Banda Islands Scuba Diving

by Chris on July 2, 2009

Indonesia's Banda Islands are historically famed for their spices, but they also possess some excellent scuba diving around the coast line of this tiny five island group. [click to continue…]

Nusa Laut Scuba Diving – Banda Islands, Indonesia

by Chris on June 26, 2009

Lying to the east of Ambon, the island of Nusa Laut possesses some stunning hard coral seascapes - the sheer size and variety of corals here is absolutely stunning [click to continue…]

Ambon Scuba Diving – The Twilight Zone

by Chris on June 22, 2009

Ambon is fast gaining a reputation as an unmissable muck diving destination, with a density of amazing underwater critters to rival Lembeh. The Twilight Zone is the main Ambon dive site that repays repeat visits [click to continue…]

Diving Gunung Api: Volcano Of The Sea Snakes

by Chris on June 8, 2009

In a remote part of Indonesia's Banda Sea lies the still active volcano Gunung Api, or "Fire Mountain" - and below its lava-encrusted shoreline the volcano is home to hundreds of highly venomous sea snakes that hunt in packs and show little fear of human scuba divers [click to continue…]

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Scuba Diving Is The New Yoga

by Chris on June 7, 2009

My story about my friend Kiera who teaches both scuba diving and yoga on the island of Koh Phi Phi in Thailand - and the connection between the two - has been published by Fah Thai magazine. [click to continue…]

Diving Komodo Videos

Komodo National Park in Indonesia – home of Komodo island and the famous Komodo Dragons – has an incredible diversity of underwater life. These videos show some of what can be seen while diving there

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Diving Koh Lanta Videos

Koh Lanta island in southern Thailand is surrounded by several of Thailand’s best dive sites – in particular, Koh Haa, Koh Bida and Hin Daeng / Hin Muang. My friend Rob who runs AmazingLanta.com has shot many excellent videos of the incredible marine life around Lanta – including whale sharks and manta rays. You can [...]

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Got The Shot: Bali Wrecks And Muck Diving – Julian Cohen

Julian Cohen got some invaluable underwater photography tuition from photo pro Mike Veitch while in Bali. Here he describes how he got the shot for five of his best Bali pictures

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Got The Shot: Maldives Manta Rays – Julian Cohen

The Maldives are famous for manta rays – here Julian Cohen describes how he finally got the shot of these elusive, beautiful creatures

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Similan Islands Diving Videos

The Similan Islands are Thailand’s most famous dive area and rated as one of the world’s best dive destinations. Thanks to Thailand’s cheap dive prices, the Similans are very popular and there are scores of great videos of diving there

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Got The Shot: Lembeh Strait – Julian Cohen

Julian Cohen was the recent winner of FINS Magazine and ScubaCam’s Photo Shootout in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Here he describes how he got the shot for five of his excellent pictures

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Divehappy – Adventures In Asian Diving Videos

I’ve made quite a few underwater videos during my travels – they’re not particularly professional, but most of them are interesting all the same. Here’s an easy way to browse and watch all of my videos posted on YouTube under the name Divehappy

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Lembeh Diving Videos

Lembeh Straits in northern Sulawesi in Indonesia are famous for the incredible diversity of weird and wonderful critters within its waters. These videos show some of the strange, rare and sometimes wholly unknown marine species to be seen at Lembeh

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Diving The Maldives On The Sachika Liveaboard

Here’s some awesome photos of the Maldives by Jez Tryner taken on our recent liveaboard trip

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Bangkok Divers Meetup Group

Bangkok now has its own scuba diving meetup group, organised through Scubaboard.com. I went along to the first meeting a couple of weeks ago and interest in the group has grown in leaps and bounds ever since. Check out the Scubaboard thread about it here and head along to their next meeting on April 29th [...]

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Scuba Diving Tioman, Malaysia – A Quick Trip Report

Michael at SeaUndersea.com has written up a useful overview of his three days of diving at Tioman island just off peninsular Malaysia. Short version – he loved it!

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Scuba Diving The Banda Sea, Indonesia

The Banda Sea is one of the most remote areas of Indonesia to go scuba diving, and the location of Ganung Api, the famous Island of the Snakes

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Raja Ampat Videos

Raja Ampat is located in the far east of Indonesia, on the northern end of Papua island. Its remoteness makes it a dream destination for scuba divers thanks to its pristine coral reefs and amazing marine life. These videos capture some of its magic.

