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USS Oriskany - Dive Report

USS Oriskany - Dive Report from Rob Fairall
Dive Report: USS Oriskany - Aircraft Carrier sunk as an Artificail Reef in the Gulf of Mexico
Location: Pensacola, Florida, USA
There are many reports about doing this dive stateside. Has to be said it should be on a must-do dive list. Not so much due to it’s size and/or […]

28Apr2008 | Steve | 5 comments | Continued
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Ambergis Caye, Belize - Dive Report

Dive Ambergis Caye, Belize - Report from Rob Fairall - UK Expat in the USA
Location: Belize, CA
Site: Ambergris Caye
Flight time: About 14hrs from the UK. 2hrs from Houston, TX
Situated about 20min(light aircraft) away from main Belize.
Ambergris Caye is a small island which is only about 2.5 miles in length and has just three streets in […]

28Apr2008 | Steve | 0 comments | Continued
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Divers Dive where Angels go to Swim

The beautiful Angel Shark, my photos and its habitat

25Apr2008 | Steve | 2 comments | Continued
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Diving for Sharks Teeth

We all need a purpose to our diving. 
Whether we dive to explore a wreck, look at awe at the muti-cloured fish and other aquatic life or go in search of artifacts such as sharks teeth - it all adds to the rich experience that can be gained underwater.
One of the more simple but very pleasant […]

18Apr2008 | Steve | 5 comments | Continued
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Scuba Diving on Artificial Reefs

An interesting post on scubadivingblog.net (as shown by the excerpt below), starts the discussion on whether artificial reefs make good dive sites and are good to encourage a haven for marine life, in effect creating a mini artificial environment.
What do you think?
Excerpt from scubadivingblog.net as follows:
“If you are going to be in the Key West […]

16Apr2008 | Steve | 6 comments | Continued
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Scuba Diving Flippers and other kit

Whether you call those things on your feet flippers or fins at some point you are going to need some dive kit of your own.
But if you have just started diving, buying dive kit can be difficult if you don’t have someone to offer you some help and guidance.  This is even more so when […]

16Apr2008 | Steve | 6 comments | Continued
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Kursk - Diving Into the Russian Nuclear Sub Wreck

Diving Into the Russian Nuclear Sub Wreck - Kursk Submarine
read more | digg story

11Apr2008 | Steve | 1 comment | Continued
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Seahorse Spotting better than Train Spotting

Project Seahorse set up to monitor seahorses in the wild

10Apr2008 | Steve | 0 comments | Continued
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HMS Swordfish Dive

It had taken us three years to find the British S Class submarine, HMS Swordfish.  But last year we found her sitting off the back of the Isle of Wight, UK in about 45 metres of water.
That first dive was not too fantastic due to the visibility being about 2 metres only.  I did take […]

9Apr2008 | Steve | 5 comments | Continued
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Hostess with the mostest

when I started to develop this blog I wanted a host that would offer automatic upload of Wordpress and a simple to use Control Panel (C-Panel).
Looking on the Wordpress site I found they suggested a number of hosting partners.  I took a look at BlueHost and have not looked back since.
I had a couple of […]

9Apr2008 | Steve | 1 comment | Continued
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