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By Charlotte
On: 8th April, 2024

The World’s Best Scuba Diving Sites

  • Mexico
  • Raja Ampat
  • Philippines
  • Fiji
  • Ecuador & the Galapagos
  • Micronesia
  • Maldives
  • Tanzania
  • Komodo

The ocean is just one gigantic blue playground with over 4,000 current dive sites. We're sure that you'd love to tick off every destination, but just in case you don't have that much time on your fins, we've compiled a list of the world's best diving. From sharks to shrimp, reefs to walls,…

Aerial view of a tropical island, surrounded by coral reef with a liveaboard sailing boat
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By Rich Reardon
On: 29th January, 2024

World's Best Liveaboard Dive Holidays

  • Ecuador & the Galapagos
  • Cocos Island
  • Maldives
  • Raja Ampat
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Micronesia

Whether your goal is to reach far-flung destinations or maximise your time underwater, liveaboards offer a fantastic way to explore the world's most spectacular dive sites. Some of the ocean's best diving can only be accessed by liveaboard, and even in less remote locations, you can dive the…

Two mandarin fish (Synchiropus splendidus) among yellow hard coral
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By Lizzie
On: 15th January, 2024

10 of The World's Best Underwater Creature Encounters

  • Palau
  • Philippines
  • Ecuador & the Galapagos
  • French Polynesia
  • Australia
  • The Azores
  • Ambon
  • Maldives
  • Norway
  • Costa Rica

Most divers will have a bucket list for marine life. After all, one of the best things about diving is meeting the underwater creatures that dwell in the blue wilderness. Certain animals, such as whale sharks, humpback whales and manta rays, consistently find their way onto the majority of…

diver surrounded by a school of fish at Sipadan Island
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By Lizzie
On: 29th December, 2023

The World’s Best Adrenaline Diving

  • French Polynesia
  • Iceland
  • Hawaii
  • Bahamas
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Palau
  • Costa Rica

Divers, with their leisurely frog kick and rhythmic zen breathing, are often excluded from extreme sports. Yet, if exploring new realms gets your blood pumping, few sports can compete with diving. For seasoned divers wanting to take it up a notch, the ocean is rife with adrenaline-packed…

hammerhead shark and diver
Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 14th November, 2023

The World’s Best Big Life Diving

  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Palau
  • Bahamas
  • Mexico
  • Maldives
  • French Polynesia
  • Australia
  • Cocos Island

From colossal whales and the ocean's gentle giants - whale sharks - to mass frenzies of pelagics in the deep, there's nothing more humbling than being dwarfed by creatures thrice your size. Yet, despite their monumental presence, seeing the ocean's larger animals is notoriously tricky. For…

diver with school of fish
Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 22nd October, 2023

The World's Best Places to Dive with Big Schools of Fish

  • Mexico
  • Indonesia
  • Costa Rica
  • Egypt
  • Philippines
  • Maldives
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Cocos Island

The key to diving with large schools of fish is this: the stronger the current, the more nutrients and fish life you'll encounter. That being said, there are exceptions to the rule, depending on what you want to see; take silvery bait balls, with their penchant for the deep blue, or the vast…

Drift Diving
Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 12th September, 2023

Drift Diving: Top Tips for Diving in Current

  • Ecuador & the Galapagos
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Indonesia
  • Wakatobi
  • French Polynesia

It's no coincidence that some of the world's best diving destinations have ripping currents. Areas with stronger, nutrient-packed currents tend to have more abundant marine life - especially when it comes to larger pelagics. However, not all drift dives are ripping. The tide and location…

Sea lion

By Alexandra Hill
On: 31st August, 2023

Top Ten Sea Lion Facts

  • Mexico
  • Ecuador & the Galapagos

Whether you know them as sea lions or 'puppies of the sea', these charismatic and playful creatures share a lengthy history with humans. From being worshipped by the ancient Moche civilisation of Peru to facing commercial hunting for their hides during the 1800s, the relationship between sea…

Jellyfish

By Eleanor
On: 18th August, 2023

Giant Strides in Ocean Conservation

  • Mozambique
  • French Polynesia
  • Bahamas
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Socorro Island
  • Cocos Island
  • Palau
  • Mexico
  • Philippines
  • Australia
  • Egypt
  • Fiji
  • Indonesia
  • Maldives
  • Tanzania
  • Papua New Guinea

In an age of constant knowledge sharing and over-consumption, the future often appears bleak for our blue planet, with the headlines dominated by doom and gloom. We'd like to counter that mindset and focus instead on some good news stories. While a host of issues do face our oceans and seas…

French Polynesia
Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 13th July, 2023

Top Ten Long-Haul Diving Holidays

  • Indonesia
  • Southern Mozambique & Bazaruto Archipelago
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Seychelles
  • Socorro Island
  • Micronesia

Feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin as you step off the plane is one of life's great pleasures. There's something truly wonderful about venturing to a sun-drenched tropical paradise, and the further away, the better. It's also no coincidence that these distant destinations have some…