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Best Diving in Australia

By Rich Reardon
On: 4th April, 2023

Best Diving in Australia

  • Australia
  • Ningaloo Reef
  • Lord Howe Island
  • Great Barrier Reef

With an area of almost three million square miles, Australia covers nearly the same amount of land as the entire European continent. The vast, expansive country features over 20,000 miles of coastline that give access to some of the best-known and best-loved dive locations on the planet.…

By Eleanor
On: 22nd February, 2023

Summer of Giants

  • Indonesia
  • Socorro Island
  • Mozambique
  • French Polynesia
  • Maldives
  • Mexico
  • Australia
  • Bali
  • Southern Mozambique & Bazaruto Archipelago
  • Ningaloo Reef

How do you decide where to go on your next diving holiday? Do you return time and again to a place that welcomes you as an old friend, where you annually reconnect with the same dive guides who have watched your children grow and learn to dive as well? Or, do you methodically tick off bucket…

Whale Shark, Djibouti
Image of Jacqui Brooks

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.

Snorkelling in Belize
Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 5th November, 2020

The Best Snorkelling in the World

  • Europe
  • Northern Norway
  • Norway
  • Gozo
  • Mexico
  • Yucatan Peninsula
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Ecuador & the Galapagos
  • Belize
  • The Belizean Coast
  • Maldives
  • Seychelles
  • Indonesia
  • Philippines
  • Raja Ampat
  • Banda Islands
  • Australasia & Pacific Islands
  • Ningaloo Reef
  • French Polynesia
  • Fiji
  • Northern Red Sea
  • Spice Islands & the Tanzanian Coast

When it comes to underwater pursuits, there is a whole lot to love about snorkelling - not only is it suitable for all ages and abilities and only requires minimal equipment, it also offers the chance to see a multitude of marine species closer to the surface. From the vibrant coral reefs of…

whale shark ningaloo reef
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By Jacqui
On: 22nd March, 2019

Top 6 Places to Dive and Snorkel with Whale Sharks

  • Ningaloo Reef
  • Mafia Island
  • Ecuador & the Galapagos
  • Mexico
  • Indonesia
  • Maldives

As the ocean's largest fish whale sharks are found in tropical seas around the planet, making for some pretty comfortable dive conditions - unusual when diving, or snorkelling, for some of the ocean's bigger beasts. Yet despite being one of the most recognisable marine creatures, these…

humpbacks swimming
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By Jacqui
On: 18th January, 2019

Top Five Places for Humpback Whale Encounters

  • Ningaloo Reef
  • Western Australia
  • Australia
  • Mozambique
  • Northern Mozambique & Quirimbas Archipelago
  • French Polynesia
  • Turks & Caicos
  • Caribbean
  • Socorro Island
  • Mexico

Humpback whales are some of the most beautiful, intriguing and inquisitive creatures in the ocean and regularly top divers' bucket lists the world over. And with good reason. Whether witnessing the casual flick of a tail or a gravity-defying breach; the thundering thwack of a belly flop or…

Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 7th August, 2017

My Exciting Evolution into an Original Diver

  • Western Australia
  • Australia
  • Bali
  • Ningaloo Reef
  • Borneo

Here is my journey from Backpacker to Dive Instructor to a Sales Consultant at Original Diving…

Green Turtle Swimming
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By Jacqui
On: 10th September, 2013

When and Where to see our Marine Life Top 5

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

Search no more! In this blog, Louisa talks about the best locations to find our top five marine animals:

Whale Shark, Djibouti
Image of Jacqui Brooks

By Jacqui
On: 3rd April, 2012

Animal Encounters: Diving with Whale Sharks

  • Australia
  • Belize
  • Djibouti
  • Mozambique
  • Ningaloo Reef
  • Tanzania
  • Ningaloo Reef
  • Mafia Island
  • Maldives
  • Galapagos Archipelago

The first in a series of blogs on the what/where/when of marine creatures is on the much sought-after whale shark.