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Where to See Manta Rays In Thailand

Manta Rays are one of the most incredible encounters you can have while scuba diving. Here’s where to go in Thailand to have the best chance of seeing them for yourself

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Thailand’s Whale Sharks – Fah Thai Magazine

Thailand is one of the few places in the world where scuba divers might come face to face with the world’s biggest fish – the whale shark. My article for Fah Thai magazine describes this enigimatic but harmless aquatic giant

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Freediving in Thailand – Apnea Total

I wrote a short piece for Fah Thai magazine about my friend Monica Ganame, the Argentinian freediving record holder who lives on Koh Tao and co-owns the freediving school Apnea Total

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Octopus Camouflage

Octopus (or more correctly, octupi) never cease to astound with their amazing colour changing and shape shifting. These three underwater videos recently shot in Thailand show off the octopus’s amazing camouflage

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Back From The Maldives

My trip to the Maldives was a big success, thanks to the guys on the Sachika liveaboard and the Soneva Gili and Sheraton Full Moon resorts.

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Thailand Diving – A Quick Guide

Thailand is where I’ve lived on and off since 2004. The diving here is relatively cheap and great, particularly on the west coast in the Andaman Sea. Here is a quick overview of diving in Thailand to help you decide where to visit.

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Seaplane Wreck in Papua New Guinea

Beautiful short video of a recently discovered WWII Japanese seaplane wreck near Lissenung resort in Papua New Guinea

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Scuba Diving Bangka, Indonesia

Bad weather stopped a planned exploration of Sulawesi’s Sangihe archipelago, but diving around the astounding sites of Bangka more than made up for it

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Cheap Scuba Diving In South East Asia

Scuba diving is not the cheapest of sports to pursue, but if you’re diving in Asia, there are plenty of great dive spots that won’t break the bank to explore

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Maldives Dive Safari

Heading back to the Maldives today to go exploring around the northern atolls – can’t wait to hit the water.

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When Harlequin Shrimp Attack

Only an inch or so long, harlequin shrimp are one of the most beautiful – and elusive – critters you can encounter while diving in Thailand. What they lack in size they make up for in fiestiness though…

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Tubbataha Reef Liveaboard on the MV Borneo Explorer

Tubbataha Reef is the Philippines’ diving jewel in the crown, two remote, submerged atolls that are only accessible for a few months each year. If you like wall diving, you’ll love Tubbataha.

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Poisonous Punch Of The Nudibranch

Nudibranchs are beautiful but some of these tiny sea slugs are also highly poisonous, as this superb video of “when nudis attack” from Jean Michel Cousteau demonstrates

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Diving on Phuket’s Coral Reef Squadron

In November 2008 four World War II planes and six helicopters were sunk off Bang Tao beach in Phuket to create an artificial reef. We went and had a look…

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Similan Islands Diving Video from Fins Magazine

Find out more about Thailand’s most famous dive area, the Similan Islands, in this video from Fins Magazine

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FINS Magazine Relaunches Website

One of the best resources for finding out about scuba diving in Asia has just got even better – FINS magazine, now wholly online, has just relaunched with new video, photo and blog sections, as well as its burgeoning forum and PDF dive magazine article downloads.

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Bangkok Dive Shops Updated

Updated the info on where to find Bangkok dive shops – you can read the post here

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5 New Species Of Pgymy Seahorse (Possibly 6!)

National Geographic have just published some stunning images of five new species of Pgymy Seahorse that have been found as far apart as Indonesia and the Red Sea – but they don’t include Muhani’s Seahorse

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A New Species Of Pygmy Seahorse?

Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait is famous for its high critter count – and it appears a new species of Pgymy Seahorse might have been discovered there

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Two Stories in Asian Diver Issue 101

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Raja Ampat Manta Rays

One of the thrills of diving in Raja Ampat in Indonesia is the close encounters with giant manta rays – and this excellent video shows exactly what you might encounter if you’re lucky

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Diving At Castle Rock – Komodo Scuba Video

My friend and ace videographer Ai Futaki has put together another short video from our Komodo liveaboard trip – this time at the amazing dive site Castle Rock

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