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Scubaverse GO Diving Show 2020 Exhibitor Preview

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We’re counting down the days to this weekend’s GO Diving Show at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, UK. It promises to be an exciting weekend packed with top speaker presentations, the latest in underwater gear and imaging, as well as plenty of travel inspiration for your dive adventures in 2020. Here’s just a selection of some of the many great exhibitors at the show; plus a taster of their special offers exclusively for visitors to GO Diving. Join them in celebrating all things diving this weekend!

Bunaken Oasis Dive & Spa Resort

PHONE: +44 1926 421100
EMAIL: info@bunakenoasis.com
WEBSITE: www.bunakenoasis.com

Bunaken Oasis redefines diving in Bunaken. Positioned very much at the luxury end of the spectrum, our aim is to provide a 5-star experience whilst keeping our ecological footprint to a minimum.

SPECIAL OFFER

Pay for 6 nights and get the 7th night free, or pay for 12 nights and receive the 13th and 14th nights free. Bookings must be made by the 31st of March 2020.

Discover Dominica

PHONE: 020 7326 9880
EMAIL: dominica@finnpartners.com
WEBSITE: www.discoverdominica.com

Dominica, also known as ‘The Nature Island’, is a paradise for scuba diving lovers. Unspoiled and unforgettable, the seascape surrounding the island is as breathtaking as its towering mountains bathed in tropical mists. The water is clear, the marine life varied and the weather warm enough to spend an entire day in the sea.

The waters here are so good in fact that Dominica is the only country in the world where a pod of mighty sperm whale resides year-round! On dedicated whale-watching trips, sightings of these majestic creatures are common, along with dolphin pods, humpback and killer whales.

There are dive sites all along Dominica’s west coast, many of which reflect the steep and dramatic topography topside, with steep drop-offs, walls, and volcanic pinnacles. With the incredible abundance of wildlife, Dominica will truly be one of your most enjoyable dives in the Caribbean.

SPECIAL OFFER

Discover Dominica have teamed up with Dive Worldwide to offer one lucky traveller £500 off their next diving trip to the island! Simply answer the question correctly here to win: https://bit.ly/3bsOB5Q

Good luck!

Magic Resorts Philippines

PHONE: +63 (0) 92 87 40 43 69
EMAIL: info@magicresorts.online
WEBSITE: www.magicresorts.online

Magic Resorts Philippines offers the best getaway for your diving holiday. With 2 resorts on 2 different islands, it gives you the perfect opportunity to explore the best of the Philippines.

Experience Western quality combined with the world-famous Filipino hospitality, discover the most exciting critters, dive with over a million sardines and even Whale Sharks!

Both resorts offer more than 25 dive sites within a short 40-minute boat ride, as well as an incredible house reef. With only 10-16 detached native-style cottages, you will arrive here as guests and leave as family!

SPECIAL OFFER

Step by our stand (#AP16) and take advantage of special discounts!

Treat yourself to the ultimate Magic experience by combining the 2 resorts and explore the best of the 2 different islands (12-night stay, incl. daily breakfast & 3-course dinner, local transfers and a 15 dive package for only £1535 pp).

Or get the best out of one destination (7-night stay, incl. daily breakfast & 3-course dinner, local transfers and a 10-dive package, starting at £855 pp).

Of course a customised package can be made based on your wishes!

Mike Ball Dive Expeditions

PHONE: +61 (0) 7 4053 0500
EMAIL: resv@mikeball.com
WEBSITE: www.mikeball.com

Mike Ball Dive Expeditions operates exciting 3, 4 and 7-night liveaboard scuba diving expeditions departing from Cairns to some of the best dive sites on the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea.  Enjoy spectacular biodiversity on the northern Great Barrier Reef including the world-famous Cod Hole, or venture out into the remote Coral Sea for exciting big fish action, shark encounters and excellent visibility.

Spoilsport is Australia’s most awarded dive liveaboard, custom-built for diving and with a twin-hull design that maximises space, stability, and comfort.  Plus our procedures allow greater freedom for divers with an ‘open dive deck’ policy resulting in no restrictions on bottom time.

Great diving, just as you like it.

SPECIAL OFFER

Come and meet with Craig Stephen, our Managing Director at the Go Diving Show! Craig has been working in the business for 25 years so he is a wealth of information on all our expeditions and the Great Barrier Reef in general. He loves a good chat so come with all your questions!

