Numerous individuals who get pleasure from scuba diving and snorkeling pick their holiday destinations with their hobby in mind. Some of the top vacation destinations for scuba diving and snorkeling are the Caribbean, Mexico, the Mediterranean and Thailand. Most people like to go to view the aquatic wildlife, which means that the water has to be relatively clear.
Most divers like to search for marine animals and scenery, whilst others like to look for wrecks. As it happens fish and plants like to inhabit wrecks as well because they provide protection from predators.
So diving wrecks offers excitement and the opportunity to observe wildlife. However, there is the added excitement of treasure hunting.
If you like the notion of diving wrecks and searching for artefacts and treasure, you have to know that wrecks are perilous, because you can become caught on railings, trapped in cabins or even get your oxygen line cut by some jagged edge, causing you to come up too quickly, which could give you the bends.
Not only that, but it is often illegal to go treasure hunting on wrecks that are not in international water (that is, more than fifteen miles off shore) and that usually means deep water where there is little opportunity of you being rescued if you become a cropper. Diving wrecks without a guide is a very perilous venture indeed.
However, most countries where scuba diving and snorkeling are popular vacation pastimes also have diving clubs, schools and instructors on the beaches or linked with the better hotels.
For example, in Thailand, there are literally hundreds of diving schools for tourists in Pattaya, Phuket, Hua Hin, Ko Samui and Pi-Pi. You can either approach one of these clubs yourself or ask your hotel to suggest one.
Most of the diving schools in these well-liked seaside resorts in Thailand are run from bars by ex-pats, but this does not mean that they are not entirely professional. Individuals like to dive in the warm sea in the morning and early afternoon and then retire to the bar to eat something and plan the next day’s journey. Most of these bar-diving schools either have their own boats or share a boat with friends.
Membership is normally free or it may be a nominal amount in order to comply with local regulations, but it is unlikely to be more than $10 for a couple of weeks. If you do not have your diving equipment with you, you can normally rent it or if you have never been diving before, you can get your fundamental diver’s certificate during your vacation.
Numerous divers use the diving trail to see southern Thailand. The destinations that I mentioned above are not very far apart. You could drive it in a hire car, travel in a bus over night from one to the other or fly from one resort to the next in 30-40 minutes. Car hire, VIP bus travel and internal flights are pretty cheap in Thailand.
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