SCUBA Diving-Specific Hyperlinks
Divers Alert NetworkDedicated to the safety, education and research of the scuba diving community, DAN is "Your Dive Safety Association." If you are not already a DAN member, this link includes a way to join online. All of us at Island Dreams are members, and we highly recommend that you also partake of this valuable service.
Undercurrent Magazine OnlineThis is the web site for savvy-divers. Undercurrent is the only ad-free, consumer publication for sport divers. Since 1975 it has provided unbiased reviews of scuba diving operations and dive equipment. Now they've implemented Undercurrent Online, offering you access to this and more via the web. Check 'em and let me know what your think.
Enjoy fabulous photography and insightful commentary on the web site of one of diving's most adventurous couples. Maurine Shimlock and Burt Jones are award-winning photojournalists and pioneers of diving on some of the world's most remote coral reefs."
Rodale's site offers equipment reviews, travel information, events listings, and searchable indexes.
This is an online scuba diving directory with worldwide listings.
Well the magazine is gone, but this site still seems to be working. The Skin Diver includes stories, photos, and reviews, plus a really weird talking webbot named "Kodie."
The National Association of Underwater Instructors. "Safety through education."
The Professional Association of Diving Instructors. "The way the world learns to dive."
IANTD offers all levels of diver and instructor training including openwater, deep air, nitrox, oxygen, trimix, rebreather, cave and wreck. Visit Voyager, ProPlanner, Abyss, oxygen analyzers, and Nitrox Diver magazine.
Everything Scuba Diving, from About Scuba Diving to Thailand Scuba Diving.
The Nikon homepage.
The Ikelite homepage.
The Digital Photography Resource for Divers. News, Galleries, Reviews and More.
Online Scuba Divers Resource Guide. Buying Advice, Reviews, Recalls, Safety, Medicine, Weather, 1000's of related links.
Photographs from Bob Bowdey, a professional underwater photographer, dive boat Captain, and an all around great guy.
Deb Fugitt is an underwater photographer and writer of the highest rank. Her site includes lots of pages, photos and graphics so don't go surfing unless you have some time to stay and enjoy it!
Over 200 titles in stock covering saltwater and freshwater fishes, sharks, dolphins, whales, corals, invertebrates, reptiles, plants, shellfish, trout, marine mammals and more.
The Slug Site is an image oriented home page devoted to study of Opisthobranch Mollusks (nudibranchs). This interesting site is maintained by Michael D. Miller of San Diego, California.
From the Smithonian Museum of Natural History comes an online exhibition, and a beautiful web site promoting understanding and conservation of the world's oceans.
Join Island Dreams in support of our own country's vital marine sancturaries. The mission of the National Marine Sanctuary Program is to identify, designate and manage areas of the marine environment of special national significance due to their conservation, recreational, ecological, historical, research, educational, and/or aesthetic qualities.
Want to learn more about diving in Queensland, Australia? This site provides a great deal of valuable information.
If snorkeling or scuba diving is part of your lifestyle, or an all consuming passion, you've come to the right place. This site is being designed for everyones enjoyment, from the novice to the advanced and professional divers or anyone remotely curious about the sport.
Located just south of Cape Lookout in Historic Beaufort, N.C., Discovery Diving is a FIVE Star PADI Resort. They offer wreck diving trips to W.W.II ships that were victims of German submarines as well as to one German sub, the U-352, that itself was sunk by U.S. Destroyers.
Swim in the clear waters of Florida's Key West, where the wild dolphins play! Encounter these beautiful animals in their own habitat! These are wild dolphins, not captives.
An Alternative Dive Store selling equipment and accessories by mail order. (Just be sure to support your local dive shop too. They are there for sales, service, instruction, air fills, etc. KDK)
This site is dedicated to the art of underwater photography.
A great dive club in Albany, NY.
GoodDive.comA scuba diving resource.
Scuba diving and snorkeling in Key West, Florida.
