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Juvenile Lionfish, Night Diving
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By Jacqui
On: 12th January, 2024

Types of Diving: Night Diving

  • Chuuk Lagoon
  • Micronesia
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Raja Ampat
  • Wakatobi
  • Northern Sulawesi

Types of Diving; night diving...

Aerial Rangiroa Atoll
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By Jacqui
On: 3rd December, 2023

Diving the Tiputa Pass in Rangiroa

  • French Polynesia
  • Rangiroa

Some decisions in life are hard to make. But deciding to go to Rangiroa in French Polynesia to dive with sharks is an easy one. Rangiroa is part of the Tuamoto Archipelago and is only an hour's flight from Tahiti. Being the second largest atoll in the world, it boasts some of world's best…

Green Turtle Swimming
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By Jacqui
On: 10th September, 2023

When and Where to see our Marine Life Top 5

  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Caribbean
  • Costa Rica
  • French Polynesia
  • Mafia Island
  • Ningaloo Reef
  • Philippines
  • Rangiroa
  • Sipadan

Wondering where to go to tick off some bucket list species? Look no further. In this blog we go over our top five marine animals (featuring hammerheads, manta rays, turtles, humpback whales and whale sharks) and talk about the best locations and time of year to dive with them. So, if you…

Lamanai Ruins, Belize
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By Jacqui
On: 26th July, 2023

Top Dive and Travel Combination Holidays

  • Belize
  • Fiji
  • Raja Ampat
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tanzania
  • Wakatobi

We know you diving fanatics love the ocean, but ever thought of extending your trip to discover more? Look no further, here are our top five dive and travel combination holidays so that you can gain even more from the destination you visit both in, and out of the water! This list is by no…

Whale Shark, Djibouti
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By Jacqui
On: 2nd March, 2021

Our Top Bucket List Diving Experiences

  • Australia
  • Mexico
  • Mozambique
  • Ningaloo Reef
  • Philippines
  • French Polynesia
  • Palau
  • Solomon Islands
  • Indonesia

Looking for ideas for your next diving holiday? Here are our top bucket list diving experiences to inspire your next diving adventure with Original Diving.

Diving lesson
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By Jacqui
On: 15th October, 2020

The Top Five Places To Learn To Dive

  • Egypt
  • Fiji
  • Maldives
  • Gozo
  • Grenada

Divers are really astronauts; gliding weightless through the ocean we observe alien worlds carpeted in vast fields of colourful corals with equally bizarre, enthralling inhabitants - from the foreign clicks of dolphins communicating to minute technicolour slugs (nudibranch). And best yet,…

Raja Ampat
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By Jacqui
On: 23rd July, 2020

Longer Term, Longer Haul

  • Indonesia
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Socorro Island
  • Seychelles
  • French Polynesia
  • Maldives

What with all the recent confusion surrounding air bridges, travel corridors and quarantine, short-term travel is still very much up in the air. Or not. It's hard to keep up, sometimes. Looking further ahead, though, we believe that a year hence travel will have returned to at least a…

Turtle and fish
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By Jacqui
On: 1st June, 2020

Virtual Diving

Some in the travel industry fear the emergence of virtual tourism; we're not in that camp. We know that seeing somewhere on a screen - even if you are able to turn your head or move your mouse to see more - is no substitute for a real dive in a gloriously remote location. What virtual…

reef sharks
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By Jacqui
On: 9th March, 2020

Dive Under The Radar

  • The Aldabra Group
  • Baja California
  • Solomon Islands
  • French Polynesia
  • Mafia Island
  • Fiji
  • Andros

The world's best dives: regularly topping just about everyone's bucket list, and for good reason. But the world's ocean covers a mind boggling 139,000,000 square miles, and as the world's largest playground (official title), there are endless opportunities for adventures. Whether you're a…

School of fish
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By Jacqui
On: 2nd March, 2020

Ten Reasons Why You Should Become a Certified Diver

A whopping 14 million viewers were wowed by the groundbreaking docuseries, Blue Planet II, when it first aired in 2017, and people's fascination with all things ocean-related continues to grow, from Ocean Film Festivals popping up across the world to power-house brands creating fashion from…