Between May and July each year thousands of giant cuttlefish choose a remote patch of coastline between False Bay and Fitzgerald Bay near Whyalla, South Australia to aggregate and spawn. It’s estimated that this year between 150,000 and 200,000 individuals are present right now.
Armed with only wetsuits, scuba gear and syringes, an underwater army of newly-trained divers is taking on one of the more significant threats to the Great Barrier Reef – the Crown of Thorns Seastar – one shot at a time.
Great Barrier Beer is a charity brew where half the proceeds of its sales will go to the Australian Marine Conservation Society to help save the reef – the Great Barrier Reef.
With more divers adventuring to far-flung locations in search of remote, untouched dive sites, DAN is managing incidents that present increasing challenges. Don’t be the one caught out without dive travel insurance.
This year’s coral bleaching event is a wake up call for us all to start behaving differently – to reduce our carbon footprint. It is not a reason to stop exploring our underwater world.
Ocean Film Festival 2016 Win a Swim with Whales Competition in collaboration with the Diveplanit App announces the competition winner
There has been so many fantastic entries to our Ocean Film Festival 2016 Swim With Whales competition, it’s going to be hard to choose a winner – help us choose by voting for your favourites!
Divers Alert Network (DAN) provides expertise when and where you need it whether that’s sensible advice or emergency evacuation from a remote location. I certainly wouldn’t dive overseas without it.
Wondering what the diving is like in Fiji post Tropical Cyclone Winston? Diveplanit interviewed Heather Sutton, who was there at the time, and dived Taveuni’s reefs just days after the storm.
Tawali Dive Resort’s unique location on the northern coast gives access to the best dive sites in Milne Bay: pristine coral reefs, muck diving & WWII wrecks
