Celebrate life Underwater at the Northern Beaches Ocean Festival
Sydney’s ocean lovers will come together this weekend at the annual Ocean Care Day – part of the Northern Beaches Ocean Festival held beside Manly Ocean Beach.
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Wrecks and walking sharks in Madang
The reefs of Madang, PNG, are home to diverse marine life, but the most unique is a little shark that walks on its fins: the hooded epaulette shark.
Sex on the Reef: science and tourism join forces to save the Great Barrier Reef
This year’s coral spawning event on the Great Barrier Reef Coral spawning event has inspired a new collaboration, as scientists & tourism operators join forces.
New study reveals: Mantas have Mates
New study confirms that mantas form friendships. Scientists hope the study will help conservation efforts with demand for manta ray dive tourism growing.
Life (and lots of it) on the Great Barrier Reef
Diving the Coral Sea with Mike Ball Dive Expeditions, conditions are so good, we’re able to dive Holmes, Bougainville & Osprey Reef. Is there life on the Great Barrier Reef? You bet.
Top 5 best value dive destinations to book right now
Having researched the rates for the South East Asia and South Pacific regions, we’ve put together the 5 Best Value Dive Destinations to book right now.
Pack with a Purpose: Leave nothing but bubbles – or perhaps medical supplies
Use all your baggage allowance to take things that the people at your next dive destination need most
Sea Women of Melanesia: Empowering PNG women to be reef guardians
The Coral Sea Foundation’s Sea Women of Melanesia program has run a training program for 17 indigenous women, teaching vital marine conservation skills.
Three Best Places to dive North Sulawesi
Heard of the world-famous muck diving in the Lembeh Strait? The turtles of the Bunaken Marine Park or the kaleidoscopic coral reefs of Bangka Island?
Munda Magic: a land of wrecks, reefs, walls and legends
Photographer PT Hirschfield spends 7 days of underwater exploration with Dive Munda & discovers the restorative powers of the legendary ‘Munda Magic’.
How much should I tip my dive guide? A guide to tipping for your next dive trip
How much should I tip my dive guide? How much should I tip the crew? Tipping can be a complicated issue at the end of a dive trip. Read our top tips here!
Diving the Gili Islands and Lombok – Indonesia’s hidden gem
A wonderful week diving Gili Islands and Lombok has added another dive spot to my must-do recommendation list – a hidden gem on Bali’s door step.