The FeBrina and Walindi are based out of Kimbe Bay in Papua New Guinea and offer some of the best diving opportunities there.
The owners of the FeBrina, Walindi Plantation and Aquatic Encounters are delighted to again be the Best of Show sponsors for the Underwater Images Competition with their prize for two aboard the FeBrina along with two days on either end of the cruise at Walindi
Plantation.
Bilikiki Cruises Ltd. is the premiere live-aboard dive operator in the Solomon Islands. Operating two 125 foot ships, M.V. Bilikiki and M.V. Spirit of Solomons, divers are offered superb diving opportunities, from ships consistently rated among the best live-aboards in the world. Bilikiki delights in the opportunity to offer a trip for one on either the MV Bilikiki or the MV Spirit of Solomons to a lucky winner in the Underwater Images Competition.
Bahia Tours and Anthony's Key
is pleased to offer
a
7 night all inclusive dive package for one at Anthony’s Key, in Roatan, one of
the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras. Anthony’s Key is nestled in the
middle of a hillside jungle and offers guests panoramic views of Caribbean
sunsets over their shimmering lagoon. Package includes 7 nights Standard-Hillroom
hotel accommodations, tanks, weight belts and weights, buoyancy control
workshop, 3 single tank boat dives per day, 2 single tank night dives per week,
daily dolphin show presentations, full American meal plan of 3 meals daily,
welcome island cocktail presentation, tropical picnic on Tabyana beach, Island
Fiesta Night on the Key, Horseback riding and hiking, Kayaks and paddleboats,
canoeing, entrance to Roatan museum, airport transfers and airline ticket
reconfirmation.
Visit Kungkungan Bay Resort in
our 10th year anniversary with facility improvements, new price packages, and
special events. The people are still friendly and eager to welcome all visitors.
The food is exceptional. The diving is spectacular. We are a first class dive
resort located in Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. We are famous for fantastic
critter diving here in the Lembeh Strait. We also have fantastic coral and wall
diving as well as three WWII wrecks. Kungkungan Bay Resort will be offering a
7-night beachfront cottage suite, all meals in our 24 hrs. full service
restaurant, 3 guided day dives for 6 diving days, free unlimited house reef
dives from 8AM-5PM, tax, service charge, and airport transfer in support of the
Underwater Images Competition.
DiveTech of Grand Cayman/Cobalt Coast Resort
Divetech has opened a new dive center
at Cayman's latest boutique dive resort on the NW Tip of the Grand Cayman. The
winner of the Underwater Images Competition will be awarded 5 nights stay for
two people, 4 days of 2-tank boat trips to the North Wall and unlimited shore
diving (day & night).
Cobalt Coast
Resort features 1 & 2 bedroom suites and villas on the ocean. Amenities include
full service dive shop, 130’ dock, fresh water swimming pool, Jacuzzi, daily
breakfast at “Duppies” Bar and Restaurant, a welcome cocktail on arrival,
airport transfers, taxes and service charges, beautiful sunsets and more.
Reservations required. Contact Divetech @ 345-949-1700 or
divetech@candw.ky to reserve your
vacation in paradise!
Provo Turtle Divers and the
Turtle Cove Inn is be proud to be a
founding sponsor for the Underwater Images Competition.
As a founding sponsor of the Underwater Images Competition,
Ikelite is pleased to donate any one of
their "stock" digital housings to the competition winner, excluding Digital SLR
housings, to one special photographer in this competition. Ikelite is currently
producing housings for many of the popular Sony, JVC, Kodak, and Olympus
cameras. See the Ikelite website for new listings.
Sipadan Water Village in Mabul Island Semporna is known to underwater
photographers for its exceptional diving and photo opportunities. Sipadan Water
Village is pleased to donate a dive package for two for 5 days and 4 nights to a
winner in the Underwater Images Competition. This package includes all ground
transfers, buffet meals, 3 boat dives daily and unlimited reef shore diving.
 Travel
Masters
Travel Masters is a dive and adventure travel wholesaler and retailer,
successfully serving the dive community since 1990. Travel Masters plans trips
for individuals or groups. We also offer scheduled departures for many
destinations for those of you that are looking for a group to travel with. For
more information on your next dive trip, call Travel Masters at (866) UW PHOTO
or email us at info@travel-masters.net.
