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Dive sites: Technical

Technical dive sites — depth, conditions, and required training level.

Bahamas

Andros Blue Holes

Fresh Creek · Andros Island · Bahamas

Andros Island contains the world's highest concentration of blue holes, both inland and oceanic, offering exploration of vertical shafts and horizontal cave passages through ancient Bahamian limestone.

Marshall Islands

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USS Saratoga – Bikini Atoll

Majuro · Bikini Atoll · Marshall Islands

The massive WWII aircraft carrier USS Saratoga rests upright on the floor of Bikini Atoll's lagoon, a ghostly monument to Operation Crossroads.

Mexico

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Cenote Angelita Deep Profile

Tulum · Quintana Roo · Mexico

The deep technical profile of Cenote Angelita where a halocline at 30 metres creates a surreal underwater cloud of hydrogen sulfide separating fresh and salt water, with submerged trees rising through the mist layer in an otherworldly landscape.

Norway

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Trondheim Fjord Wrecks

Trondheim · Trondelag · Norway

Norway's third-largest city guards a deep fjord containing World War II German naval wrecks, Cold War submarine relics, and centuries of maritime history in cold, clear Scandinavian waters.

Sri Lanka

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HMS Hermes Wreck

Trincomalee · Eastern Province · Sri Lanka

The world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, sunk by Japanese bombers in 1942, now resting upright on the seabed as one of Asia's greatest wreck dives.

Thailand

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HTMS Sattakut Wreck

Koh Tao · Surat Thani Province · Thailand

A purposely sunk Thai Navy vessel off Koh Tao offering penetration opportunities and an expanding artificial reef in the Gulf of Thailand.

United States

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USS Oriskany

Pensacola · Florida · United States

The 'Great Carrier Reef' — a 270-metre Essex-class aircraft carrier intentionally sunk as the world's largest artificial reef, now teeming with marine life in the Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola.