Diving Indonesia

Diving Indonesia is to enter the waters of arguably the world’s best scuba diving. There’s an almost overwhelming choice of incredible scuba destinations to explore.

Komodo Liveaboard Trip Report August 2022

With Indonesia reopened to foreign tourists, Komodo liveaboards are back on the water and exploring the scores of dive sites in the waters of the Komodo National Park. Read More

The USAT Liberty Shipwreck, Bali June 2022

The USAT Liberty Shipwreck is Bali’s most famous dive site, and it still deserves its reputation as one of the world’s best wreck dives. Read More

Diving Raja Ampat: A Quick Guide

What’s so great about diving Raja Ampat? Here’s a concise rundown of what to expect plus Raja Ampat liveaboards and the practicalities of getting there. Read More

Raja Ampat Liveaboard Trip Report 2020

Diving Raja Ampat remains truly remarkable, despite the growing environmental pressures. Here’s my detailed Raja Ampat liveaboard 2020 trip report. Read More

Raja Ampat Liveaboard 1 Week Trip Report 2018

A seven day Raja Ampat liveaboard may seem too short to see all the great dive sites Raja Ampat has to offer, but it still provides a week of unforgettable diving. Read More

Raja Ampat to Triton Bay Liveaboard Trip Report 2017

A Raja Ampat to Triton Bay liveaboard is one of Indonesia’s great diving adventures. Here’s what to expect from a 10 day trip.
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Indonesia’s Main Scuba Diving Areas

Diving Triton Bay

It’s one of Indonesia’s greatest underwater environments, but diving Triton Bay is still bubbling under as an essential dive destination. Here’s why it’s become one of places I want to go back to already. Read More

Triton Bay Whale Sharks

The regular appearance of whale sharks at Triton Bay’s Namatota area around floating fishing platforms provides yet another reason to dive this fantastic area of Indonesia.
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Raja Ampat to Banda Islands Liveaboard Trip Report 2016

Raja Ampat to the Banda Islands is one of the great scuba diving liveaboard trips – see my detailed trip report on this fascinating region. Read More

Raja Ampat to Triton Bay 2008 Liveaboard Trip Report

Indonesia’s Raja Ampat islands have become one of the most famous places to go diving in all of Asia thanks to the area’s pristine coral reefs and incredible diversity of marine life.
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Diving Cenderawasih Bay

If you want prolonged, up-close encounters with the majestic but usually elusive whale shark, the biggest fish in the world, Cenderawasih Bay in remote far eastern Indonesia is the place to go. Read More

Diving Komodo

Komodo National Park offers some of Indonesia’s best scuba diving, from the temperate waters of the south to the tropical reefs of the north – in November 2009 I took a 10 day trip on MSY Damai to explore this amazing area for a third time. Read More

Diving Bali

Bali is famous as a tropical island paradise, but it also has a wonderfully diverse collection of dive sites around its coastline that yield many hidden treasures. A Bali Dive Safari over a couple of weeks is the ideal way to enjoy the island both on land and under water. Read More

Diving Lembeh Strait

Indonesia’s northern Sulawesi has one of the greatest – and most unlikely – underwater environments in the world. Scores of fantastic-looking marine species – many of which are rarely seen anywhere else on the planet – are regularly spotted on the barren black sand slopes of the Lembeh Strait. Read More