Derawan Dive School offers diving around the island, as well as diving and snorkelling forays to the nearby islands of Maratua, Sangalaki and Kakaban.
Because you'll be a sleeping beauty in an oceanfront hotel for two nights, skip over the sand and glimpse under the sea with Discover Diving Dive Center.
Between the dives, which I did as part of the advanced diving course at Scapa Scuba Dive Centre, we stopped at the Visitor Centre and Museum on the island of Hoy, the former location of the naval base.
But in July he stunned the sport by snatching gold with a superb final dive, to become Britain's first individual diving world champion.
Today, advanced divers can get up close to the ruins with dive operators such as Big Blue and Zi Ao Diving Club, which run regular dives between April and November.
The ranch also prides itself on being the only place where you can find a high-diving aqua mule act in which the animals dive off a 24ft-high platform into six feet of water.
One of the unsuccessful proposals had been to strip and sink the carrier for a diving site, put forward by Torbay-based dive group Wreck the World.
The shallow water and remarkable visibility in the seas surrounding Bermuda make diving here an unforgettably vivid experience: a typical dive allows plenty of time to explore the coral encrusted hulls, barnacled cannons and holds populated with a kaleidoscopic array of parrot fish, barracuda and angel fish.
"They've left the mirrors inside the bathrooms, so you can actually take a look at yourself while diving, " says Jason Shaddox, an instructor with local dive company Don Foster's.
The Galashan twins took the victory from Olympic diving pair Stacie Powell and Tonia Couch after debuting a technically difficult back armstand dive.
If you're diving in these areas, be aware of the shark risk before you enter the water, and dive with at least one partner, as sharks are less likely to mess with a group.
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Since his retirement Mr Smith, who became an MBE for his contribution to diving, has worked for the Diving Diseases Research Centre in Plymouth and is still a part-time instructor for the Combined Cadet Forces dive team.
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