adpfam
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Can anbody shed some light on shore diving specificly night diving at the resort . are there markers , somewhere to hang a strobe. or whether its even worth diving at night 
Shore diving Beqa lagoon resort
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robint
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ditto... one of the attractions of Beqa resort, to us, is that there is shore diving. Details anyone? How do they handle it? Is it a beach and you just walk in/out? How deep? Current?
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Sas
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The beach is a short walk from the dive store where you will pick up tanks. It gets to a depth of 7m.
You can dive any time you want. At night they ask that you let the resort know you are going out and then again when you get back.
I experienced no current at all when shore diving.
There are trees near the shore, where you could hang a strobe if you wanted. There is also a floating pontoon near the shore, which could also have a strobe on it.
And night diving is always worth it - I do a third of my dives at night though so am biased
They also run night boat dives, highly recommend booking on that too.
You can dive any time you want. At night they ask that you let the resort know you are going out and then again when you get back.
I experienced no current at all when shore diving.
There are trees near the shore, where you could hang a strobe if you wanted. There is also a floating pontoon near the shore, which could also have a strobe on it.
And night diving is always worth it - I do a third of my dives at night though so am biased
They also run night boat dives, highly recommend booking on that too.
Hodge Podge
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The house reef goes in a V from the entry point just below the dive shop path. There is now a platform about halfway out in the center. The left reef is a little easier to stay on track and the right reef has alot of ins and outs and it is easy to find yourself in shallow water on top of the reef. The left also has a pinical at the far end. Was there in August and there was a Crown of Thorns outbreak on the house reef. This made entry and exit tricky day or night. But the rest of the dives were clear. If it has been raining the night dives have no vis. Don't know about the COT's lately have not sen any recent reports
Go to Google earth and you can see the V and the reefs.
Go to Google earth and you can see the V and the reefs.
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adpfam
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there was a Crown of Thorns outbreak on the house reef. This made entry and exit tricky day or night. n
Hodge could you elaborate abit on tricky i know what the crown of thorns are, i however have only ever seen them at depth , do they lurk in the shallows and pounce on you when you get close. all kiddy aside whats the best way to deal with this , we swim with with full 3mm and boots and gloves . most die ops we have been with go out of thier way to help these critters find new homes at +200 . deeper if thier lucky . any other tricky creatures we should be aware of.:cool2:
Hodge could you elaborate abit on tricky i know what the crown of thorns are, i however have only ever seen them at depth , do they lurk in the shallows and pounce on you when you get close. all kiddy aside whats the best way to deal with this , we swim with with full 3mm and boots and gloves . most die ops we have been with go out of thier way to help these critters find new homes at +200 . deeper if thier lucky . any other tricky creatures we should be aware of.:cool2:
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i dont know how to make it bigger in the post sorry
Sas
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Nah it's fine, if people click on it it will pop up with a bigger version
Usually when I swam out I'd go horizontal as soon as I could, rather than walk out, even if it was shallow. So I can make sure I did not step on them!
But yea, I saw very few, but there were some close to shore as well as further out.
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