Buceo Virtual/Dives

(08-11-10) In our tour through the Galician estuaries, this time we sail in the Ria de Noia, and visit the Castros of Baroña in Porto do Son, where we dive among Celtic remains. >>

(28-10-10) After a three-week trip, our reporter stimulates our senses with the story and pictures of an intense underwater experience through Mexico, in its fresh and salt waters. Carlos dives in the mysterious underwater caves and the great blue, among the impressive whale sharks and going through the colourful reefs in the Riviera Maya. >>

(14-09-10) In this article of the series “Discovering” Galicia we travelled to the island Sálvora, which presides the entrance to the Ria de Arosa and offers a richness and life that captivates the visitor. It is a place desired by many but available to few. >>

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

(31-08-10) Tenerife island is dominated by the imposing Mount Teide, the highest volcano in the entire Atlantic. Under its top there are some of the most characteristic landscapes and places of the archipelago, as well as a very interesting coastline for lovers of scuba diving. >>

Text and pictures: Juan Carlos García

(26-07-10)In Portugal, off the coast of Peniche, a small archipelago in the Atlantic declared a Biosphere Marine Reserve offers many opportunities to dive in clear waters full of life and colour. >>

Text: Jacobo Alonso y Balbi Seráns
Pictures: Jacobo Alonso

(13-07-10) From the Argentinean Patagonia we are told a refreshing dive in Lago Espejo, in Nahuel Huapi National Park, near Chile. It is winter there and under an intense snow storm they practice deep “technical diving” in the cold waters of the lake. >>

(12-07-10) Coralline world hides some of the most beautiful and delicate forms of life on Earth. Incredible multicoloured designs and forms characterize their inhabitants, real living jewels. >>

(09-07-10) Thirteenth article about Galician waters. This time we dive into the Ría de Vigo, in front of Baiona, to visit the shipwreck “IVY”, a merchant ship that ran aground during a heavy storm in 1976. >>

(29-06-10) The archipelago of Bocas del Toro in Panama is situated on the northwestern coast of Panama and around the Bay of Chiriqui. This isolated region of Panama has only recently been discovered by international travelers. It is for this reason that much of the island chain remains in pristine and untouched splendor. >>

Text: Guadalupe Romero

(10-06-10) This small island in the Mexican Pacific has become a true haven for observation of white sharks. Its numerous population and clear waters make it be a unique place in the world. >>

Text and pictures: Juan Carlos García

(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… >>