SCUBA
Elliott Goldstein's
Dive Pictures
The last three sets of pictures were taken with a
Sony
W350 digital
camera with an underwater setting. The earlier pictures were taken with
a Sony P7 camera. All pictures were edited with Photoshop
Elements.
Thailand, 2014.We were on the Thailand Aggressor, after staying in Bangkok for a week (we went to a tiger preserve and I have a picture from there).
Belize, Ambergris Caye. We stayed at Capt Morgan's Resort and dove with Ambergris Divers. We had nurse sharks following us on every dive and turtles on every dive.
Great Barrier Reef Australia, 2013: We were on the Spirit of Freedom Boat for a week. Unfortunatey, we were there as a cyclone was forming and did not get to the best dive sites.
May
2012 dive trip to the east end of
Grand
Cayman Island
Suzanne and I stayed at Morritts Grand Tortuga Club again, our favorite
resort
on
the quiet east end of the island. I dove with Ocean Explorers. Both
the
resort and Ocean Explorers were excellent. Every dive was great, except
that it rained every day; each
first
dive was on nearly pristine deep, steep walls.
January
2012 dive trip to Yap & Palau We stayed at Manta Ray Bay
Resort on Yap and dove with them. Then we went to Palau and dove on the
Aggressor. Both were spectacular for sharks and manta rays. Great
diving and great people along the way.
May
2011
dive trip to Belize, Ambergris Caye We stayed at Banyon Bay
Resort and dove with Ramon's Dive Shop. Most of the diving was 5
minutes from shore in valleys and reef tops. The reefs were in great
shape. We saw more spotted eagle rays every day than I saw in 15 years
in the Carribean.
January
2011
dive trip to Fiji We dove with Dancer. Fiji is trully the
soft coral capital of the world. We dove many new sites with almost
virgin reefs, magnificent colors and hugh schools of fish. We ended the
week with two shark feed dives.
June
2010
dive trip to Cozumel We stayed at El Cid Resort and I
dove with Dive Paradise. The
reefs were in excellent shape and the diving was very good. We saw a
number of juvenile lion fis this time.
February
2010
dive trip to Galapagos Islands in Ecuador We dove with the
Aggressor. The diving was great and difficult. Lots of sharks and
spotted eagle rays. On the land excursions we saw lots of sea lions,
iguanas and the Galapagos tortoises.
June
2009
dive trip to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands We stayed at
Carambola Beach Resort at Cane Bay and I dove with Cane Bay Divers. The
reefs were in excellent shape and the diving was very good.
February
2009
dive trip to Wakatobi, Indonesia This was the best diving I
have ever done. The reefs were pristine. The food at the resort was
great. Suzanne and I then spent a week touring Bali.
June 2008 dive trip to the east end of
Grand
Cayman Island
Suzanne and I stayed at Morritts Grand Tortuga Club our favorite resort
on
the quiet east end of the island. I dove with Ocean Explorers. Both
the
resort and Ocean Explorers were excellent. Every dive was great; each
first
dive was on nearly pristine deep, steep walls.
June
2007 dive trip to Sharm
el-Sheik
The trip to Sharm was as good as the last time that we were here
(without a camera). We stayed at the Hilton Dreams Resort and dove with
Dive Africa. The reefs are in excellent condition and there were lots
of schools of fish.
January 2007 dive trip to the Caymans
My 2007 dive trip was aboard the Cayman Aggressor. It was a great boat.
We dove on Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac, but most dives were on Little
Cayman.
January 2006 dive trip to Cozumel
I stayed at the Barracuda Hotel and dove with Dive Paradise. Damage to
the deep reefs after the hurricane was minimal but significant on the
shallow reefs. It was amazing how rapidly the town was reconstructed
and back in business.
June 2005 dive trip to Curacao
We stayed at the Sea Aquarium Resort and dove with Ocean Encounters at
the Resort. Both were very good. The highlight of the week was diving
in the mushroom forest at the west end of the island.
My January, 2005 dive trip was to the Bahamas on the Aqua
Cat live aboard dive boat. We dove in the Exumas and Eleuthera. Aqua
Cat was a great boat. The highlight of the week was the Shark Dive. The second set of pictures
that I have for the week are the remainder of the Bahamas
Dive
trip.
.
June 2004 dive trip to the
Dominican
Republic
We stayed one week on the north shore and I dove out of Sosua with
North Coast Divers. We then drove to the south shore and I dove with
Circe
Divers in La Romana. The diving in La Romana was excellent.
January 2004 dive trip to Akumel, Mexico
Akumel is 60 miles south of Cancun, opposite
the island of Cozumel, on the Riviera Maya. I stayed at Villas DeRosa
and
dove with their Aquatech. The coral was extreamly healthy. I also took
a side trip to the nearby Myan ruins of Tulum.
June 2003 dive trip to the east end of Grand
Cayman Island
Suzanne and I stayed at Morritts Tortuga Club (a timeshare resort on
the quiet east end of the island). I dove with Ocean Explorers. Both
the
resort and Ocean Explorers were excellent. Every dive was great; each
first
dive was on nearly pristine deep, steep walls.
ABOUT ME: I have been diving for about twelve years: in Mexico, the
Carribean, the Red Sea and Indonesia. I am a rescue diver and have
about two hundred and fifty
dives.
you can contact me at: e.goldstein@asu.edu
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