring 180° vision and Kaiman, the first panoramic goggle. For more information, call (800) 775-3483, or log on to www.aquasphereswim.com.
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF) was founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder as an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to funding innovative clinical and translational research. In October 2009, BCRF awarded nearly $28.5 million to 173 scientists across the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. BCRF perseveres in directing at least 85 cents of every dollar raised directly to research. And for the eighth consecutive year, BCRF received Charity Navigator’s highest rating, four stars, thus outperforming over 99.8% of the 5,400 evaluated charities, while the American Institute of Philanthropy has awarded BCRF its highest possible rating of A+. BCRF is the only breast cancer organization in the U.S. to receive these accolades. For more information about BCRF, visit www.bcrfcure.org.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) was founded in 1993 to find better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer. Through its unique model for soliciting and selecting promising research programs and rapid deployment of resources, the PCF has funded more than 1,500 programs at nearly 200 research centers in 20 countries around the world. The PCF is a force of HOPE for more than 16 million men and their families around the world who are currently facing the disease. For more information, visit www.prostatecancerfoundation.org
Borneo Eco Adventure is the leading tour operator in Borneo of Indonesia which was founded by Mohammed Syahdian, a truly young Bornean who has been experienced in ecotourism since 2005. It is home for highly motivated people of Borneo in adventure and concerning for potential attractions of the nature and culture of the mighty island.
However, we are great adventurers ourselves with zero accident experience. We have been boating our Borneo rivers, rafting our Borneo rapids, diving our Borneo sea-beds, caving our Borneo caves, trekking our Borneo jungles, hiking our Borneo hills, climbing our Borneo mountains, and wandering our Borneo wilderness tremendously. We dig further into the interior and interacting with the inlanders as brothers and sisters.
Our programs are following the responsible travel guidelines which are not only promoting the interests but also minimizing the negative impacts to the environment and society, as well as improving the welfare and social of local people. In other words, we are focusing on environmentally sound, culturally sensitive, and economically sustainable enterprises.
With an impressive team gains deep knowledge and high experience in hiking, trekking, climbing, caving, rafting, boating, diving, as well as cultural sightseeing which will be contributing factors to satisfy you in exploring the hidden beauties of Borneo through our comprehensible explanation unveiling your curiosity, interest, and concern for the amazing nature and culture of this magnificent island.
When you are adventuring with us, you will meet the travel experts who can tailor made your itinerary to suite what necessary exactly. Our first hand experience and knowledge provide you the detail and accurate advice or determination to ensure your safety and satisfaction as well as the impact to environment. No one knows and cares an Island more than the Islanders.
We will serve you the best with our hearts. Your safety and comfort as the Everest. We will present you an unforgettable experience for the rest of your life.
Since over a decade now is TillyTec building high quality diving lights 100% Made in Germany.
The brand TillyTec is well known in whole Europe and other countries with hundreds of stores selling the Modular Power Light-System (MPL).
TillyTec is holding the first patent for modular Dive Lights since 1994.
In 2002 TillyTec was building the first high performance LED Dive Light worldwide.
In 2003 TillyTec build the first smallest HID 35 worldwide.
In 2004 smallest and brightest LED in a BackUp Light.
In 2006 developed worldwide first changeable 1000 lumen LED for Dive Lights.
In 2007 developed worldwide first focusable triple LED in a Dive Light.
In 2008 produced smallest and brightest LED Dive Light with 45 000 LUX worldwide.
While other manufacturer have recalls of about 20%, TillyTec has only 3.2% recalls! Tillytec - known for quality Dive Lights.
What are you waiting for? 300 days of sun and warm water! The diving is unbeatable! Contact us now so we can help you find your preferred type of accommodation. If you are already in Malta, it’s even simpler. Just give us a call and let us know what dives, courses, or services you would like and we will pick you up from the hotel!
Karma, Anna, Amanda, and Margo hitch a ride on the Lois Ann to take a dip in the Pacific! First stop was the Yukon…it was hard to see the wreck because the viz was bad but the girls still had fun! Second stop was the kelp forest at 7 Fathoms which again had terrible viz but we did find the kelp!
Scuba Diving Dominican Republic – PADI certified dive boat operation located in Bayahibe, a small fishing village on the south coast of Dominican Republic. A place that offers some of the best dive spots for scuba diving on the Caribbean side of this beautiful island.
We have it all in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic. Divers from around the world come here every day for unforgettable experience of diving in the real Caribbean, scuba diving in Dominican Republic.
We are Canadian owned, PADI certified dive boat operation, run only by our family members. We specialize in scuba diving with small private groups between 2 – 5 people and the schedule is done completely by our customers. Our clients and their satisfaction is our priority. Our boat Sharky, and the shop – Sharky’s Shop are located on the beach in Bayahibe, one of the nicest places to go scuba diving in Dominican Republic.
