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denise pygmy seahorse camouflaged on pink coral in Raja Ampat

By Emily C
On: 17th January, 2024

Just back from…. Lembeh Resort and Papua Paradise, North Raja Ampat

  • Lembeh Strait
  • Raja Ampat
  • Indonesia

Toward the end of 2023 one of our Original Divers, Emily, was lucky enough to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to Lembeh and Raja Ampat. The latter has long occupied the top spot of her diving bucket list, with its pellucid turquoise waters, hidden lagoons and out-of-this-world sea…

Juvenile Lionfish, Night Diving
Image of Jacqui Brooks

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...

Frogfish

By Emily C
On: 1st June, 2023

Top Ten Weird and Wonderful Frogfish Facts

  • Indonesia
  • Raja Ampat
  • Northern Sulawesi
  • Philippines
  • Mexico

From hairy to warty, psychedelic to shaggy, few fish are stranger in appearance than the frogfish. But make no mistake, these camouflaged critters are dressed to kill. From masquerading as coral to boasting the fastest strike in the ocean, frogfish are the masters of aggressive mimicry. So…

Indonesia Diving

By Rich Reardon
On: 29th March, 2023

Best Diving in Indonesia

  • Indonesia
  • Bali
  • Raja Ampat
  • Komodo
  • Wakatobi
  • Northern Sulawesi

There are very few divers in the world who have not at least considered a trip to Indonesia. The country sits at the heart of the world's marine biodiversity, and among its 17,000 islands, Indonesia boasts some of the finest diving on the planet. But where is the best diving in Indonesia?…

Sulawesi

By Emily C
On: 16th March, 2023

How To Spend Your Dry Days in Sulawesi

  • Northern Sulawesi
  • Indonesia

Having visited Northern Sulawesi last year, our resident marine biologist and dive expert, Emily, knows the appeal of the dreamy wall dives filled with turtles in Bunaken and the critter hub of Lembeh, and knows that a diver can happily be occupied for hours on end underwater here. But what…

pygmy seahorse
Image of Jacqui Brooks

By Jacqui
On: 20th December, 2019

Where We've Been in 2019

  • French Polynesia
  • Banda Islands
  • Little Cayman
  • Fiji
  • Northern Sulawesi
  • Bahamas
  • Oman
  • Turks & Caicos
  • Philippines
  • Maldives

21st December 2012 was supposed to mark the end of the world, according to Mayan prophecies anyway. Thankfully, we've lived to see the decade end - and boy has it been a corker. The last decade has seen the creation of iPads, Fitbits and 4G, and the first image of a black hole was unveiled.…

blackwater diving
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By Jacqui
On: 24th September, 2019

Top Five Dive Sites for Blackwater Diving

  • Philippines
  • Palau
  • Hawaii
  • Pico & Faial
  • Northern Sulawesi

Ever been night diving? Blackwater diving is night diving on steroids. But rather than exploring reefs, divers are suspended in the pitch black of the open ocean. Why? Because that's when the diurnal migration (aka the world's largest migration) occurs, with countless platonic animals of the…

night diving
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By Jacqui
On: 15th August, 2019

The Top 6 Dive Sites In Northern Sulawesi

  • Northern Sulawesi

Fresh off the plane from a research trip in Northern Sulawesi (tough gig), diving expert Lizzie Barry shares the top dive sites that scatter the region. Think: the world's best muck diving, a TV-famous creepy critter and a whole heap of 'bigger stuff' with some incredible topside adventures…

green turtle
Image of Jacqui Brooks

By Jacqui
On: 25th July, 2019

Last-Minute Summer Diving

  • Mexico
  • Grenada
  • Komodo
  • Mozambique
  • Philippines
  • Northern Sulawesi

Scorching one minute, torrential rain the next; the Great British Summer is about as fickle as the relationships on Love Island (only two weeks left, thank god). But rather than wait to see what Mother Nature throws at us next, we suggest trading in for an exotic new destination. From diving…

seahorse lembeh strait
Image of Jacqui Brooks

By Jacqui
On: 1st July, 2019

Top 20 Underwater Photographers: Part I

  • Baja California
  • Northern Sulawesi
  • Cayman Islands
  • Bonaire
  • Bohol

Snapshots of time, passports to other worlds and instruments for change, photography is the most powerful tool. We might be biased, but underwater photography truly trumps on the nature scale; it allows us to explore the ocean's greatest (and still largely undiscovered) depths, celebrate its…