Scubatogs Diving T Shirts & Jewellery
Travel-Related Hyperlinks
Overview of information about beautiful Bali, Indonesia.
Helpful article by Lindsey Morgan.
Thinking about Australia? Travellers’ information and online booking for accommodation and tours direct from Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Cairns and Port Douglas. Explore 200 video's and 800 pages of travel writers’ reviews.
Down-to-earth travel information. Lonely Planet travel guides are designed to kickstart your travels and help you on your way. Just a click away is the latest travel information sourced from authors, researchers, and fellow travellers.
Visiting the Florida Keys? Consider Planet Ocean Charters. They offer reef trips and wild dolphin encounters.
Guidebook writer David Stanley provides mini-guides to South Pacific destinations, answers to FAQs, listings of films, music, and books, and links to numerous other travel sites.
An extensive Travel Web Directory
An excellent resource for USA and world-wide weather information.
"PATAnet" is a site for destination information and news on travel to the Pacific Asia region. PATA is an international non-profit association widely considered to be the "voice of Pacific Asia tourism." Travelers interested in the region will find destination information on the 41 member nations, including hyperlinks to the country's official home pages where available.
This broad ranging State Department web site includes Travel Advisories and Warnings, Visa information, Passport information, International Legal Assistance, and much more...your tax dollars at work!
On-Line Travel Magazines
Cyber Diver On-line Magazine Cyber Diver is an ad-free internet scuba diving magazine offering unbiased evaluations of diving products and services. Cyper Diver provides valuable information, analysis, reviews, news reports, travel warnings, and more.
Best Publishing Company is the largest publisher of books on diving and hyperbaric medicine.
A place to post messages for companions looking for travel partners, original travel writing, a searchable library of travel articles, online guidebooks, and more.
"A source of worldly, opinionated travel advice, albeit in a wholly new, constantly updated, interactive form."
Stories, photos, and sound bites from professional travel writers.
An excellent information resource for the traveler. Consider subscribing...it's worth it.
Travel Medicine and Health Information
Need up-to-date information on health issues of travel destinations around the world? This is the site with the answers.
Enough information about Tropical Diseases...to make you want to stay home!
International Travelers Clinic - Travel Health Information.
Here is a new website provided by the Australian owned TMVC travel medicine group based in Brisbane, Australia. The TMVC website features regular travel health news and updates, including international travel alerts and advice. It offers a country by country listing of where vaccines are compulsory or highly recommended, and where malaria is present.
General Interest Hyperlinks
From tips regarding photography in nature through advise for taking pictures with your simple home digital camera.
News, Weather, Sports, Entertainment, Business, Investing, Professional, Reference, Travel, Shopping, Magazines, Education. "Starting Point is here to serve you!"
A new web search engine
An online source for adventure travel, environmental information and extreme sports.
Mark Green is a professional photographer working in corporate, fine art, and travel photography. He is also a good friend who expertly applies his Nikon Coolscan to all the photos included in Island Dreams' web site. Mark Green Photography offers a great web page with some beautiful photos...check it out!
How's the Weather Down There?!?
This page provides the most comprehensive access to hurricane-related products on the Net -- National Hurricane Center advisories, recon reports, local National Weather Service statements, tracking maps, buoy data, radar, satellite photos and more.
Includes links to many other valuable sites and servers, including NOAA, Woods Hole, and much more. If this doesn't work for you, just stick your head out the window...it may be raining!
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Kind of says it all, huh?! Promoting global environmental stewardship in order to conserve and wisely manage the Nation's marine and coastal resources.
And finally...some Cooperative Links to Friends of Island Dreams
Island Dreams is included on The Houston Business List
From the Heart Foundation is selling a book about the Bay Islands of Honduras.
Coming through Florida on your way to the Caribbean? Here is a source of helpful information.
Scuba diving in Phuket, Thailand. Liveaboard cruises and scuba courses with West Coast Divers.
Travel tips & destination guides from budget world travelers.
Holiday villas, cottages rental offers, and information about caribbean vacations.