1. 10% discount on Expedition Bookings. Expires 7 days post-show.
2. A chance to win $500 Mike Ball Dollars towards an Expedition when you sign up to our newsletter.

NAUI Worldwide

PHONE: 07736 064625
EMAIL: simon@europe-naui.org
WEBSITE: www.naui.org

Founded in 1960, NAUI Worldwide is one of the scuba industry’s largest not-for-profit agencies whose purpose is to enable people to enjoy underwater activities as safely as possible by providing the highest quality practical education, and to actively promote the preservation and protection of the world’s underwater environments. As a pioneer in diving education, NAUI has developed many of the programs and concepts accepted throughout the diving industry. NAUI: A Higher Standard!

SPECIAL OFFER

As part of NAUI’s 60th Anniversary this year, NAUI are offering a FREE Instructor crossover course together with 5 free certifications to all Instructors at the GO Diving Show in Coventry on 21-23 February 2020!

Scuba Dive Store

PHONE: 0113 4681100
EMAIL: damian@scubadivestore.co.uk 
WEBSITE: www.scubadivestore.co.uk

Here at the Scuba Dive Store we only supply Aqua Lung & Apeks diving equipment. We believe in selling only the best equipment to our customers.  We are able to supply everything for the beginner right through to the professional.

Because we only supply Aqualung & Apeks the Scuba Dive Store are able to supply the complete range of equipment: BCDs, Masks, Snorkels, Regulators, Wetsuits and Dive computers all at competitive prices. This is backed up by our excellent customer service and fast delivery.

SPECIAL OFFER

We have new and exciting products from Apeks & Aqualung on show and for sale including the New Apeks, MTX-RC Regulator, the feature rich Apeks SMB, the i470TC watch style Computer from Aqualung, the long awaited Aqualung Legend Series Regulators and many more.

We also have a dedicated Dive Show Sale page on our website featuring all the latest show prices:

https://www.scubadivestore.co.uk/product-category/dive-show/

Scuba Travel

PHONE: 01483 411590
EMAIL: dive@scubatravel.com 
WEBSITE: www.scubatravel.com

Scuba Travel, established in 1995, has been arranging award winning holidays for 25 years.

Our experienced team are committed to crafting memorable diving holidays around the globe. We create bespoke itineraries that are as individual as you are. Join the thousands of travellers that trust Scuba Travel to make their dreams come true. World class diving is just a phone call away.

Fully ATOL and ABTOT bonded for you financial protection.

SPECIAL OFFER

Plan your 2020 dive adventure at the Go Diving show Feb 22nd & 23rd. Swing by stand 66 and talk to the experts at Scuba Travel. We’ve got the dive deal you are looking for!

Jump aboard Whirlwind or Hurricane and dive the best of the Red Sea – from as little as £1225 including flights from Gatwick! Dive with manta in the Maldives, with liveaboards starting from as little as £1025pp.

Indonesia and the Philippines are easier than ever to get to, and our boutique dive resorts deliver fabulous diving at affordable prices, from only £745pp! Make 2020 your bucket list year. Save hundreds on liveaboards to Komodo, Socorro, Galapagos, and Cocos. Set sail on hot new itineraries in Oman and Romblon. Get away from it all as you dive in Hawaii, Palau, Turks and Caicos and St Kitts.

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Book Review: Fire on Monroe Bravo by Fred Lockwood

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July 26, 2024

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Fire on Monroe Bravo is the latest book in the Jack Collier series by Fred Lockwood.  Our story begins with our lead characters, Jack and Sandro, owners of Marine Salvage & Investigation Company, arriving on the Monroe Bravo Oil & Gas Platform in the North Sea.  Having secured a contract for their vessel the MV Stavanger to act as support ship to the platform for TransGlobal Oil, our protagonists are on a celebratory visit.

However almost as soon as they arrive a series of explosions rock the platform, causing huge damage, loss of life and the very real danger of a massive human, ecological and financial disaster.

As the danger mounts for both our heroes and the surviving workers, Jack and Sandro will have to escape the inferno, all while trying to save the platform and the men still trapped unable to help themselves.

The disaster sets the scene for the unfolding story lines following the fate of the platform and our main characters, the police investigation into a suspected terrorist act and the actions of TransGlobal Oil as they attempt to navigate the pubic outcry and financial repercussions.

