Places for Diving in the World

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Thinking about where to go for scuba diving? Scuba diving is one of the most popular recreational water sports in the world today with an ever-increasing number of enthusiasts and diving sites where scuba lovers can enjoy their favorite sports. Check out the list for some of the extraordinary places for diving in the world and decide which one you are going to visit next.

Places for Diving in the World

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Thinking about where to go for scuba diving? Scuba diving is one of the most popular recreational water sports in the world today with an ever-increasing number of enthusiasts and diving sites where scuba lovers can enjoy their favorite sports. Check out the list for some of the extraordinary places for diving in the world and decide which one you are going to visit next.

Diving Vacation: Your Time on Land

Travel Tips and Planning
As an avid scuba diver, you are having the time of your life on your diving vacation. You have spent numerous hours in the water - but what about your time outside of the water? Regardless of how many dives you've taken throughout your trip, it's always nice to spend some time onshore, exploring the different sites and restaurants. We at Dip 'N Dive have a few suggestions when it comes to taking a break from the water and enjoying your dry time.

Diving Vacation: 5 Tips for Bad Backs

Diving Fitness
Just like any other sport, scuba diving requires a certain amount of physical strength and well-being. That’s not to say that if you have, for example, a bad hand or an aching back that you cannot participate. The key is to let your condition be known and work around it, rather than trying to push through the pain to just follow along like everyone else. Back problems can be common issues to all athletes, and with scuba diving especially, you need to take precautions to avoid injuring yourself more. Here are five tips to always remember when diving with a back problem.

Diving Vacation: Planning

Travel Tips and Planning
So you’ve been issued a certification card and you’re finally ready to take your first diving vacation. This is an exciting time, but it requires a different kind of planning compared to just your regular old trip to the beach. We at Dip ‘N Dive would like to offer you a bit of advice when it comes to planning your vacation.

Diving Vacation: Making Choices

Travel Tips and Planning
Taking a diving vacation doesn’t necessarily mean that you will be spending every minute in the water. Basically, the vacation can be structured whichever way you want. Maybe you’d prefer a more relaxed trip, with some time in the water and the rest of the time for on-land explorations. Or maybe you’d like to spend as much time as possible in the water. Whatever your preference is, it’s important to know that you have many options and the ability to create your dream vacation. Dip ‘N Dive understands this philosophy and so, we’d like to offer you a few pointers when it comes to making decisions about your dive vacation.

Niagara River Drift Dive

Drift Dive
The Buffalo area has many things that it is famous for whether it be it's chicken wings, hot sauce, bison chip dip or the Buffalo Bills losing four straight super bowls and yes even Niagara Falls. What most people do not realize is that the Niagara River is world-famous for SCUBA Diving. The river is probably the most popular dive in the area, divers come from all over the world to dive the river, whether it be from Germany, Ukraine or even many divers from the USA travel here to dive the river.

Dive Travel: Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic
This week we're going to look at diving in the Dominican Republic, specifically the Silver Banks. The Silver Banks are located 80 miles north of the Dominican Republic in the Atlantic, southeast of Turks and Caicos Islands.

Dive Travel: Ecuador

Galapagos Islands
This week, we're going to review the Galápagos Islands which are located in the Pacific Ocean 600 miles west of Ecuador and situated on the Equator. The Galápagos archipelago is comprised of 19 main islands and several small islands, which are now a protected National Park of Ecuador.

Dive Travel: Belize

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Today we're going to look at Belize which is located on the Caribbean coast of Central America between Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula to the north and by Guatemala to the west and south. The country is rather small in size as it consists of approximately 9,000 square miles including its islands and a population of 230,000 people. Belize has inland mountain ranges with peaks over 3,600 feet, dense tropical jungles, a coastline of mangrove swamps, and 266 square miles of offshore coral islands.

Shipwreck: John J. Boland Jr.

Shipwrecks
This week we're going to talk about a shipwreck located in Lake Erie, about 10 miles off Barcelona, NY. The steel, propeller-driven steamer used to be called the "Tyneville" until Captain R. Scott Misener purchased the ship in 1928 for his firm, the Sarnia Steamship Company. He renamed the ship after a business ally, John J. Boland Jr. This steamer was a 1939-gross-ton ship that was constructed at the tail end of the boom years of the roaring 1920's. This vessel had crossed the North Atlantic Ocean and worked the Great Lakes for only four years before succumbing to one of Lake Erie's notorious squalls.

Scuba Diving in the Florida Keys: Key Largo

USA Diving
The Florida Keys offer a plethora of diving sites for you to choose from. Some of which include Lower Keys, Marathon, Islamorada and Key Largo. Here, you'll find the longest living reef in the western hemisphere, more than 500 wrecks to explore, the world's first underwater hotel and clear waters with visibility up to 120 feet.

How to Plan a Scuba Diving Trip

Dive Planning
SCUBA diving is wonderful sport and is gaining popularity among sports enthusiasts because of the added perk of viewing scenic underwater life. Careful planning will help ensure that your SCUBA diving trip is as fun as possible.