Poll: If you could only dive in one location for the rest of your life?

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All of us have our favorites, drift diving in Coz, macro stuff in Bonaire, etc. But, if you could only dive in one location for the rest of your life, where would that be?
 
Bloody Bay Wall - Little Cayman - the coral, sponge and marine life could entertain me forever
 
U-853, sunken WWII u-boat with a great history.

I've got about 10 dives on her and I still haven't been in every compartment. Some can't even be reached without sidemounts or removing your rig.

In addition, I've seen tons of marine life (for New England), including a blue shark.

Finally, its deep enough to keep it relatively pristine.
 
but you could drop me off in PNG for the duration.
 
hoover once bubbled...
All of us have our favorites, drift diving in Coz, macro stuff in Bonaire, etc. But, if you could only dive in one location for the rest of your life, where would that be?


The Bikini Atoll.
 
If you mean only one site then our "secret" spot in Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. So many critters...so many awesome formations...so many crayfish and coral trout for dinner!

No matter how many times I dive it or how long I stay (average about 70 minutes) it isn't enough.
 
I agree with nauifins73, Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman Island.
 
There are a lot of places I want to dive, BC Canada, Maui, and some of the other exotic places. But if I had only one place to dive for the rest of my life, it would be a freshwater river near home, probably the Clackamas River.

Why? Well, I spent 20 years diving the North Umpqua River, and I've seen things in that river that nobody else has ever seen. How many of you have seen freshwater mussels spawning? I've watched the mating habits of the redsided shiner and the Umpqua northern pike minnow (a minnow about 3 feet long), and seen things others haven't.

But now, that river is about 200 miles away, so I'm looking for something closer. This weekend I'll probably dive in the Clackamas River again (it's been clear and cold here for a week, so it'll be clear enough to see something).

A little over a year ago, I saw something few have seen here, a freshwater starry flounder. These flounder were over 75 miles from the ocean, and had to come up the Columbia River to the Willamette River, and then up the Willamette to the mouth of the Clackamas River. I've gotten a few photos of them, and included one below.

But don't get me wrong, I would dearly love to dive the warm, tropical water and see coral again. It's just that there are so many truly intriguing natural cycles to be worked out very close by.

SeaRat
 

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