101 Things to Do Before You Die: Snorkelling and Scuba by The TI Review Team
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Scuba Dive off Cozumel by Andrew Ferree
Scuba dive off the coast of Cozumel, a small island on the eastern side of Mexico. The walls of coral are embedded with millions of colours that make the dive that much more surreal. The array of fish that migrate through openings make these walls simply unreal.
Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef by Anthony Toole
This fulfils the expectations kindled by all those wildlife programmes seen on television.
See Australia's Other Great Barrier Reef by Cameron Wilson
Ningaloo Marine Park. A world away from the heavy tourist traffic and battered reefs of the Queensland coast, Ningaloo Marine Park is situated off the remote north coast of Western Australia which means you have to want to get there. This still-isolated ocean paradise is home to countless astonishing sea critters, from turtles, sea-snakes and manta rays to nudibranchs and reef sharks. It’s also one of the few places where a procession of mighty whale sharks shows up reliably year after year, thrilling divers and snorkelers who come from all over the world to see them. Welcome to Australia’s other great barrier reef.
Snorkel the Reef by Susan Miles
Before I die I want to grab my snorkel and fins and dive in to the crystal blue waters of the Great Barrier Reef. For that brief period, the noise of the outside world is blocked out and all is beautiful and perfect. Your mind is too busy taking in the amazing klaedescope of tropical fish and the shapes and colors of the majestic coral to even think about real life!
Surf with Dolphins by Tim Elliott
Surf with dolphins at the aptly named Treachery Beach, on the North Coast of New South Wales
Snorkel A Sulawesi Bay by Fiona Dunlop
A little-known cluster of islands named Togian is flung into the northern bay of Sulawesi (Indonesia). Underwater is mesmerising, the deserted island beaches are blinding white, the Bajaus in their sea-shacks welcoming – unforgettable.
Swim with the Fish by Mary Lussiana
Swim amongst the fish on the Barrier Reef to see nature at its most fascinating and colourful. A feeling of liberation in the wild.
Scuba Dive on the Avaturo Pass by Catherine Fairweather
Pacific, French Polynesia: Scuba dive on the Avaturo Pass in the Tuamatos in the South Pacific. At the right time of day when the tide is turning you are literally swept in at seven knots on the current that drains from the open sea into the largest atoll in the world. It’s the ultimate adrenaline drive - a shark highway riding alongside giant Napoleon-fish, rays and turtles.
Snorkel with Humpback Whales by Tom Kay
Snorkel with Humpback whales in Viv'au, Tonga. This is the only place in the world that will allow you to swim with whales. Head out in a boat and already you’re all gabbling away trying to imagine what it will be like to dive with some of the biggest creatures ever to have roamed the world. You’ll check yourself (more than once) before you plunge in next to these 20 metre beasts. Fear not, for they are gentle and more aware than you of what is going on. Mothers and calves will eye you with benign suspicion as it takes you a couple of seconds to draw your eyes along their bodies only metres away.
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