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The best dive sites for technical diving

Do you wish to stay down a little longer, go a little deeper, or explore farther? Learn more about the world’s top dive sites for technical diving here. These are challenging and more complicated than your average dive site; however, these untouched spots allow you to embark on your own, unique expedition. Advanced training in decompression theory, improved buoyancy, and safe penetration techniques are required for these sites. Push your limits and step into an amazing new world of diving!

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Dive sites

Discover the underwater wonders waiting to be explored

Twin Palms SCUBA, 1609 Edenvale

Blue Hole, Dahab (★4.6)

Located 12km North of Dahab, the famous Blue hole dive site is a large submarine sinkhole, 150m across and 110m deep. The dive can start or end at the blue Hole as you can enter the water north of the sink hole at Ells Bells and multi level your dive to end at the blue hole.
Marina B. (#2598197)

Cenote Dos Ojos (★4.8)

Dos Ojos is one of, if not THE, most popular cenote in Mexico. Diving cenotes, in general, are for advanced and technical divers. This cenote has two different routes, hence the name Dos Ojos, or two eyes.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

The Halliburton (Wreck) (★4.5)

The Halliburton Shipwreck sunk on purpose in 1998. It was a cargo ship intentionally prepared to create an artificial reef for divers. The deck of the ship is at 20m and the top of the bridge is at 18m. The length of the ship from bow to stern is 30m.
MANTA DIVE, Gili Trawangan

Biorocks (★4.2)

A gentle slope just off the east end of Gili Trawangan that gets its name from the huge rays that can be seen here. A good muck dive, this is a house reef and was the recent location of a Bio Rock project. A total of 8 artificial reefs were installed that have attracted a variety of marine life.
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SMS Cöln, Scapa Flow (Wreck) (★4.6)

Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland where, following the German defeat in WWI, 74 ships of the Imperial German Navy’s High Seas Fleet were scuttled here, making it a mecca for wreck lovers.
SSI Iberica (Espana / Spain), 08028 Barcelona

Cordeca (Wreck) (★4.8)

This Navy corvette sunk in July 2016 to create an artificial reef. The top of the ship is at about 15m and the bottom is at 30m. Visibility is always greater than 25m. Usually sheltered from the current and the wind.
Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Dari Laut (Wreck) (★4.4)

Considered as the only real wreck dive in Anilao. It is an open wreck that used to be a barge that was turned into a floating resort that operated in the area during the 1970s.
H2O DIVING CENTER, 17230 Palamos

Boreas (Wreck). (★4.3)

Outside Palamos, oriented to west we find Boreas, a 40 meter ship lying on it’s port side. It’s at a depth between 20 and 35 meters on top of a sandy bottom.

Marine Life

Encounter these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat

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Eagle Ray
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Moray Eel
Udo Kefrig

Clownfish
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Lionfish
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Wrasse
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Pufferfish
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Octopus
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Sharks
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