Thursday, September 29, 2016

Introducing the Newest Member of the All Star Liveaboard Fleet – Cuan Law

Dive and Sail the British Virgin Islands in Style
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Introducing the Newest Member of the All Star Liveaboard Fleet: Cuan Law

The Cuan Law will be joining Blackbeard’s Cruises, Cat Ppalu and Aqua Cat Cruises as the newest member of the All Star Liveaboard Fleet. At 105’ long and 44’ wide, Cuan Law is the largest trimaran in the world and can accommodate up to 20 guests in her 10 spacious staterooms. The Cuan Law departs weekly from Tortola, British Virgin Islands. You can expect to receive the same 5 star service from Cuan Law as you would receive onboard any All Star Liveaboard Vessel. Click below to learn more about Cuan Law and diving in BVI.

  the Best Way to Dive the Caribbean

Cuan Law is one of the most luxurious boutique liveaboards in the Caribbean with both queen and twin size bed accommodations and private baths in each cabin. Meals, snacks, beverages and a fully stocked bar are included.

The British Virgin Islands are home to over 100 dive sites including reefs, pinnacles and some of the best wreck dives in the world including the RMS Rhone, a 310’ British Mail Ship that sunk in 1867. In addition to the luxury accommodations and excellent diving, the Cuan Law offers numerous shore excursions allowing you to take in the stunning landscapes of the British Virgin Islands. From beer tastings at the Cooper Island Micro Brewery to a beach barbecue on Virgin Gorda and sunset hikes accompanied with champagne; this is an unforgettable trip for divers and non-divers alike.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Explore the Deep Blue of the British Virgin Islands

Caradonna Dive Adventures
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British Virgin Islands

Once the lair of pirates in search of hiding places for their stolen booty, the BVIs have drawn divers in large numbers ever since the filming of the movie, "The Deep," which featured the historic wreck of the Rhone. Also one of the world's top cruising grounds, local dive operators offer rendezvous diving to cruising divers who want to take advantage of both the great diving and sailing that these islands have to offer.

 
 
Packages Include:
 

• 7 Night accommodations, unless noted
5 days of 2-tank boat dives
• Hotel tax and Service charges

Cuan Law

LIVEABOARD
Cuan Law

$2,795 pp/dbl

• 6 night accommodations
Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily
Use of Kayaks & Hobiecats
Beverages including alcoholic drinks with dinner
Free WiFi
• Valid through 12/31/16


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Peter Island

PETER ISLAND
Peter Island Resort and Spa
Paradise Water Sports

$1,901 pp/dbl
30% Off

• 5 days of 2-tank boat dives, including diving on the Wreck of Rhone
Non-alcoholic beverages stocked in room & a bonus welcome gift.
• Valid through 10/31/16
• Book by 11/30/16 for travel 6/1/17-10/31/17 and also receive $150 resort credit

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Village Cay Hotel Marina and Hotel

TORTOLA
Village Caye Hotel & Marina
We Be Divin'

$1,063 pp/dbl

• 5 days of 2-tank boat dives
• Includes equipment rental
Valid through 10/31/16


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Long Bay Beach Resort and Villas

TORTOLA
Long Bay Beach Resort & Villas
Blue Water Divers

$1,488 pp/dbl
30% off room rates

• 5 days of 2-tank boat dives
• Valid through 12/20/16
• Book by 10/10/16


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Bitter End Yacht Club

VIRGIN GORDA
Bitter End Yacht Club
SunChaser Scuba

$2,313 pp/dbl

• 5 days of 2-tank boat dives, includes equipment rental
• Breakfast daily

• Valid 10/10/16-12/23/16

BOOK NOW

Contact your local dive shop or Caradonna Dive Adventures at 1.800.329.9989 to book your next dive adventure.

Prices are based on double occupancy are subject to availability, and standard terms and conditions. Blackout dates, holiday surcharges and other restrictions may apply. Transfers are not included in any package listed above. While reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information on this email, Caradonna Dive Adventures does not assume responsibility for any errors or omissions.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

SCUBA News - #196 - September 2016

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Contents:
- What's new at SCUBA Travel?
- Letters
- The Bull Shark is Creature of the Month
- 50% off Red Sea Liveaboard
- Diving news from around the World


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What's New at SCUBA Travel?

