A giant manta flies past us seemingly in slow motion, with gnarled grey eyes staring through us as we kick along beside it. Meanwhile just 32 nautical miles away, harbour waters are so polluted that locals will no longer eat the seafood, and endangered dugongs and turtles are starving due to lack of seagrass.
We just got back from Indonesia and my head is still reeling as I write this (partly due to lack of sleep). We visited several, quite different diving destinations over the three weeks we were away, all good, but there’s one that sticks out in my mind like no other: Bangka, in northern Sulawesi.
What do you think about when you’re diving? Certainly not next week’s shopping, not tomorrow night’s dinner, not even the next dive. You’re immersed in the here and now: the little screenplay that’s going on right in front of you…
Want to dive the Great Barrier Reef, but do something more useful & interesting than the ordinary dive? Passions of Paradise based in Cairns have the answer
One of nature’s wildest sexs shows hit the Great Barrier Reef last night and unabashed voyeurs turned out in droves to watch this incredibly rare event…
Marine tourism operators have threatened legal action against the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) over its decision to endorse a proposal allowing the dumping of dredging spoil inside the marine park.
PADI’s Project Aware has come up with 10 Tips for Divers to Protect the Ocean Planet to help divers of all skill levels make a difference when they dive and travel. They should probably call them the 10 Commandments of Diving or something so we can all take this ocean ethic to heart.
Queensland gets ready for the biggest sex show on Earth – coral spawning
Dr Jennifer Lavers has been studying the effects of ocean plastic pollution on the population of flesh-footed shearwaters on Lord Howe Island, and the findings are devastating.
The Under the Sea Film Festival, held in the historic little Avoca Beach Picture Theatre, brought together documentary film makers, scientists and those of us with a keen interest in that blue fluid we spend so much of our lives swimming, surfing and diving in.
