Indonesia

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

Indonesia’s Komodo island is home not only to the famous Komodo Dragon but also some of Asia’s most spectacular diving. Experience the smorgasbord of different dive conditions and incredible underwater life within this still largely unexplored marine park.

The Liberty Shipwreck is Bali’s most famous dive site, and there are plenty of other great places along the north eastern coast of Bali too, making it an ideal – and cheap – dive destination.

Bali is the gateway to the island of Komodo, famous for its Komodo Dragons but also one of Indonesia’s best dive destinations underwater too. Bali itself has a wealth of world class dive sites as well, making a visit to the region a double divers delight.

Indonesia may be the last country you’d consider diving in after the recent tsunami and previous earthquake this year, but it is a huge country with spectacular diving that doesn’t deserve to be ignored

Three days after the earthquake hit Java in Indonesia, the death toll keeps rising – CNN currently says it’s at 5000, and sadly it will probably become much higher. Indonesia is blessed with some of the world’s best scuba diving due to the rich marine biodiversity around its reefs – with over 18000 islands scattered [...]