Under Water Tourism SCUBA DIVING SNORKELLING UDERWATER MUSEUMS
Under Water Tourism SCUBA DIVING SNORKELLING UDERWATER MUSEUMS ART-SHIPRECKS UNDERWATER TOURISM UNDERWATER RESTAURANT SUBMARINE SAFARI UNDERWATER HOTEL
Scuba Diving • • ü ü ü ü ü 6 Million Scuba Divers Worldwide best dive sites in Europe Medes Island , Spain Orkney, Scotland -> astounding wrecks to explore including seven ships used by Germans during World War I The Blue Hole & Azure Window, Gozo Lofoten Islands, Norway -> killer whales MS Zenobia Wreck, Cyprus-> 42 meters deep Kilkee, Ireland Anchor Bay , Malta -> cave diving, shipwrecks , barracudas, octopus , turtles Portofino, Italy -> archaeological dive sites , diverse marine life Chios, Greece ->underwater caves, colorful and large reef formations, vertical walls, beautiful underwater rock formations, and glorious shipwrecks- perfect for beginning divers due to moderate temperature and high visibility
Scuba diving in Greece • Visibility – 6 meters/20 feet to more than 50 meters/165 feet, depending on area and time of year. • Water Temperature – From 16 -23°C/60 -74°F depending upon the site, sea and island. • Weather – hot and dry summer weather from July to September, with average temperatures of 27°C/80°F. Winter temperatures drop to an average of 6°C/43°F. • Featured Creatures – Aegean and Ionian Seas have a wonderful collection of nudibranchs, invertebrates, crabs, shrimp, eels, seahorses and other easily overlookable stealth critters. Galaxidi on the deep Gulf of Corinth, for dolphin and sea turtles. Night diving is particularly interesting because that's when cuttlefish, conger eels and octopi venture out of their daytime lairs.
Snorkeling • • ü ü ü ü ü 20 Million Snorkelers Worldwide Best places worldwide Florida: Manatees in Crystal River Dominican Republic: Humpback Whales in Silver Bank Mexico: Whale Sharks in La Paz, Mexico Bimini Islands, Bahamas Culebra, Puerto Rico St. John, U. S. Virgin Islands Bunaken National Marine Park, Indonesia Rurutu, French Polynesia Great Barrier Reef, Australia Fiji
Submarine Safari Divers above 2 years old 25 -30 meters depth Trip lasts up to 1 hour Food-drinks are not included but may be provided in the marina PUERTO CALERO, LANZAROTE MARINA SAN MIGUEL, TENERIFE
Under water Restaurants Ø Outlaw's at Al Mahara , Dubai -> opening October 2016 Ø Cargo hold-> Durban South Africa Ø Aquarium Restaurant Nashville TN Ø Per Aquum -> Niyama Maldives six meters below the waterline
Underwater Hotels • Poseidon, Fiji • Manta Resort-Africa
Poseidon, Fiji • 40 feet under water • two units: One of the units accommodates 24 suites, a restaurant and a bar. The other unit features a library, a spa, a conference room, theater area and a wedding chapel • 225 acres , about a mile long. Surrounded by a 5, 000 acre (7. 8 -square-mile) lagoon • pristine waters that range to 90 feet (27. 4 meters) in depth, replete with abundant sea life ability for 7, 200 reservations per year Cost minimum $30000 per week
The Manta Resort, Africa Ø Pemba Island East Coast of Africa
Art Museums Creator Jason de. Caires Taylor 2006 west coast of Grenada in the West Indies 2009 MUSA (Museo Subacuático de Arte) Cancun, Mexico 2014 “Ocean Atlas” Bahamas, the largest single underwater sculpture in the world measuring 5 meters high and weighing over 60 tons. Next project a major new underwater museum for the Atlantic Ocean
Viccisitudes
“Ocean Atlas”
Anthropocene
The Rubicon
Urban Reef
Shipwrecks(1) • United nations organization estimates 3 million shipwrecks worldwide • Most popular for scuba divers Doty- Lake of Michigan : depth 91 meters Lost for 112 years it was found in 2010 SS President Coolidge - South Pacific : It is the biggest shipwreck of its kind from the World War 2 Sweepstakes -Fathom Five National Marine Park Canada max depth 7 meters
RMS Rhone
Defiance
Sweepstakes
Shipwrecks(2) • 2015 : 22 shipwrecks in a 17 -square-mile area around the archipelago of Fourni in the eastern Aegean were discovered • Earliest wreck dates to the Archaic Period (700 -480 B. C. ), • Most recent wreck is from the Late Medieval Period (16 th century A. D. ).
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