It's no secret that yoga brings many benefits - but what if it could help you when scuba diving? Flexibility, strength and balance are not just useful in daily life; they're all crucial components of hoisting on a wetsuit and dive gear (trust us). Just like physical control, breathing drives…
The world's best-preserved and least-visited museums are hidden beneath the waves. For many, the fascination of wreck diving lies in the exploration of underwater relics suspended in the silent depths of the open ocean. These wrecks often bear the scars of wars, accidents, or have been…
No two dives are ever the same. Some dives may involve strong currents and limited visibility, while others offer swimming-pool-like conditions. Some destinations are prone to wind and big waves, while others have seas as still as glass. What may be a perfect dive one day might present…
Call us biased, but some of the most beautiful galleries in the world lie hidden in the ocean. From mermaids to submerged saints and 400-figure-strong communities, some statues just look better underwater. But beauty is only skin deep, and these enchanting galleries also serve an important…
Musk and Zuckerberg aren't the only powerhouses at loggerheads. Grenada and the Bahamas have long been at fisty cuffs over the title for the best diving in the Caribbean. The Bahamas boasts the third-largest barrier reef, blue holes, plunging walls, caves and Hollywood-famous wrecks. As a…
The Caribbean has long seduced divers looking for calm, warm waters, white sandy beaches and world-class dive sites. But with 7,000 islands and 13 countries to explore, where's best to go? That's where we come in. Our diving experts have explored the breadth of the archipelago and…
The temporary closure of the UK's travel corridors is sad news, but it still feels like the whole country is poised and ready to head off on holiday as soon as is humanly possible. The race between vaccines and virus makes this latest lockdown feel particularly tough, but that's why we…
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,…
Question: do you consider yourself a canny operator (*taps nose and winks*)? Are you willing to buck the trend, go off-piste, roll the dice as it were? Well it's time to channel your inner wheeler dealer, à la Del Boy Trotter (perhaps without the dodgy gold medallions and morally ambiguous…
Today was particularly hard. It all started when the alarm went off while it was still dark outside and got progressively worse as we gingerly stuck one toe out from under the duvet and it felt like we'd been transported overnight to Antarctica. Then there was the seemingly endless cycle of…