Sentences with phrase «from shallow reefs»

Tulum offers dive sites for all levels of experience, from shallow reefs to more advanced dive sites.

There are different options for dive sites, from shallow reefs, deep dives, walls, night dives to an amazing wrecks dive.

Turneffe Atoll Island is the largest and most spectacular of the 3 atolls in Belize and there are dive sites here to suit all experience levels, from shallow reefs to wrecks and drop - offs.

Second, an extensive gently sloping, seemingly barren sand flat separates the reef rim from shallow reefs along the shore.

We have everything from shallow reefs to vertical walls, blue holes and much more.

Georgetown - based Dive Exuma (www.dive-exuma.com) runs daily boat dives to various sites in the park, ranging from shallow reefs to caverns and blue holes.

They can take you to the the hottest fishing and diving locations, from the shallow reefs to the deep blue pelagics.

It pulled me down the beach until I was 15 yards from a shallow reef.

(colour dull green to tannish green), 4» diameter, I» high Looking much like a thick living mat, groups of these anemones often cover hard surfaces, sometimes in quite shallow water, but they are found from the shallow reef crest to the shore intertidal.

The Belize barrier reef offer a wide range of diving and snorkeling, from shallow reef to the Great Blue Hole.

South East Point - At the Southeast point of Koh Surin Tai, 2 parallel jumbles of boulders run out perpendicular from the shallow reef into deeper water, where strong currents can attract reef sharks.

At the South East Point of Koh Surin Tai, 2 parallel jumbles of boulders run out perpendicular from the shallow reef flat into deeper water, where strong currents can whip up and attract reef sharks.

«From shallow reef diving to deeper technical dives along dramatic drop offs and adventurous cave dives, Christmas Island has it all!»

Not exact matches

Shallow coral reefs from the water's surface to 30 - 40 metres depth are the tip of the iceberg that comprises the ocean's extensive coral ecosystem.

The role of this new zone as a refuge for shallower reef fishes seeking relief from warming surface waters or deteriorating coral reefs is still unclear.

A throng of reef - dwelling organisms live on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico's continental shelf some 200 kilometers offshore, from corals in the shallower regions to sponges, sea fans and other soft corals, and numerous fish species in the deep.

To build it, a state - owned firm is pumping sand from surrounding atolls and depositing it on shallow reefs that circle the original lagoon.

A pioneering study — led by scientists from Imperial College London in collaboration with marine biologists from UC Santa Barbara — found that the predators, through their fecal material, transfer vital nutrients from their open ocean feeding grounds into shallower reef environments, contributing to the overall health of these fragile ecosystems.

The research team collected sediments from four deep reef environments between 30 - 50 meters south of St. Thomas, U.S.Virgin Islands, and from two shallower water reef sites.

Schweikert, Johnsen and Duke postdoctoral associate Bob Fitak focused on the hogfish, or Lachnolaimus maximus, which spends its time in shallow waters and coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia to northern South America.

This is especially important as these reefs are considered potential refugia for species from their endangered shallow - water counterparts.

Corals are found in all of Earth's oceans, from tropical to freezing temperatures, however they only build coral reefs in warm, shallow seas in the tropics.

«We recommend acting quickly, because pressure to over-exploit deep reefs will inevitably grow as shallow reefs become almost universally degraded due to growing human population pressures and climate change,» says co-author Dr. John Guinotte from the Marine Conservation Institute.

Marine scientists from Australia and the USA today called for global efforts to protect deeper coral reefs as insurance against the widespread destruction of shallow reefs and their fish stocks now taking place around the world.

But it says that deeper reef environments — 40 metres to 150 metres below the waves — could serve as a refuge for species driven from the shallows, although more research needs to be done to establish a role for these regions.

The shallow coral reefs off Kahekili, West Maui, are exposed to nutrient - enriched, low - pH submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and are particularly vulnerable to the compounding stressors from land - based sources of pollution and lower seawater pH. To constrain the carbonate chemistry system, nutrients and carbonate chemistry were measured along the Kahekili reef flat every 4 h over a 6 - day sampling period in March 2016.

