Advanced Aquatics Diving

South Pacific: Truck Lagoon

• Truck Lagoon is where Japanese warships were kept in for servicing during WWII.  The U.S. bombed Truk Lagoon in 1944 as a retaliation from Pearl Harbor, resulting in 60 shipwrecks.

• These ships carried various cargo, including bombs, bullets, and guns, many of which went down with the ships.

• The South Pacific provides excellent wreck diving, with visibility and movement into various rooms in the ships and outstanding natural reefs.

Galapagos Islands

•  This chain of volcanic islands  was the setting for Darwin's evolution research, and is positioned directly on the equator; half in the northern hemisphere, half in the south.

• The hot climate of the Galapagos would suggest warm waters, however, the water is surprisingly very cool from a cold current that runs up from South America.

• Fascinating sights on land!
• Black, green, and red beaches
• Marine and land iguanas
• Penguins
• Blue footed boobies
• Flightless cormorants

• Amazing underwater life!
• Hammerhead sharks
• Spotted Eagle Rays
• Manta Rays
• Sea Lions
• Vast array of fish

Cayman Islands

• Little Cayman (a short flight from Grand Cayman) is the home of the famous "Bloody Bay Wall", one of the most beautiful and sought after diving walls that exists.
• The Bloody Bay Wall stretches 1000s of feet down into the ocean, and is home to an incredible variety of wildlife, such as:
• Tube Sponges
• Lobsters
• French Angels
• Sea Fans
• Various Turtles
• Wall diving is spectacular because it gives the sensation of floating in space; that effortless feeling that makes diving so popular

Belize

• Belize is home to one of the largest reef formations on the planet.

• It also boasts the "Blue Hole" - the deepest hole in the ocean and an attraction for divers from all over the world.  100 feet down into the Blue Hole, large stalactites have formed, which suggests that there was a time when the hole was not filled with water.

Bonaire

• Situated about 40 miles off the coast of Venezuela, Bon Air is very uniqe and clean on land.

• Famous for shore diving; diving walls are located close to the shore, which in many cases, allows divers to begin their dive right from the land and marvel at dozens of colorful reef fish