Diving India's Islands: Andaman and Lakshadweep

Unspoilt diving around India's Remote Islands

Hundreds of miles from the Indian mainland, the Lakshadweep and Andaman Islands are renowned for beautiful diving.
Read More…

 
Diving Antigua

Beneath Antigua's Seas

When, where and why to go diving in Antigua
Read More…

 
World's best dive sites

Revealed: the World's Top 100 Dive Sites

More divers' votes means that our list of the World's best dive sites has changed again
Top 100 Dives…


Letters

Unknown Diving Certificate

Hello
I have diver that showed me a card for Open Water from N.P.O master scuba instructors association from Japan from a CI International. Anybody know this certification?

Nicolas

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The Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) is our Creature of the Month

One of the extraordinary things about Bull Sharks is that they are as happy in freshwater as they are in the sea. They have even been see far inland up the Mississippi river. Many spend time in the freshwater Lake Nicaragua - jumping up the river like salmon to get there.

Bull Shark

Bull sharks are medium-sized sharks with thick-set bodies. They are requiem sharks, related to tiger sharks and oceanic whitetips. Like these they are aggressive hunters. They eat all sorts of animals, including turtles, birds, dolphins, terrestrial mammals, crustaceans, fishes and other sharks. The young bull sharks live in inshore esturaries whereas adults are highly dependent on coral reef communities for their food.

Bull Shark
Bull shark by Pterantula CC BY 2.5

Bull sharks cruise the seas alone until it's time to mate. The mothers are viviparous - they give birth to living babies rather than to eggs. Their litters contain between one and fourteen pups. A single litter of pups can come from two fathers! Scientists think that the female sharks mate several times with different males to increase either the number, or the quality, of their babies.

The IUCN assess the bulls shark as "near threatened". This means likely to become endangered in the near future if trends continue. The location of nursery areas in estuarine and freshwater systems makes the species vulnerable to pollution and habitat modification. Other threats include recreational fishing and by-catch in commercial fisheries.

Further Reading

First Evidence of Multiple Paternity in Bull Sharks, SCUBA News, 9 November 2015

Simpfendorfer, C. and Burgess, G.H. 2009. Carcharhinus leucas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T39372A10187195.http://dx.doi.org/. Downloaded on 22 September 2016.

Evidence of Partial Migration in a Large Coastal Predator: Opportunistic Foraging and Reproduction as Key Drivers? Mario Espinoza , Michelle R. Heupel, Andrew J. Tobin, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, February 3, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371. Downloaded on 22 September 2016.


50% Off Diving the Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone

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Diving News From Around the World

Our round up of the more interesting underwater news stories of the past month. For breaking news see our Twitter page or RSS feed

Ocean Art Underwater Photography Contest 2016 Now Open

Ocean Art Underwater Photography Contest 2016 Now Open
Enter the Ocean Art underwater photography competition to win one of $75000 of prizes. Categories for all levels of underwater photographers, beginners and experts alike.

Red Sea coral

Sharm el-Sheikh flights to resume soon?
The British Government should lift the ban on travel to the popular Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh as a crumbling tourism industry in the region could leave it "vulnerable to radicalisation", the head of the cross-party parliamentary group on Egypt told the Daily Telegraph.

Fishing ban in four new marine reserves

Fishing ban in four new marine reserves
Four vast marine reserves are to be created around remote British islands in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Commercial fishing will be banned permanently in a million square kilometres of ocean teeming with sharks, turtles and whales.

Human activity means sharks are disappearing from the North Sea

Human activity means sharks are disappearing from the North Sea
Long-lived species like sharks, rays and skates are declining at an alarming rate in sites across the North Sea.

Sharks smarter than we think

Sharks smarter than we think
Sharks are large-brained species and they are capable of such an incredible range of complex behaviours

Melting Sea Ice Boosts Food Availability for Bowhead Whales

Melting Sea Ice Boosts Food Availability for Bowhead Whales
About 23600 square miles of Arctic sea ice melted every day in May, a record-high amount.That is good news for one group: bowhead whales, the Arctic's largest marine mammal. The melt seems to boost food availability, at least if you're a bowhead.

Passing ships' noise could disrupt ability of whales to feed

Endangered dolphin with broken blowhole learns to mouth-breathe
Not just a pretty face? A dolphin has learned to breathe through its mouth after developing a faulty blowhole, highlighting the animal's ability to adapt.


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