For two hundred years, fleets of treasure galleons stuffed with silver and gold and emeralds had plied the Caribbean Sea, crisscrossed it every which way, from Key West down to Cartagena, from the Yucatán over to the Windward Islands, and every so often, one of those unpredictable West Indian cyclones would come spinning across the Caribbean and slam half the fleet onto shallow reefs, which ripped open the hulls and spewed that treasure all over the ocean floor.

Located at Hardy Reef, the pontoon is ideally situated in shallower waters with protection from the surrounding sea conditions.

A two minutes walk from your room takes you to the reef protected North Beach with its calm and shallow turquoise waters, ideal for swimming.

Pristine white sand slopes up from the depths until cut off by tall bommies that lead to the shallow reef wall.

There are more than 50 named sites around the island, offering everything from channel drifts and wall dives to shallow reefs and critter - rich macro sites and muck fields.

Your Luxury Retreats concierge can arrange a snorkeling trip, that will pick you up right from your beachfront villa in a shallow - bottom boat, then whiz you out to the reef so you can explore.

Snorkelers can enjoy drifting over shallow reefs just meters from the shore.

Many of the islands are popular to visit on daytrips, but unfortunately in several of the shallower sites we saw a lot of coral damage from inexperienced snorkellers stepping on the reef.

In general, sites begin on a beach, rock - covered shore or low coastal cliff, where near - shore shallows from 10 to 50 yards in width lead to the upper end of a sloping reef at depths of 25 to 30 feet.

You can put your toes in the powdery - soft alabaster sand and sunshine of Eagle Beach, Trip Advisor's 3rd Best Beach in the World; snorkel the delicate reefs and shallow waters of Mangel Halto; or, get away from the crowds and treat yourself to the quiet solitude of Baby Beach.

The rivers Sarstoon in the south, Temash, Moho, Rio Grande, Golden Stream, Deep River and Monkey River all flow from the Maya mountains eastwards into the warm shallow waters of the Gulf of Honduras and towards the Sapodilla Cayes at the southern tip of the Belize barrier reef about thirty - five miles off shore.

Named for its characteristic reef development, this dive site features a profile with two distinct reef zones over a distance of about 800 ft.. A shallow reef extends from sea level to 40 ft and a deeper reef begins at 70 ft, extending to more than 100 ft at the wall.

Shallow and protected by the barrier reef from ocean swells, this site is great for snorkelers and divers.

Inside the reef the water is shallow, with a blue tinge; outside the reef the water is deep and from the air shows a dark royal blue.

Boats depart daily from the port city of Cairns to visiting a range of sites that includes shallow reefs and stand - alone coral outcroppings.

Just off its eastern shore is a shallow reef and snorkelers or divers can enter from the beach.

The sandy slopes stretch down from the shallows all the way to the reef wall.

Inside the reef the water is shallow with a blue tinge; outside the reef the water is deep and from the air is a dark royal blue.

The volcanic landscape of the archipelago with the sugar hat peaks and shallow reefs, the green jungles and the dry highlands, all of this is simply spectacular to watch from above.

This grass can grow in the shallow waters as there is such strong protection from winds and currents by the reef.

The more experienced swimmer can swim from one side of the cut to the other, experiencing shallow reef, drop offs over the steep sides of the «cut», and seagrass and sand beds in the middle of the channel.

In fact, with unlimited access to the world's second largest barrier reef only a few dozen yards from our resort's pier, shallow reefs, high underwater visibility, and stunning underwater panoramas with some of the most diverse aquatic life in the world, snorkeling may be our resort's single most popular activity.

From shallow, clear reefs and coral gardens to spectacular drop offs into the deep, explore a wealth of underwater riches

From deep shipwrecks to shallow reefs, come explore the best dive sites in Oahu with Living Ocean Scuba.