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Book before 14 Feb for Scuba Travel’s great value I LOVE holiday offers

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UK-based Tour Operator Scuba Travel has some wonderful offers for you and your buddy this February.

Book between 1-14 February with your partner, buddy or friend and save money on one of their I LOVE specials*:

Love Sharks I Hurricane – Red Sea Shark Quest – 1 March – £1045

Quote ‘I LOVE SHARKS’ when booking this trip with your buddy (and sharing a cabin) and save an extra £50 each!

Join the award-winning Hurricane liveaboard in the Southern Red Sea for the incredible Shark Quest itinerary.

Come face to face with pelagics in the Southern Red Sea with the most experienced team, on board the stable steel-hulled Hurricane. Avoid long transfers with a direct flight to Marsa Alam. Dive the famous Daedalus Reef, Brothers Islands, Rocky or Elphinstone, dependant on the best shark activity.

Includes return flights to Marsa Alam, 7 nights full board and fully guided diving.

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Love Diving I Save £500 on the Bahamas Aggressor – 28 April to 11 August – Only £1495 (excl. flights)

Scuba Travel are delighted to now being able to offer you the Bahamas Aggressor.

Scuba divers travel to the Bahamas to find three things: dramatic walls, lush coral reefs and exciting animal encounters. Especially the big fish! Picture perfect, clear waters and drop-offs close to shore make these islands a mecca for divers of all abilities. Add into the mix blue holes, caverns and even wrecks and you have a recipe for a dream diving destination. It’s time to go exploring on the stable and welcoming Bahamas Aggressor.

This is a BOAT ONLY holiday. Scuba Travel are able to add flights with a wide range of airlines, including regional departures. Please ask your consultant for a competitive quote for any flight option. 7 nights full board including soft drinks and limited selection of local beer and wine, all boat diving, 12 ltr tanks and weights.

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Love Diving I Save up to £600 on the Kona Aggressor – 28 April to 25 August – From £1695 (excl. flights)

From the historic seaside town on Kailua Kona, an exciting world underwater waits for you. The sites of west and south Kona extend past the range of day divers. Forget the world and say aloha to some of the islands best sites… Kona Aggressor II offers up to five dives a day of hassle-free diving along the western coast of the island Pinnacle, Tubestria Tunnel, The Hive, Turtle Pinnacle and Robs Reef, to name but a few of the highlights. There’s more than just manta to thrill in Hawaii.

This is a BOAT ONLY holiday. Scuba Travel are able to add flights with a wide range of airlines, including regional departures. Please ask your consultant for a competitive quote for any flight option. 7 nights full board including soft drinks and limited selection of local beer and wine, 5 dives a day on offer, 12 ltr tanks and weights.

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Love Diving I Save up to £1000 on the Belize Aggressor – 5 May now only £1695

Belize is famous amongst scuba divers as it is home to the second largest barrier reef in the world, so you are guaranteed mind blowing diving on opulent walls. Famous father of scuba diving Jacques Cousteau declared Belize one of the top ten scuba diving destinations… what better recommendation could you need for your next scuba diving liveaboard holiday.

This is a BOAT ONLY holiday. Scuba Travel are able to add flights with a wide range of airlines, including regional departures. Please ask your consultant for a competitive quote for any flight option. 7 nights full board including soft drinks and limited selection of local beer and wine, 5 dives a day on offer, 12 ltr tanks and weights.

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Love Critters I Join Martyn Guess on the Anilao Critter Hunt, book with your buddy and get an extra £100 per person off the special price of £2595

Quote ‘I LOVE PHOTO’ when booking a holiday to join Martyn Guess on an amazing Critter hunt in Anilao. Book with your buddy and get a further £100pp off the advertised special offer price!

Join photo pro Martyn Guess on this dedicated photo workshop in the heart of Anilao at Aiyanar Beach & Dive Resort with world class critter diving on your doorstep. Anilao has fast become one of the “must do” Macro destinations for underwater photographers. In Martyn’s view it is on a par with places like Lembeh and Ambon for macro critters. Anilao hosts annually one of the biggest global underwater shoot out competitions for macro photography for one reason – the wide range of resident critters! Enjoy 3 guided boat dives a day and 2 night dives, plus free nitrox and 8 nights full board.