 Loloata Island
Resort
To scuba divers, Loloata Island Resort means great diving, and a chance to
observe some of the world's greatest coral reefs and meet a myriad of marine
animals in their natural habitat. Underwater photo enthusiasts find a dazzling
array of great fish, corals and invertebrate subjects only minutes away from the
dock aboard our new deluxe dive boat.
Loloata will gladly provide a 7-day stay and 5 days diving (3 dives per day) for
one person.
 M/Y Pelagian-Dive
Asia Pacific
M/Y Pelagian is cruising the pristine water of Eastern Indonesia to Komodo,
Alor, the Banda Sea, Misool and Irian Jaya (Papua). The schedule calls for
various routes taking us from Bali to Kupang, from Kupang to Sorong, trips out
of Sorong to the Raja Empat Islands and Misool, and trips from Sorong back to
Kupang and from Kupang back to Bali. We will visit all of Eastern Indonesia's
best sites and to explore various areas at different times of the year according
to weather and diving conditions. Trips out of Sorong will take varied routes
and explore differing aspects of Irian (Papuan) diving.
This year we are again donating one standard cabin space, on one of those 12 or
14 full day cruises can be chosen (upon availability) by the WINNER in 2005
season. Included is the cruise itself, one standard space in either cabin 4 or
6, diving, tanks and weights, food and soft drinks.
www.diveasiapacific.com
 Tufi Dive
PNG-Tufi Dive Resort is a pristine,
remote up market eco resort in Papua New Guinea only accessible by air and sea
in the fjord lands of Papua New Guinea. We have World War II Wrecks, manta rays,
hammerheads and great macro diversity at your fingertips. We are pleased to
support the Underwater Images Competition with a certificate for 7 days
accommodation, deluxe air-conditioned bungalow, and 10 dives.
 Ed Robinson's
Maui Scuba
Ed Robinson's Maui Scuba is pleased
to donate three 2-tank charters for two people and 5 nights of accommodations in
one of our B&D (Bed and Dive)
units to a great photographer in the Underwater Images Competition.
 Divi Resorts
With 9 beautiful resorts throughout the Caribbean,
Divi sets the standard for guest
amenities and service. Enjoy our luxurious units, casual gourmet restaurants,
oversized free-form pools and most of all out breathtaking scenic locations.
Divi resorts are nestled within some of the most beautiful areas in the world.
Divi Resorts is proud to donate an 8-day/7-night stay for TWO at Divi Tiara
Beach Resort in Cayman Brac.
Peter Hughes Diving, Inc.
Peter Hughes Diving is one of the
world’s foremost liveaboard dive operators. We are pleased to donate suite
accommodations for one person for 7 nights aboard the M/V Sun Dancer in Belize.
This package includes airport transfers, up to 5 dives daily, all meals, snacks,
and beverages (excluding alcohol).
Nekton Diving Cruises
 Nekton Diving Cruises invites you
to join us aboard the world's most stable and comfortable high-tech SWATH design
Liveaboards to experience world class SCUBA diving in amazing blue holes,
plunging vertical walls, swim throughs, lush coral gardens and shark dives. Also
enjoy snorkeling, dolphins, sea kayaking, remote islands, ancient ruins, gourmet
dining, nightly presentations, and more. We are pleased to offer a cruise for
one person with Nekton Diving Cruises, not including airfare, Gov’t. charges,
personal items or gratuities.
 Puerto Rico Tourism Board, Copamarina Beach Resort, and Sea Ventures Diving
We are delighted to be a sponsor in the Underwater Images Competition with a
prize for two people. They will stay at Copamarina Beach Resort for three
nights, with three days of two-tank diving and one night dive.
 Pelican Products, Inc.
Pelican cases are well
known to the discerning underwater photographers because of Pelican's commitment
to excellence and sturdy construction of their products. Pelican Products is
proud to be a Platinum sponsor in the Underwater Images Competition with prizes
as official sponsor for the Ohio category, as well.
Gates Undewater Housings
Gates Underwater Products, home of the worlds most reliable underwater
housings, is pleased to support the Underwater Images Competition with a
certificate worth $1100 toward the purchase of a Gates Pak housing system, which
includes NiteRider HID video lights and a premium port designed by Fathom
Imaging. (or $500 toward housing only). For over 34 years Gates Underwater
Products has produced the world's most reliable underwater housings. Using
'bulletproof" machined aluminum, 100% mechanical controls, time-proven design
methods, and state of the art manufacturing, Gates housings are built to
satisfy the most demanding recreational divers, imaging professionals, marine
researchers, salvage operators and military personnel.
