Welcome to Lateral Lines, the newsletter of Scuba Tours Worldwide where you will find news, commentary, liveaboard and resort reviews and scuba diving tips and tricks.
In March, Rob Bryning led a trip to the Socorro Islands, off the coast of Mexico, aboard the Rocio Del Mar. They enjoyed some spectacular and really exciting scuba diving and Rob says he wouldn't hesitate to go back ! Here's the trip report with comments from some of the other guests aboard.
And many thanks to Terence Hooper for the lovely humpback whale image.
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Divers on MV Sea Spirit enjoying some 'Red Nose Fun' on Comic Relief Day ... and 'joke telling' over dinner!
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This fabulous close-up shot of a turtle was taken by Libby Gawith in February - she was diving from our liveaboard MV Sea Spirit in the Maldives. This image now goes forward into the Annual Competition - the overall prize being a week on board MV Sea Queen or MV Sea Spirit in the Maldives!
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Sea Queen is currently down in the 'Equatorial Far South' and enjoying some exciting diving on our 'Shark Special' trip.
Image show a BIG oceanic whitetip ... they have also seen tiger sharks, a pod of melonhead whales, a thresher shark and silvertips - in the last couple of days!
“Man, that was intense!” said one surfacing diver!!!
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Great news for those who like to plan ahead! We have just launched our 2014 sailing schedules Sea Queen and Sea Spirit! We've included all your favourite itineraries ... from our 'Remote Far North' adventures to our 'Equatorial Far South' shark specials!
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This was our 12th trip, so why do we keep coming back? Well, we’ve been diving around the world for over 30 years, and the Maldives is one of the few places that the diving is still as good as when we started.
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GREAT NEWS ... the Galapagos National Park Authorities have just changed the rules for divers and are now allowing 4 dives a day at Darwin & Wolf plus night diving at Wolf. So our lucky guests going out in June on board Deep Blue will get even more fabulous dives at these spectacular islands.
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This lovely image of a 'Clown Fish on Ali Thila' was the winner of our January Photo Competition. Brian Halliday took this picture whilst diving from Sea Spirit in the Maldives in December. His image goes forward to the Annual Competition - so he is in with a chance of winning a free trip on board! Check out our 'Gallery' for more fabulous images taken by our guests.
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Join us aboard MV Sea Spirit to explore the far northern atolls of Haa Alifu, Haa Dhaalu, Shaviyani and Noon which are remote and unspoilt. There are few resorts and few tourists in this region and the whole area feels unvisited and under-developed.
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Join Dave and Lisa for an exciting departure that cruises from Male to Huvadhoo Atoll in the Equatorial Far South - taking in the finest dive sites along the way. This is a unique opportunity not to be missed !
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