Scuba Diving Holidays

Scuba diving  holidays is a very popular recreational activity and this has led to many holiday destinations advertising as exclusively diving locations, although their holiday packages include other land-based tourist attractions. Even though the average age of newly-qualified divers is around 29 years, scuba diving attracts amateur and professional aficionados of all ages and from all walks of life.

Where to go on your scuba diving holidays?

Some of the best known scuba diving vacation destinations are Australia, Southern Africa and the Bahamas. Many travel agents in these locations organize a range of holiday packages to suit individual or group needs. So which are some of the best Scuba diving holiday locations in the world?

Scuba diving is very popular around the southern African coastline. The Sodwana Bay offers a breathtaking holiday experience with vacation packages which include diving in the most southerly coral reefs in the world, turtles, whale sharks, ragged-tooth sharks, dolphins and a wide range of colorful nudibranchs (sea slugs which are more exotic than most scuba divers might imagine).

Down the coast in the considerably colder water, there are the kelp forests of Cape Town and this is the only place in the world where the three major types of kelp are found in one place.

In Mexico, scuba diving mainly features some of the most spectacular snorkeling and scuba diving experiences in the world. In Cancun, a package trip gets you a dive along the second largest reef system in the world, which stretches from the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula all the way though Cozumel and into Belize.

The Cancun area also has vacation packages that include wreck, wall and cave dives, together with other shorter scuba diving trips along the reef.

Scuba diving in Europe is not the same as in the tropical diving, where one encounters such a large amount of fish life. Most European dive sites have a considerably low visibility and marine life isn’t as varied, but this doesn’t stop the activity of scuba diving.

In fact Europe has a very large diving community as far as the quality of dives is concerned. However, with that said, there are definitely some very interesting dive sites in Europe.

Shark cage diving is very popular in South Africa and Australia, with both countries offering diving packages which include all the necessary safety equipment and scuba gear. A cage is always used for holiday divers in great white shark diving, but there are free diving opportunities with other types of sharks, including hammerheads, tiger and ragged tooth sharks. And perhaps while at the beach learning to surf is a novel idea and heaps of fun

Another up and coming destination for scuba holiday diving packages is Fiji, as the Koro Sea offers divers unique experiences, such as multi-coloured coral reefs and gardens, manta rays, dog-toothed tuna, cliffs, unicorn fish and a swim with a school of about 50 to 60 barracuda.

Scuba diving holidays at Namena Island which is rated as Fiji’s best scuba diving destination, is also one of the top ten diving destinations in the world.