 Light &
Motion
Welcome to Light & Motion, the home
of underwater imaging innovation. We offer the most technologically advanced and
innovative underwater camera housings and video housings available. Founded in
1990 and located in beautiful Monterey, California, Light & Motion has the
experience to engineer great equipment and the location to put it to the test.
Light and Motion was the first to introduce such technologies as Li-ion and NiMH
batteries, portable HID systems, and IR signals to underwater video. We continue
to pioneer imaging by integrating today's technology in the underwater
environment and responding to the desires of diving videographers and
photographers. We continue to pioneer product development by integrating today's
technology in the outdoor industry and responding to the desires of divers. We
are honored to support the Underwater Images Competition with a valuable gift
certificate worth $500 towards our underwater products.
Submersible systems understands the need photographers have for a redundant air
supply, and is pleased to offer one 2.7
Spare Air package to the Underwater
Images Competition.
 SeaVision
SeaVision is pleased to continue its founding sponsorship with the Underwater
Images Competition by donating certificates for our various styles of masks. www.seavisionusa.com
 ReefNet
ReefNet is a Canadian corporation that
produces scuba-related software and electronics including, but not limited to,
reef fish identification tools for the computer and the Sensus Pro, which is a
miniature dive data recorder that stores up to 100 hours of dive profiles in
easy-to-access flash memory.
 Coral Realm.com
CoralRealm.com is pleased to provide
$300.00 worth of CoralRealm.com annual memberships for the contest. This equates
to 10 annual memberships. Our databases contain information that is very
valuable to UW photographers -- individual species info that includes habitats,
feeding and reproductive behaviors, diver interaction, and photo tips! It's one
thing to take a beautiful photo, but it's another to know a lot about the
specific species you are photographing. Visit CoralRealm.com to see what we’re
all about!
 Robert
Straight/Sea Symbols Jewelry
Custom jewelry for divers and underwater enthusiasts.
 Backscatter
Underwater Video & Photo
Backscatter is the official west
coast warranty center for Nikonos and Aquatica and offers help in choosing the
right UW system to fit your goals and budget from their stock of still and video
systems. Backscatter is pleased to donate a gift certificate worth $250 towards
service, new, or used gear.
 Diving Unlimited
International (DUI)
DUI is dedicated to developing
innovative diving equipment, DUI's ultimate purpose is to provide the diver with
superior comfort and performance, and the flexibility to dive a wide variety of
locations year-round. DUI is proud to participate in the Underwater Images
Competition with a prize of a weight and trim system for one lucky winner.
Ultralight Controls
$150 gift certificate towards any of their wonderful products. Ultralight
Mares
As a founding sponsor, Mares is pleased to continue to support the Underwater
Images Competition. www.maresusa.com
New World Publications
There’s no better way to identify marine creatures than to use our sets of
identification books. We will be supporting the Underwater Images Competition
with a complete Reef Set of Identification books.
www.fishid.com.
Exploration Design
Exploration Design is pleased
to donate a $125 gift certificate good toward the purchase of any of our custom
jewelry.
Apollo USA
Apollo Sports has always been proud to be a founding sponsor in the
Underwater Images Competition, and this year will be donating an ecodiver mask &
stowable snorkel
for this reputable competition. Apollo USA
Aggressor Fleet, Ltd.
SPECIAL DIGITAL U/W PHOTO PACKAGE: Includes digital camera and U/W housing.
We recommend bringing 6-12 AA batteries. Batteries are good for about two dives.
AA batteries are included on the initial set up.
www.aggressor.com
Golden Dolphin
Golden Dolphin
is the world's first and foremost diving CD-ROM magazine including quality
photography and video, as well! All winning images and videos will be published
in an upcoming issue of Golden Dolphin.
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Pisces books are the
leading dive travel guides, with more than 40 full-color titles to top diving
and snorkeling destinations worldwide. Practical information and inspiring
photography make these the diving essentials no diver can do without.
Crystal River Resort
Best Western Crystal River Resort
is pleased to donate two nights guest accommodations in Crystal River, Florida
and a complimentary afternoon boat cruise to the Underwater Images Competition.
Erie Quest Marine Heritage Area
"ErieQuest
Marine Heritage Area" will donate a weekend dive package as a prize for
Underwater Images 2004 Photo/Video Competition. This package will consist of one
night motel accommodation, one dinner at local restaurant and one dive charter
aboard Waruwanago Boat Charters.
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