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Shot Of Bahamas Tiger Shark Wins Scuba Tours Worldwide’s Underwater Photographic Competition

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Damian Brown has travelled all over the world with UK based tour operator Scuba Tours Worldwide and last year they arranged his dive holiday to the Bahamas.

“The trip was absolutely fantastic … on one dive we had around 30 Caribbean, 15 Lemon, 1 Nurse and 11 Tiger sharks in view at once!  I will be surprised if anywhere could live up to that for shark encounters – both in terms of numbers and the close proximity,” said Damien.

Damian entered some of the images from his trip into the Scuba Tours Worldwide Underwater Photographic Competition and his amazing shot of a Tiger Shark has been awarded Overall First Prize.  Damian wins a fabulous holiday on board Sea Queen or Sea Spirit in the Maldives.

Here’s the winning shot:

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As well as amazing shark encounters, the Bahamas is also well known for its spectacular walls and blue holes (of which Dean’s Blue Hole is the world’s deepest at 663 feet), ship and plane wrecks, unspoilt reefs and the chance to swim with wild dolphins. There are also sea turtles, conch, a plethora of reef fish, spiny lobster – with the ‘march of the lobster’ taking place in November – and during late January/early February some islands experience huge shoals of spawning groupers … which happen to be the national fish of the Bahamas.

See more of Damian’s images on the Scuba Tours Worldwide website Gallery and for more information on the Bahamas see the new Bahamas web page on the site. If you would like to speak to one of Scuba Tours Worldwide’s sales team call +44 (0)1284 748010.

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Seal Encounter Dives at Lundy Island

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Voted No. 3 on the Top 10 Ultimate British Isles Bucket List by The Independent, these dives offer the closest marine mammal encounter available to divers in the UK.  Friendly and playful, respectful divers are often rewarded by incredible interaction with the Lundy Seals.

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Easy Divers has been running guided dive trips to Lundy for nearly 10 years and offers dive equipment hire if required.  Trips depart from the stunning harbour town of Ilfracombe in North Devon and Dolphins are often seen during the boat passage.

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In addition to diving, Ilfracombe is a great base from which to hike the South West Coast Path, dip into surfing at the UK’s first World Surf reserve, enjoy other water sports or head to Exmoor National Park.

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Easy Divers also runs a diver-friendly guest house, with a discount for diving customers and kit rinsing and drying facilities.

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The Seal encounter dive sites are shallow and sheltered and are suitable for divers of all levels, making them a great introduction to British diving.

Exclusive Offer for Scubaverse Subscribers

Use your exclusive Scubaverse discount code scubaverse10% before the end of June and join us for a Seal encounter dive trip to Lundy Island, on any trip date with availability this Summer.  Visit https://www.easydiversnorthdevon.co.uk/lundy-dive-trips/seal-encounter-dive-trips/ and enter code scubaverse10% at the on-line check out.

Trips book out well ahead, so book now to avoid disappointment. To save 10% on any 1 night stay at our guest house, please call 07833 020424. We offer free cancellation for divers who book a 1 night stay, if we have to re-schedule due to unsafe weather.

Join us for Britain’s best marine mammal diving experience!

Trips run from end of May to mid-October and are bookable via email at info@easydiversnorthdevon.co.ukon-line via the Easy Divers website, www.easydiversnorthdevon.co.uk, or call 07833 020424 for more info

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DAN Introduces Continuing Education for Dive Professionals

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Divers Alert Network® (DAN®), the world’s leading dive safety organization, has launched a new program called Continuing Education for Dive Professionals. This free program focuses on risk mitigation and is now available to all dive professionals via DAN E-Learning. DAN expects this program will not only enhance divers’ safety but will also help reduce dive operators’ liability risk.

To encourage participation, DAN is offering discounted premiums on individual professional liability and group professional liability insurance to all DAN members who complete the e-learning, which can be done in about an hour.

Any DAN member who has completed the e-learning will be able to claim a discount of nearly 5% on their annual liability policy. This is in addition to the 5% discount that DAN members already receive. If you are on a group professional liability policy, your completion of the e-learning may count toward a discount on the group professional liability premium.

This year we partnered with Tec Clark to create the content of the program. In the future, we will combine Tec’s material with new material created by DAN.

Click here to learn more and access the e-learning.

To qualify for the discount, the e-learning must be completed before you renew your professional liability insurance policy. Refunds will not be given.

We hope you find this program educational and worthwhile. If you have any questions, or need assistance, please contact DAN at liabilityinsuance@dan.org.

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