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Nekton’s Rorqual and Pilot, former scuba lieaboards to become artificial reefs off Destin-Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa County was approached in early April 2024 with the donation of two former scuba dive liveaboards, measuring 80ft and 75ft. The vessels, known as NEKTON PILOT and NEKTON RORQUAL, were built in 1992 and 2001 respectively. Read the article HERE … Read entire article »
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Cay Sal Banks, Bahamas
It is August, 2009. One World Ocean is headed for Cay Sal Banks, Bahamas for a third time. My goal this trip is to film the sharks. In 2006 the last time I visited the Cay Sal Banks one of the dive sites known as Big Hole was filled with sharks. Big Hole is the name of the Big Blue Hole that sits on the West Side of the banks. It is at this blue hole sharks are predominant. In 06′ the sharks were predominant. This year they were not. A shark was spotted at Lady’s Secret. Lady’s Secret is located on the eastern side of the banks. This shark was tagged, which may be seen on the video. Since the trip did not contain the abundance of sharks I was hoping to find, I decided to begin filming the guests and the sites we dove. Here is the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Reefs, Travel, Trip Report, Video