We are looking forward to the Utila Dive Festival 2012 and welcome all visitors to Utila. Join us on Facebook for recent updates, pictures and announcements. We will continue to monitor the latest advice from authorities and implement any new measures as required.Deep Blue Divers offers PADI Open Water, Advanced, Rescue, Divemaster and IDC courses, so that you can go from beginner to scuba Instructor with us if you choose! See our courses page for details on the packages we offer.Īs well as scuba diving courses, Deep Blue Divers has much more on offer, designed to make your diving experience with us a truly fun one! Events at Deep Blue: Any changes to the above will be communicated via this URL. Thank you for your cooperation in advance. You should wear a face covering if you can inside the Dive Academy. out of the water, apply 2m social distancing. sanitize/wash your hands before and after touching any dive gear. Should you be sick for whatever reason, please don’t dive for your own safety and the health and safety of those around you. never dive when feeling unwell in any form. All staff and customers are encouraged to stop shaking hands and give each other an OK signal instead. all rental equipment and tanks will be sanitized by our staff members. You are required to complete our online waiver (attached to your booking) Anyone that has not completed our online waiver prior to any activity and upon arrival at the dive shop is required to completed the waiver on their own mobile device. We will only accept pre-booked divers this season and only registered divers are permitted to enter our school. All in-store payments must be completed via Credit or Debit Card.
all dives must be BOOKED and PAID online via our website. We have also suspended the Emergency First Responder and PADI Rescue Diver course due to the social distancing recommendations. These are the changes that we have implemented that will allow us to take you diving: - we have reduced the numbers of scuba courses and activities to avoid overcrowding. Dive Academy wants to help you get back underwater as safely as possible. Breathing from a regulator reduces your respiration transmission risk.
Your mask reduces eyes and nose contact-risk and keeping it on is the best habit whenever you're in the water anyway. An estimated 10 to 20 million blue sharks are caught and killed each year, causing concern not only for the future of the sharks but also about the potential impact of removing such a key predator from the oceanic ecosystem.ĬOVID-19 hates scuba. In the north Atlantic, the population is thought to follow a clockwise migration pattern travelling with prevailing currents.Īs an apex predator, the blue shark sits at the top of the food chain, and healthy adult individuals are generally not at risk of predation by other species (with the exception, of man),Īlthough blue sharks are among the most abundant, widespread and also, unfortunately, the most heavily fished sharks in the world. This colouration affords the shark a form of camouflage.īlue sharks are the most widespread of all the world’s sharks and are found in temperate and tropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The record for a blue shark caught in Irish waters is 93.5 kg (206 lb).Īs the name suggests, blue sharks are predominantly blue – ranging from a deep blue on the top of the back, fading to vibrant blue on the sides and to white on the underside of the belly. 13 feet), and typically weigh between 136 – 182 kg (c. It is a breath-taking opportunity.įrom May till mid-November we are lucky enough in Aran Island to have a big number of blue sharks.īlue sharks grow to a maximum length of up to 4 metres (c. It is an unbelievable experience snorkelling in the same territory as this amazing predator. Aran Islands are one of the best places in Ireland where you can see one of the oceans’ fastest fishes – the blue shark.
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