In his eighth book, Fire on Monroe Bravo, Fred Lockwood delivers an explosive thriller, with plenty of above and in-water drama, and our heroes fighting for survival, what more can you ask for?  

We thoroughly recommend this read and look forward to the next in the series. For more information about his book series, you can check out the reviews of his previous books here on Scubaverse.

  • Title: Fire On Monroe Bravo
  • Author: Fred Lockwood
  • ISBN: 979-8325324536

Available in a paperback version and for Kindle from Amazon and book stores.

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Alonissos: The complete diving destination (Part 1)

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In June we were incredibly fortunate to be invited to dive in Alonissos, a small Greek Island in the Sporades island chain located in the North Aegean Sea.  While I have long been a big fan of the Greek Islands as a great holiday destination, I had not had the opportunity to do any diving on previous visits and Mike and I were extremely excited to see what Alonissos had to offer both above and below the surface!

The Sporades are easily accessible via the airport in Skiathos (the first island in the chain), which is served by Jet2 flights from all major UK airports from May through October.  Numerous ferries and charter boats make island hopping from Skiathos Town a breeze.  After an hour boat ride, the picturesque port of Patitiri was a wonderful introduction to Alonissos, where we were met by our gracious hosts Kostas of Albedo Travel and Dias of Alonissos Triton Dive Center.  Mike and I were delighted to be staying at the Paradise Hotel, aptly named for its stunning views over the sea and great location for walking to the waterfront.

Alonissos is beautifully situated in the National Marine Park of Alonissos and the Northern Sporades, the largest marine protected area in Europe.  The surrounding seas offer fabulous marine life, including incredibly rare species such as the Mediterranean monk seal.  They boast deep walls covered in gorgonians and sponges, stunning topography with caverns, swimthroughs and pinnacles, and the first accessible ancient shipwreck from 500BC!

In locations where historical sites have been reported, the waters are largely restricted, but with collaboration between government, underwater archeologists and dive centres, incredible underwater museums are being created for a truly unique diving experience.  Alonissos is home to the first of these, the Ancient Shipwreck of Peristera Accessible Underwater Archeological Site.  The chance to dive into history (along with reports of healthy reef life and amazing underwater topography) meant Mike and I were keen to get in the water.

Our introduction to the diving around Alonissos was at the Agios Georgios Pinnacles, in the channel between Alonissos and Skopelos.  This fantastic site was named “The Chimney,’ and proved to have a huge amount to see.  We got to a decent depth here (over 25m), and marvelled at a colourful reef wall with a wonderful swim through whose rocky walls were absolutely covered with life.  As well as brilliant topography there was no shortage of macro life here.  We saw numerous nudibranchs, five different species in total.  The second dive at Mourtias reef nearby was a shallower dive along a nice wall with lots of crevices. Several moray eels and grouper called this site home.  We enjoyed looking in the crevices for lobster and smaller benthic life, such as cup corals and tunicates.

Our itinerary allowed us two dives a day with afternoons left to explore the island with our hire car and evenings to enjoy the famous Greek hospitality.  This proved to be a lovely mix of in-water and land based diversions.  

The next days diving to the Gorgonian Gardens and Triton’s Cave was to be even better!  These two stunning sites are nothing short of fabulous.  The Gorgonian Gardens was a deep wall near to the Agios Georgios islands.  The ever-present currents in this deep channel meant that the sea life was amazing … the namesake Gorgonian sea fans dotted the wall at a depth of 30 to 50 meters, getting ever larger the deeper we went.  Above 30m was by no means less beautiful, with sponges, corals, scorpionfish, moray eels and some rare and colourful nudibranchs.

The second shallower dive of the day was to Triton’s Cave or the Cavern of Skopelos, on the east side of that island. The spectacular rock formations had wild striations both above and below the water making a truly epic topography.  The cavern entrance was at 14m, and big enough for a buddy pair, winding up to 6m and passing two beautiful windows out into the blue.  Emerging from the cavern, the light at the shallower depths and the incredible rock formations made for a fantastic gentle swimming safety stop and we all surfaced by the boat with massive grins. 

Check out our next blog :Alonissos: The complete diving destination (Part 2)” to hear about our amazing dive on the 2500 year old Peristera Wreck!

Thanks to:

Alonissos Triton Dive Center https://bestdivingingreece.com/

Albedo Travel https://alonissosholidays.com/activities/

Paradise Hotel https://paradise-hotel.gr/

Alonissos Municipality https://alonissos.gr/en/

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