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SCUBACHANNELS.COM This new interactive website www.scubachannels.com is designed for people who are passionate about scuba diving, underwater photography and videography and the conservation of marine life. Scuba Channels offers a fully interactive online membership community where you can share your favorite photos/videos and your diving experiences with like minded people from all over the world. Whether you are an expert or a novice photographer you can enter our competitions, get photographic tips and feedback from other members and experts. Create your own gallery folders with photos or videos and link them to a dive review. Honest up-to-date dive reviews can be very helpful when planning your next dive vacation. Members will be able to read dive reviews from all over the world set out in 10 zones. You can upload your latest dive review about a dive location like Barbados or even just one fabulous dive, the choice is yours. Whatever type of diving you’re into whether its warm water, cave, wreck, muck or even ice diving we want to hear about it. Plus we will highlight special dive vacation spots around the world, most notably eco-tourism ones. Read about the latest marine conservation issues and get regular up dates by signing up for our email newsletter or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. We invite you to share any concerns or programs near you, start a forum or join a discussion; working together to increase local and global awareness. Membership is free and available for divers and non-divers alike. So sign up online now and enter forum discussions, meet other divers, form groups and generally connect and link up with people everywhere. We also have an Articles section and a “Did you Know” area full of interesting knowledge about marine life. Plus you can ‘Adopt a Marine Species’ in the Endangered Marine Species section. This website is all about you, a place where you can get involved and have a voice in this ever changing world, discover where the next most exciting dive location is. Where to go to see whale sharks, red lipped bat fish or spanish dancers! So come and see us at www.scubachannels.com
REEFERS & WRECKERS
Reefers & Wreckers Dive Shop, situated in historic Speightstown, is the most northerly dive shop, offering easy diving access to the unspoilt reefs around the north of Barbados – definite favourites among locals and visitors. They also make regular visits to the wrecks of the Stavronikita, the Pamir and the wrecks in Carlisle Bay. The family owned business, run by brothers Philip and Michael Mahy, offers diving in small groups – no crowds and a flexible personalised and friendly service that has earned them a loyal following of clients. Instructors are PADI certified and courses range from “Discover Scuba” to Divemaster. Be sure to visit their new Scuba Bar above the dive shop!
Phone (246) 234-1377 or 422-5450 UK Phone +44(0)7834556777 Web www.scubadiving.bb Email scubadiving@caribsurf.com Where Speightstown, St. Peter
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