Rad Reefs on the Big Island of Hawaii

Aloha Mai Kakou, Exploring coastlines and finding underwater creatures has been a passion of mine since childhood.  Growing up in coastal Florida, I kept what I caught locally in home aquariums before landing my high school job at a burgeoning exotic pet store and...

Underwater in Okinawa

Fields of maricultured Acropora in Onna, Okinawa, JapanOkinawa, Japan is known for its great diving and lush coral reefs. Going into it, I didn’t know what to expect with this dive. I’ve heard all sorts of cautionary tales about diving in Okinawa due to its strong currents, but I’ve also heard that the quality of the reefs is practically unmatched. The day of my scheduled dive was rough. It started raining heavily, and that pretty much limited the dive locations that were available for safety reasons. The single dive location would be just off the coast of our hotel in the Manza Beach area of Onna-son. Onna is located in the central part of the island and is where most of the resort hotels are located.

CORAL Featured Video: Bali Underwater

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uUk9K9TQhg Nick Hope’s Bali Diving Scuba diving in Bali, Indonesia, in September 2007 with AquaMarine Diving. We travel to the USAT Liberty shipwreck at Tulamben, see Mola Mola at Crystal Bay, a Whitetip Reef Shark at Nusa Penida, and lots of underwater macro critters such as nudibranchs and shrimps from Coral Garden, Seraya Secrets and Puri Jati. Shot in September 2007 with http://www.AquaMarineDiving.com, an excellent scuba diving operator in Bali. Editor:  To see ID Captions of the species shown, click the small [CC] Icon at the bottom right of the screen. Recommended.