Indonesia

Possibly the most luxurious liveaboard boat currently in Indonesia, MSY Damai is trying a new approach in providing top notch diving and underwater photography

Thinking about going on a scuba diving liveaboard on the S/Y Siren? Here’s a rundown of some of the practicalities about the boat that might help make your decision.

Gunung Api might be the island of the sea snakes, but it’s not the only place you can find these amazing creatures in the Banda Sea – Manuk is another remote volcanic island far from human contact where sea snakes thrive

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I’ve seen a lot of cuttlefish, and they create incredible colours on their bodies, but I’ve never seen one do this – pulsing a broad stripe the full length of its body, completely changing the look of its body and looking like an expensive computer generated movie effect

I couldn’t quite believe this happened while I was filming – a black ribbon eel snaked out of its hole and grabbed a catfish several times the size of its own head and dragged it back to its lair

Ghost Pipefish are some of the most beautiful creatures in the ocean, and there is an abundance of different species around northern Sulawesi

Inquisitive octopi and indifferent crocodile fish are also easy to find around Bangka in Sulawesi – although with an octopus, you’ve got to be quick before it disappears either across the sand or into a hole

Ocean Rover is one of Asia’s most famous diving liveboards, which has just relocated from Thailand to Indonesia under new management. I joined a 10 day trip around Sulawesi’s Sangihe archipelago to see how the Ocean Rover is taking to its new home

Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait is renown for its amazing marine life, with a welter of rare and unusual underwater creatures on its black sand dive sites. It’s also remarkably scenic above land and easily affordable – there’s no reason not to go!

Palau Weh is a tiny island at the tip of Acer in Indonesia. It’s not easy to get there but it’s renown as a spectacular dive spot that survived the tsunami and continued to flourish. Ayesha Cantrell describes her experience of this hidden gem