Blue planet scuba checkout dives6/23/2023 I was 24 or 25, post-college, and living the adult life when I did my first Jersey wreck dive. Your dive journey can take you many directions. When I certified in blue water, unlimited viz, and 72 degrees, I obviously didn’t know my current primary dive conditions would be green water, limited viz, and 50+ degrees. At the time of my original certification, I obviously didn’t know I would end up co-owning my own shop. As we move up the dive ranks, it’s too easy to forget where we came from. As fate would have it, now, I am 32 and a co-owner of my own dive center. I was 18, in college, and majoring in marine biology. Spoiler alert: None of my pictures were any good. I remember carrying my old underwater camera and taking pictures of everything in sight. I remember the small old prop plane emerging from the depths as we descended. My first treasure! My first ocean dives were off Oahu in Hawaii, where I was the first down the line to a 90-foot bottom. I remember poking around the rocks in Devil’s Den and finding an old Budweiser can. My checkout dives for Open Water were completed at Devil’s Den and Ginnie Springs in Florida - blue water, unlimited viz, 72 degrees, a beautiful November 2006. Just keep no-fly times in mind when booking! You can arrive any time on Friday, February 18 and depart after 11 AM on Wednesday, February 23.I still remember my earliest dives like they were yesterday. You can either book directly on Silver or combine that flight with your domestic ticket through Kayak or another online booking site. You can fly to Bimini (BIM) from Ft Lauderdale (FLL) on Silver Airways. Enjoy the fresh water swimming pool, shaded hammocks, complimentary water sports and LOTS more! The resort also is home to the Bimini Big Game Bar & Grill, Sharkies Bar & Grill, Neal Watson’s Bimini Scuba Center and a 75-slip full service marina. Accommodations include beautifully decorated rooms, cottages and penthouses. Bimini Big Game Club Resortīimini Big Game Club Resort & Marina is a boutique resort situated close to everything in Alice Town in North Bimini. Explore the island on a bike, take a kayak or paddle board for a spin or just relax on the beach. There’s plenty to keep you occupied top side as well. Green turtles, hawksbill turtles, leatherback turtles and eagle rays swim along the current while seahorses, Bahama sea stars, queen conches and hordes of tropical fish hide amongst the colorful coral reefs. And pilot whales, humpback whales and sperm whales can be seen when traveling to open ocean dive sites. Dolphins often show up to investigate both divers and their boats. During the winter and spring months, you’re likely to see hammerhead sharks, bull sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, silky sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks and the occasional tiger shark. Many scuba divers who are attracted to Bimini come to see the sharks. Of course, this part of the Bahamas is most famous for its shark dives. In Bimini, colorful coral reefs, sheer walls, shallow wrecks and caverns produce a variety of dive types including night dives, drift dives, easy reef dives and tec dives. We will select sites with the dive operator based on everyone's experience level. Minimum dive certification/experience: Open Water Diver. Beginners will feel comfortable at many of the protected reefs, but the Gulf Stream, which travels past Bimini, can create fast-paced drifts more suitable to advanced divers. And during the winter months, Great Hammerhead Sharks! The Diving The Gulf Stream rushes north, washing past Bimini, feeding and warming its coral reefs and serving as a watery highway for everything from marlin to manta rays, dolphin to sea turtles. Perched at the edge of a sheer underwater cliff that falls thousands of feet into the blue abyss, it is an oasis for wildlife. And don't forget your underwater camera: the highlight of this trip will be the opportunity to dive with ALL the sharks! Biminiīimini, approximately 50 miles east of the Miami/Fort Lauderdale coastline, is the closest island in the Bahamas to the US mainland. Escape the cold and enjoy all this laid back Bahamian island has to offer. Join Blue Planet for a long weekend of exciting diving in Bimini.
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