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During the two weeks I spent diving on Bahamas liveaboards, I got to dive quite a few amazing spots. From walls to reefs to wrecks, these are my absolute favorites Bahamas dive sites! #1 The Washing Machine If you’ve been diving in the Bahamas, you’ve surely heard of the famed Washing Machine. Drift diving at…
What it’s like to scuba dive a blue hole… So what is a blue hole? It is a sinkhole that is filled with water and open at the top. These can be found on land as well as in the ocean. The most famous in the world is probably the Belize Blue Hole near Lighthouse…
Savvy scuba divers know that a liveaboard is the ultimate diving adventure. With schedules and facilities designed solely to maximize your diving experience and comfort, a liveaboard is most definitely the best way to experience a diving destination. But if you’re relatively new to liveaboard diving it can be hard to know how to get…
Liveaboard Diving After COVID-19 COVID-19 has brought the travel industry to a halt and dive liveaboards around the world are tied up at the dock. While we wish we could be welcoming you all aboard for a week of diving; our crew have been hard at work with vessel improvement and reef restoration projects. How…
Baby boomers are traveling more and it’s a great opportunity to spend quality time with your grandkids Blackbeard’s Cruises is celebrating 40 years of liveaboard cruising. Back in 1979 Blackbeard’s was a two-person team. My husband, Bruce Purdy, and myself were both employed with the airlines and working to introduce our first Blackbeard’s liveaboard, the…
Dive with whale sharks in Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia aboard All Star Velocean Liveaboard Triton, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, lived in a golden palace at the bottom of the sea with his parents. Triton Bay certainly honors its namesake with vibrant corals, the ever-popular whale sharks and an abundance of fish life, when…
The Banda Sea – Best Explored by Dive Liveaboard Nutmeg farms, Active Volcanos and Abundant Marine Life Bordered by the Maluku Islands as well as the Halmahera and Ceram Seas, the Banda Sea spans 600 miles east to west and 300 miles north to south. The Banda Sea went undiscovered by the Western world until…
Above & Below the Waterline in the BVI The British Virgin Islands is a destination already known for some of the very best wreck diving in the Caribbean with noteworthy wrecks – the RMS Rhone, the Chikuzen and the Kodiak Queen with its unique Kraken art. An innovative organization is bringing new wrecks to the…
Everyone claims to have one, but none compare to the Washing Machine in the Exuma Cays. You can find dive sites around the world that are referred to as a washing machine due to fast or swirling currents. Tubbataha and Komodo both offer their own version, but none compare to the Washing Machine dive site…