If you may do it on land , someone will find a way to do it underwater . And then they ’ll find out a way to get others to do it , too !
1. Listen to Music
TheLower Keys Chamber of Commerceand US-1 Radio 104.1FM presents an yearly Underwater Music Festival just off Big Pine Key in Florida . The musicians play underwater , but attendees have the choice tolisten in scuba cogwheel or on teetotal land , as the music is circulate to beach speaker unit . you’re able to watch the actionat YouTube .
2. Bury a Loved One
Neptune Memorial Reef , three miles off Key Biscayne , Florida is an underwater cemetery that offers a final resting place for those who do it the sea . Earthly cadaver are cremated , mixed with cementum , and then laid on the ocean storey with a memorial plaque . The cemetery , designed by artistKim Brandell , lie 40 feet below the airfoil , and serves as an artificial reef to promote the proliferation of nautical aliveness .
3. Bike Race
Discovery Divingin Beaufort , North Carolina , holds an submerged bike race every yr on the Fourth of July to raise monetary resource for the Children ’s Mile of Hope . Photograph by Dale Hansen .
4. Get Married
You have to be in the veracious place at the correct meter to get married at the submersed research place Aquarius , off the Florida Keys . But sinceOtto and Leanne Ruttanworked there , they had the opportunity to tie the knot at the place in 1996 . However , if you are uncoerced to don scuba gear to say your vows , the folks atPro Dive Internationalin Fort Lauderdale Beach have a scuba marriage parcel ! The rehearsal dinner is a serious training session , but since resilient video streaming is include , your Edgar Albert Guest do n’t have to keep company you . This gives a whole new substance to " taking the dip ! "
5. Have a Back Rub
Huvafen Fushi Resortin the Maldives features the world ’s first subaqueous spa . design byRichard Hywel Evans for Studio RHE , the walls are drinking glass to help in relaxation for the sodding spa experience .
6. Sleep
Jules ’ Undersea Lodgein Key Largo , Florida , is a former inquiry laboratory in a Rhizophora mangle lagoon . You have to scuba dive to accomplish your room ! At 21 feet under H2O , it ’s the complete blank space to set up a diving adventure . For those who do n’t scuba dive , or time value luxury over adventure , Poseidon Undersea Resortin Fiji offers 24 luxury suite and one apartment 12 meters under water .
7. Mail a Letter
If you are looking for a different agency to post a missive , you could send one from underwater . Yes , there have been post offices and mailboxes underwater , inthe Bahamas;Risør , Norway;Sabah , Malaysia;St . Thomas , US Virgin Islands ; andPort Vila , Vanuatu . Most of these have open up and close , but their existence reserve them to garner much promotion and issue stamps postmarked underwater that can be sold around the mankind for a tenacious fourth dimension to get . The Vanuatu underwater post place is the only one with a current site . The island is a very pop destination for scuba divers , but the post authority is only man for one 60 minutes each day , or longer if there ’s a hold off telephone line .
8. Observe Fine Art
MUSA , the Museo Subacuatico de Arte , is an submerged nontextual matter museum off the seacoast of Cancun , Mexico . The400 sculpturesby artist Jason deCaires Taylor are well get at by scuba diver , snorkelers , and crank - bottomed boats . The quickness also double as a Witwatersrand social organisation to promote maritime life and to educate visitor about undersea ecology . More information in English can be found atthe Facebook page .
9. Eat
Ithaais the name of the underwater restaurant at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa . The walls and roof are a transparent acrylic fiber arch . Its capability is 14 people , who go down a spiral stairway to a depth of five meters . See morepictures here . Photograph byAlexey Potov .
