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Boesmansgat – Sinkhole and dive site in South Africa; Bohol Sea – Marginal sea between the Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines; Booya – Schooner wrecked in Darwin, Australia; BOS 400 – Recent wreck and dive site at Duiker Point on the Cape Peninsula west coast; Bottle Island – One of the Summer Isles in Loch Broom, Scotland
The term dive site (from "dive" and "site", meaning "the place, scene, or point of an occurrence or event" [1]) is used differently depending on context.In professional diving in some regions it may refer to the surface worksite from which the diving operation is supported and controlled by the diving supervisor.
Recreational dive sites – Places that divers go to enjoy the underwater environment Index of recreational dive sites – Alphabetical listing of articles on porular places for recreational diving; Inland dive sites – Sites in bodies of water inland of the sea coastline; Coastal dive sites – Sites in the sea near the coastline
Many wall dive sites are in close proximity to more gently sloping reefs and unconsolidated sediment bottoms. No special training is required, but good buoyancy control skills are necessary for safety. Wall dive sites vary considerably in depth, and many are suitable for drift diving when a moderate current flows along the wall.
PADI offers dive shops and training centers the opportunity to affiliate with the PADI brand by becoming a member of the PADI Retailer and Resort Association (PADI RRA) which is a worldwide group of dive shops and resorts committed to selling PADI products and promoting the PADI diving and marketing philosophy. PADI Worldwide, Inc., contracts ...
Training for Olympic diving competition requires 10-meter diving facilities, which are scant in some parts of the world. For example, the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center, built in 1979 as a YMCA facility, is one of only two Olympic-sized pools in Wisconsin that can host large events, and it is the only facility in the southeast Wisconsin region ...
Scuba diver in Maldives. Scuba diving tourism is the industry based on servicing the requirements of recreational divers at destinations other than where they live. It includes aspects of training, equipment sales, rental and service, guided experiences and environmental tourism.
To keep the number of categories down, diving regions may be categorised with dive sites, but if a category of dive sites by country gets large it may be split into dive sites by country and dive regions by country. A terrestrial settlement is not a dive site, but may contain a dam, cave, or other water filled feature which is a dive site.