Scuba Diver January 19 - Issue 23

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DIVE INTO ADVENTURE

Scubadiveadventures was founded by Damian Groves, a PADI Staff Instructor who specialises in providing bespoke adventures across the world in some of the most-exclusive dive locations possible, from liveaboards in Egypt to the serene waters of the Maldives. Raised at an early age in South Africa, he is at home on the Sardine Run, providing a top-level experiences for all of his guests. Being a bespoke service, Scubadiveadventures caters for all levels of divers, ages and experience. scubadiveadventures.co.uk ...and a humpback doing the same thing What all the predators are there for - sardines Dolphin breaching...

The boat had momentarily descended into a stunned silence as an unexpected and huge dorsal fin was spotted breaking the surface of the water Flypast from the orca pod

stare from the calf, captured on some footage filmed by one of our guests, seemed to corroborate this theory and was a suitable conclusion to this encounter. It was as if the pod were introducing their new arrival to us, and in turn us to it. An orca dive on the Sardine Run? Can an experience in the water get any better than this? Well, for myself and the other guests privileged enough to be present on this day of days, we think not. Amazingly, breaching humpback whales, enormous pods of hunting dolphins and over seven species of feeding sharks became the norm for us on this trip. The orca encounter was the icing on our very large African cake, and an experience we will keep in our hearts forever. Who knows what the Sardine Run 2019 will bring - all I know is that it will be epic. n

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