Date: September 25 to October 1,2010

Where: Tiger Beach, Bahamas

Join Steven “Creech” Anderson and Jim Abernethy for a Tiger Shark Trip to Tiger Beach and the outer reefs along the Little Bahamas Banks. The cost of the trip is 2805.00 USD and includes diving for Tiger, Great Hammerhead, Lemon and Caribbean Reef Sharks for 5 days. We will spend 7 nights aboard the M/V Shear Water with all food, beverages, tanks, weights and  air fills included. Nitrox is available for $100.00 if you want it, but you wont need it. It is not a cruise ship but an adventure vessel. The boat will depart and return to West Palm Beach, Florida where there are hassle free flights available in and out. The airport is 20 minutes to the boat. This trip is planned for underwater photographers and experienced divers who have an interest in sharks and close - up action. There will be no cage and you will be underwater with several large sharks that are baited to provide the safest interaction you might ever experience. This trip provides some of the most exciting, extreme, and rewarding diving you might ever do. I can guarantee that you will return with a new appreciation of sharks and if you are a photographer you will return with great images.
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Story and Photos by Steven Anderson

There are over 700 islands and Cays, which make up the Bahamas.
We traveled from West Palm Beach by boat through the warm and crystal clear waters of the Gulf Stream with none of those islands or cays in sight. By daybreak we cleared customs in the Bahamas and our Tiger and Hammerhead Shark Expedition was underway.

We were aboard the Shearwater, a 65’ live aboard vessel, outfitted for diving and not so much luxury. The vessel is outfitted to accommodate 10 guests. Our leader is Jim Abernethy, a shark expert, explorer of the ocean and true conservationist. Jim has been diving around the world for 25 years, exploring the unknown world of sharks and other marine life. A group of 10 divers from different parts of the world, including myself, were guests of Jim’s at the location he considers home, “Tiger Beach”. Tiger Beach is located about 20 miles north of the West End of Grand Bahamas. It is not really a beach but a shallow sand bar. Tiger Beach is home to a few different species of sharks which include Lemon Sharks, Tiger Sharks, Reef Sharks and occasionally Great Hammerhead Sharks.

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A National Research council study out on Thursday indicated that oceans have become 30% more acidic over the last 200 years. The report was requested by Congress. The report warns, “Ocean acidification is a growing global problem that will intensify with continued CO2 emissions and has the potential to change marine ecosystems and affect benefits to society.”

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DivingingInDepth’s Monthly Newsletter - Diving In!!

What’s new!

Recent feedback for our readers has been that our posts of underwater photographers and their work are overwhelming favorites. With this in mind, we have approached two photographers to see if they can share their work!  Graham Casden of Ocean First Divers and Chris Kovaz of Divers Only have both provided us with recent photographs of their undersea journeys! Chris comes back for the second time.

Interview and Photos from Graham Casden:

http://divingindepth.com/interview-graham-casden

http://divingindepth.com/graham-casden/

Interview and Photos from Chris Kovaz:

http://divingindepth.com/interview-chris-kovaz/

http://divingindepth.com/chris-kovaz-february-2010/

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DivingInDepth.com has gathered, over the years, material that has been archived on the site . To make the information more available online, we now have a number of sites:

- http://worlddiving.info - A guide to the world’s best diving destinations

- http://wreckdiveguide.com - a guide to wrecks, particularly on the East Coast and Great Lakes of the United States

- http://divinggearguide.com - a guide to diving gear for the recreational and professional divers

- http://floridadiving.info - A guide to Florida’s caves and springs - Florida offers a world class cave diving destination

- http://OceanFish.info - a guide to ocean fish

- You can visit our new shopping site at: http://www.scubaselection.com

Chris Kovaz  is currently Digital Media Director for DiversOnly.com. You can hear him weekly on Divers Only Radio.  He is an active diving photographer whose photos first appeared on DivingInDepth’s website several years back. He graciously agreed to appear on our site again and do an interview!

