Buceo Virtual/Dives

(18-05-10) One of the major goals of the diving world, where the splendour of coral is added to a great variety of life forms, large and small. Everything fits into the magical world of the Australian Great Barrier... >>

Text and pictures: Juan Carlos García

(13-05-10) This piece of land enclosed between crystal-clear waters, for its seemingly unspoiled natural beauty has been nicknamed the "Nature Isle of the Caribbean". A lot of varied dive points make the island a perfect destiny to marine world lovers. >>

(11-05-10) I had only been once in the Caribbean and I the truth is I didn’t like it very much, but having been in Jardines de la Reina has opened my eyes. It is the paradise: the place, sharks, people, everything. >>

(04-05-10) Some describe them as the eight wonder in the world, others like a heavenly place. Ptolemy called them “The Islands of the Gods” in the second century, when Phoenicians and Carthaginians provided themselves with tin. Some, nowadays, called them ·The Galician Caribbean”. In 2007 the British newspaper “The Guardian” catalogued the Rodas Beach, in Monteagudo Island, like ·the most beautiful in the world”, and I do agree. >>

(22-04-10) Do you know that there is another perspective of the Patagonia? Of course, and it is even more fascinating, mystic, colder and bluer. Do you want to discover it? We invite you to go inside the Submerged Forest and the majestic cliffs in the base of the Mirador of Villa Traful. >>

(21-04-10) When entering the wonderful world of diving, who has not imagined finding “something”, although that “something” is not a pirate’s treasure, but arouses our interest? >>

Text: Marcelo Pierini
buzomarcenqn@yahoo.com.ar

(15-04-10) A ship sunken in 1974 in the Ria de Arousa is the star in this 11th article about Galicia (Spain). It is now completely covered with white anemones and has become a wreck that, over time, has created its own ecosystem. >>

Text and pictures: Jacobo Alonso
http://fotosub-jacoboalonso.blogspot.com

(14-04-10) The Hawaiian Word used to say hello and welcome visitors can be translated as “beauty, peace, enjoyment…” and defines perfectly both the Hawaiian culture and the heavenly environment where they live. >>

(07-04-10) In the Caribbean Sea, between the Dominican Republic (formerly called “La Española”) and the British archipelago Turks and Caicos (according to legend, the first place trod by Colon in his trip to America) they are the Silver Banks. Even though sunsets dye waters in silver, they are named after the silver ingots spread in waters as a result of the tragic sinking in previous centuries. >>

(06-04-10) Over 130 bouyed sites to dive arround the island garantized exciting and varied experiences. Also, this Caribean island offers an unique and friendly welcoming. >>

(30-03-10) With better weather conditions, our reporter leads us to a platform like a submerged volcano, opposite the Natural Reserve of Corrubedo, a place full of life and colour, but with strong currents.>>

(26-03-10) Located in the middle of the Mediterranean, the Maltese archipelago accumulates history on land and transparency and awesome landscapes under its waters. An invitation to discover its charms. >>

(15-03-10) Ninth article of our dive series in the Galician waters. Between storms and blizzards, our reporter dives in A Baliza, in the Ría de Arousa, (Pontevedra, Spain) off the Ribeira coast. >>

(08-03-10) It is a wild and lonely place, where great findings are still possible, with rich and different waters, little known and not crowded. We are talking about the Sea of Cortez. >>

(24-02-10) Despite the bad weather and low temperatures, our reporter continues his series of dives in the Galician Rías. Conditioned by sea conditions he dives in “heaven’s doors”, a dark rocky shoal full of life in the Ría de Arousa. >>

(23-02-10) The wreck of Akka, the biggest of the Clyde on the west coast of Scotland is spooky, haunted and massive!!!! The wreck is intact and is quite daunting to dive as you hang over the side the ship disappears in to the dark abyss! It lies in 18m at the top to 50m to the seabed and has several levels. >>

(09-02-10) In the warm Australian waters, the remains of a spectacular ship, the SS Yongala, lie. The action of the sea for a hundred years has transformed a great tragedy into one of the best dives that can be enjoyed on the planet.. >>

Text and pictures: Juan Carlos García

(08-02-10) In this seventh Discovering Galicia article I will try to show you a small area of the Ría de Muros y Noia, also famous for the great quality of its clamps and cockles… >>

(03-02-10) Every winter, hordes of divers head to the overdeveloped scuba-diving destinations of the Caribbean and the Red Sea. But there's a less-traversed option: Fly to Moscow, take the railroad 27 hours north to Belomosk, and drive two hours along snow-covered dirt roads to a village almost on the Arctic Circle, along an inlet of the White Sea. Then, take a snowmobile to a small black triangle cut into the ice.>>

(29-01-10) This is our second trip aboard the Ondina; we have fond memories of the previous trip in Komodo, and therefore, we were really keen to try out our new destination. After a day’s navigation in the Moluccas, scuba-diving of course, (I will talk you about it in a future article), we reached what was formerly known as Irian Jaya and whose name, even today, is still unclear to the locals. Let me explain. >>

(26-01-10) Our tireless reporter in the Ría de Arousa, in his particular marathon of underwater photography, this time leads us to a corner near O'Grove, in front of Porto Meloxo, under the lighthouse of Laxe. >>

(15-01-10) The Isle of Man boasts a dramatic cliff strewn coastline broken by long golden beaches. Off the south-western extremity of the Isle is an amazing diving area called the Calf of Man and jutting off the southern extremity of the Calf is one of the “top-ten” dive sites of Europe called “The Burroo”. >>

(13-01-10)The ghostly vision of a wreck lying on the seabed is one of the most evocative images of underwater exploration. We are going to give the keys to fully enjoy in a safety way this type of diving. >>

(12-01-10) Fifth article of our tour in the Ria de Arousa with Jacobo Alonso. The scenario of the last dive with zero degrees of temperature is a huge submarine granite rock in the middle of the estuary, where the photographer looks for a pair of cuttlefish mating. >>

(15-12-09)In the heart of the Ría de Arousa (Pontevedra, Spain), a rocky islet defines the navigation channel of large vessels. It is the Illa de Rúa, ideal for scuba diving with or without bottle. It is the fourth article of our tour of dives in the Galician Rías. >>

Text and pictures: Jacobo Alonso
http://fotosub-jacoboalonso.blogspot.com

(14-12-09)Polar ecosystems are quite far from our latitudes, but thanks to tech we can enjoy their inhabitants and overall one of them: belugas, in the Oceanographic in Valencia (Spain). >>

(16-11-09)Our Associate Editor takes us to waters of one of the “ten most beautiful islands in the world.” Located on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, Tioman Island offers all the splendour of the Indo-Pacific coral, in a little-known destination. >>

(11-11-09) Second winter dive in the Ria de Arousa (Spain). Our correspondent in Galician Rias submerges us in a low place in front of the peninsula of O Grove. Outside, the weather is not good, but under the surface we are finding an area of small caves where large Labrus Bergyltia, spider crabs, crabs, octopus... shelter. >>