Dive Destinations
I have been in the lucky situation that my job brought me to Japan and the US, which gave me very different home bases to go diving.
The Americas
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Maui, Molokini
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Hawaii, Kona-Manta Night Dive
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Alaska (Kenai Peninsula)
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Canada, British Columbia (live-aboard, Nautilus VII )
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Missouri, Bonne Terre Mine
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Texas (Flower Garden, live-aboard, MS Fling )
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Texas (Austin, Lake Travis, PADI Rescue and Divemaster course)
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New Mexico (Blue Hole)
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Florida (Crystal Spring, Manatees)
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| California (Monterey)
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California (San Diego, Blue Shark Cage Dive)
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| Mexico (San Carlos-Pacific Coast. and PADI IDC with Cdr. Jim Williams)
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Mexcio (Cozumel)
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| Mexcio (Playa del Carmen, near Cancun)
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Mexico (Yucatan, Cave diving, IANTD and NACD Full Cave certification)
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| Galapagos (live-aboard MS Mistral to Wolf and Darwin with Paul Humann, whale sharks, schooling hammerheads)
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Costa Rica (Pacific coast, Papagayo)
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Caribeans
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Bahamas (Blackbeard cruises, live-aboard, Sea Explorer )
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Cuba (Varadero)
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Micronesia-Australia
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Yap (Mantas)
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Palau (Sharks)
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Truk (wrecks!!!)
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Marshall Islands
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Bikini (wrecks!!!, USS Saratoga-air carrier)
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Hawaii (Kona coast and Manta night dive)
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Australia (Mike Ball, live-aboard, Spoil Sport)
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Asia
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Japan (Hachijo-jima, and Ozesaki-Izu-peninsula)
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Indonesia (Bali 2 times, and Sulawesi-Manado)
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Malaysia (Tioman)
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Maledives (Lohifushi)
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Thailand (live-aboard, THE JUNK)
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Red Sea
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Egypt (Hurghada)
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Egypt (Safaga)
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Egypt (El Queseir)
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Egypt (live-aboard ...name forgotten, but something in Arabic...from Marsa Alam to Daedalus Reef)
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Sudan (live-aboard, MS Aurora)
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Other
Iceland, Silfra-rift
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Mozambique, Barra
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Malawi-Lake Malawi (Likoma Island)
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Australia-Coral Sea (live-aboard, Spoil Sport-Mike Ball)
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Malta (Caverns)
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Baltic Sea
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South Africa (Aliwal Shoal, with Sandtiger-Haien und Kleine Schwarzspitenhaie, und in Simon's Town, nicht wirkliches Tauchen, Grosse Weisse Haie aus dem Käfig)
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| Mozambique (Inhambane, mit vielen Arten von Rochen, inklusive Mantas).
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| And various Lakes and Rivers in New Mexico, Germany and Switzerland.
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Favorite Dives
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Iceland-Silfra: very clear water, cold, but great. Special is to touch the North American and European plate.
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Galapogos-Darwin: 2 whale sharks, hundreds of hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, dolphins, mating turtles, and wahoos on a single dive.
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Bikini-the Saratoga (incredible the size, and the stuff to see during penetration)
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Hawaii-Kona: the Manta night dive...extreme commercial, but magic
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Palau-Blue Corner: incredible amount of gray reef sharks and barracudas "standing" and "cruising" in the current
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Mexico-Yucatan: the caves are magic; I liked especially Zac Aktun and Dos Ojos.
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Canada-British Columbia-Browning Wall: the amount of life is unbelievable; the wall was totally covered by strawberry sea anemones.
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Florida: the Manatees are really something special
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South Africa-Simons Town: Great white sharks from cage-incredible the size and power
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Australia, Coral Sea Osprey Reef: the number of grey reef sharks during the feeding, incredible
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Contact
To contact me, send an email to
thomas.lippert(at)bluewin.ch
and I will reply as soon as possible.