Most recent photos at DivingInDepth.com:

chris-kovaz-scuba-diving-photos-february-2010/

Chris, is a diving prodigy from Florida, but has traveled extensively all over the world. His love of underwater photography gradually developed after his father, Blaise, helped get him certified as a diver at the age of 12.  After receiving a 2-mega-pixel camera and an Ikelite housing from Blaise, his career had finally begun. He became much more accomplished after completing his first class with Stephen Frink in 2005. After the improvements made in that short week, Chris knew photography was his future.  Chris currently shoots a Canon 1Ds MarkII with a Sea Cam housing. Chris has been diving in extravagant places such as, Belize, the Bahamas, Utila, Roatan, the Galapagos, Fiji, and the Florida Keys.
Question: How long have you been involved in diving?
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Graham Casden is the Executive officer from Ocean First Divers in Boulder, Colorado. He was first certified in Belize in 1999 and became a DM in 2003 and OWSI in March 2005.

If you thinking diving is not very popular in Colorado, think again. As Graham told me, “There are more certified divers per capita in Colorado than any other state.”

Graham also graciously agreed to be a photographer for DivingInDepth.com. To see his pictures you can go here:

www.divingindepth.com/graham-casden/

Question: What diving activities are you curently most excited about?

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Graham Casden is the Executive officer from Ocean First Divers in Colorado. He was first certified in Belize in 1999 and became a DM in 2003 and OWSI in March 2005.

If you thinking diving is not very popular in Colorado, think again.  As Graham told me, “There are more certified divers per capita in Colorado than any other state.”

Graham graciously agreed to be a photographer for DivingInDepth.com and spent time with us on a short interview.

Contact: www.oceanfirstdivers.com

The pictures …

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DivingInDepth.com last displayed Chris Kovaz’s work several years ago. Chris has graciously supplied more of his photographs for display.

Chris, is currently Digital Media Director for DiversOnly.com. You can hear him weekly on Divers Only Radio.  He is an active diving photographer whose photos first appeared on DivingInDepth’s website several years back. He graciously agreed to appear on our site again!

Chris has been diving 15 years, since the age of eleven. His certifications in rescue diving, nitrox, wreck diving and underwater photography.  His diving mask is custom and is fitted with prescription lenses.

His equipment:  a Canon 1DS Mark II with a Sea Cam housing. He  uses Ikelite 150 and ion z240 strobes.

Next trip: Chris is going to Soccoro  islands in January of 2011.

Contact:

email Chris chrisk@diversonly.com.

the pictures …

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DivingingInDepth’s Monthly Newsletter - Diving In!!

Whats new!

DivingInDepth.com has gathered, over the years, material that has been archived on the site. To make the information more available online, our site has launched five new sites to focus on our varied material:

- http://worlddiving.info - A guide to the world’s best diving destinations
- http://wreckdiveguide.com - a guide to wrecks, particularly on the East Coast and Great Lakes of the United States
- http://divinggearguide.com - a guide to diving gear for the recreational and professional divers
- http://floridadiving.info - A guide to Florida’s caves and springs - Florida offers a world class cave diving destination
- http://OceanFish.info -  a guide to ocean fish

Also …

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Review by Robert Groth

For an avid diver, this book is a must read. Tony Liddicoat has been diving for over 44 years, and, as one of the book’s typists commented, “I don’t know how you’re still alive.” Tony pursued commercial, military, and recreational diving and his diving career has taken him all over the world. In 1981 he was named British “Diver of the Year”. The book includes chapters devoted to his time diving as a wreck excavator in Kenya, his military assignments in Germany and the Falkland Islands, as an Army diving instructor in Belize, and commercial and recreational diving throughout Europe. I particularly enjoyed the wealth of pictures he has in his book, like the picture of He and Jacques Cousteau talking aboard the Calypso, the pictures of his time excavating wrecks in Mombasa Kenya, or his cover photo of him on Soldier Magazine in November of 1988.

Picture of the recovery of a Wessex Mark V helicopter which sank off Portland Bill, UK in 1974

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