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Love Wrecks I Whirlwind – Red Sea – Brothers Wreck Special – 5 May

Quote ‘I LOVE WRECKS’ when booking this trip with your buddy (and sharing a cabin) and save an extra £50 each.

The Brothers’ Wreck Special takes wreck diving in the Northern Red Sea further. Wide ranging, this itinerary mixes up northern and southern destinations. Each iconic wreck follows another… the Thistlegorm one day… Numidia another. The Brothers’ Wreck Special is very much a journey through the ages, pausing at each moment in time. The Brothers’ Wreck Special really does combine unmissable wrecks and astounding diving for a more advanced itinerary that will delight.

Includes return flights, transfers, 7 nights full board, up to 18 fully guided dives, all marine park fees and 12 ltr tanks and weights.

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To find out more about Scuba Travel and the dive holidays they offer call 0800 0728221, email dive@scubatravel.com or visit www.scubatravel.com.

*Available on new bookings only; no groups; terms and conditions apply. Loyalty discounts (if applicable) still apply.

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Euro-Divers to close dive centre at NH Collection Maldives Havodda

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Havodda

Euro-Divers have announced that as of 15 April 2024, they will no longer be operating the dive centre at NH Collection Maldives Havodda (formerly known as Amari Havodda).

The popular dive centre chain released this statement regarding the closure:

Dear valid customers, business partners and friends,

We are leaving NH Collection Maldives Havodda – former Amari Havodda as of 15th of April 2024.

Unfortunately, the information reached us on short notice that we are no longer operating the dive centre at the resort.

It was a great pleasure to work with the Amari Hotel group and continue to work with the NH Hotel group.

We wish our partners great success with all their new changes.

Thanks a lot for cooperating during our time at the resort. We wish everyone with whom we have worked a good and hopefully successful future.

Euro-Divers continue to operate in several other dive resorts throughout the Maldives in addition to other locations.

To finds out more about Euro-Divers, visit www.euro-divers.com.

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Creature Feature: Undulate Ray

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In this series, the Shark Trust will be sharing amazing facts about different species of sharks and what you can do to help protect them.

This month we’re looking at the Undulate Ray. Easily identified by its beautiful, ornate pattern, the Undulate Ray gets its name from the undulating patterns of lines and spots on its dorsal side.

This skate is usually found on sandy or muddy sea floors, down to about 200 m deep, although it is more commonly found shallower. They can grow up to 90 cm total length. Depending on the size of the individual, their diet can range from shrimps to crabs.

Although sometimes called the Undulate Ray, this is actually a species of skate, meaning that, as all true skates do, they lay eggs. The eggs are contained in keratin eggcases – the same material that our hair and nails are made up of! These eggcases are also commonly called mermaid’s purses and can be found washed up on beaches all around the UK. If you find one, be sure to take a picture and upload your find to the Great Eggcase Hunt – the Shark Trust’s flagship citizen science project.

It is worth noting that on the south coasts, these eggcases can be confused with those of the Spotted Ray, especially as they look very similar and the ranges overlap, so we sometimes informally refer to them as ‘Spundulates’.

Scientific Name: Raja undulata

Family: Rajidae

Maximum Size: 90cm (total length)

Diet: shrimps and crabs

Distribution: found around the eastern Atlantic and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Habitat: shelf waters down to 200m deep.

Conservation Status : As a commercially exploited species, the Undulate Ray is a recovering species in some areas. The good thing is that they have some of the most comprehensive management measures of almost any elasmobranch species, with both minimum and maximum landing sizes as well as a closed season. Additionally, targeting is entirely prohibited in some areas. They are also often caught as bycatch in various fisheries – in some areas they can be landed whilst in others they must be discarded.

IUCN Red List Status: Endangered

For more great shark information and conservation visit the Shark Trust Website


Image Credits: Banner – Sheila Openshaw; Illustration – Marc Dando

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