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Latest Dive Holiday Deals from blue o two

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UK-based dive tour operator blue o two have released their latest dive holiday deals, including Red Sea liveaboard holiday deals from only £699 including flights to Hurghada, and Maldives liveaboard offers now starting from as little as £1695 including flights.

Don’t forget that if you are part of the exclusive blue o two Loyalty Club you can also take advantage of blue o two’s Double Discount offer.

As a valued blue o two Loyalty Club customer, you can now take advantage of this incredible offer of saving not 5% but 10% on diving adventures to the Maldives.

To use your 10% discount for a Maldives adventure, book a diving trip with blue o two aboard M/Y blue Voyager or M/V Sea Spirit that has a departure date before the end of October.

To book your unforgettable diving holiday using your exclusive Loyalty Club 10% offer, just quote your Loyalty Club number to one of the blue o two sales team and wait for your journey aboard a jewel of the ocean to begin.

Here are the offers:

RED SEA

M/Y blue Horizon – Red Sea

30 Sep – 07 Oct: Northern Wrecks & Reefs £999

28 Oct – 04 Nov: North & Brothers £1095

04 Nov – 11 Nov: North & Brothers £949

25 Nov – 02 Dec: Northern Wrecks & Reefs £999

M/Y blue Melody – Red Sea

07 Oct – 14 Oct: Project Shark: Simply the Best £999

02 Dec – 09 Dec: Northern Wrecks & Reefs £899

09 Dec – 16 Dec: Strait of Tiran & North £799

16 Dec – 23 Dec: Best of Wrecks £999

M/Y blue Fin – Red Sea

07 Oct – 14 Oct: Northern Wrecks & Reefs £899

11 Nov – 18 Nov: Northern Wrecks & Reefs £999

18 Nov – 25 Nov: Northern Wrecks & Reefs £999

25 Nov – 02 Dec: Northern Wrecks & Reefs £999

M/Y Red Sea Adventurer – Red Sea

30 Sep – 07 Oct: Project Shark: Simply the Best £999

07 Oct – 14 Oct: Simply the Best £899

11 Nov – 18 Nov: Northern Wrecks & Reefs £999

18 Nov – 25 Nov: Simply the Best £999

MALDIVES

M/Y blue Voyager

24 Sep – 02 Oct: Pelagic Encounters (7 nights) £1695*

18 Oct – 26th Oct: Pelagic Encounters (7 nights) £1895*

25 Oct – 02 Nov: Magical Maldives (7 nights) £2095*

06 Dec – 14 Dec: Magical Maldives (7 nights) £1995*

M/V Sea Spirit

26 Nov – 04 Dec: Central Atolls (7 nights) £2149*

SUDAN

M/Y Dolce Vita

07 Nov – 14 Nov 2016: Sudan Classic (7 nights) £1799*

GALAPAGOS

M/V Galapagos Master

13 Nov – 22 Nov 2016: Master the Galapagos (7 nights) £3850*

02 Jul – 11 Jul 2017: Master the Galapagos (7 nights) £5749*

TRUK LAGOON

M/V Truk Master

08 Feb – 18 Feb 2017: Truk Lagoon (10 nights) £3479**

16 Aug – 26 Aug 2017: Truk Lagoon (10 nights) £3479**

FRENCH POLYNESIA

M/V French Polynesia Master

10 Sep – 20 Sep 2017: Tuamotu Archipelago – Humpback Season (10 nights) £4544**

27 Oct – 03 Nov 2018: Fakarava and the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (7 nights) £3443**

*Package price is subject to change due to fluctuations in flight prices. Final package price will be confirmed at time of booking. **Excludes flights (boat only price).

To book or for more info contact the blue o two travel team now by calling +44 (0)1752 480808, email info@blueotwo.com or visit www.blueotwo.com.

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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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