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By Rich Reardon
On: 19th September, 2023

Top Five Destinations to Get Your Divemaster

  • Bali
  • Mexico
  • Egypt
  • Australia
  • Philippines

If you want to turn your passion into a profession, the Divemaster certification represents the first rung on the diving professional ladder. The course, which lasts from three weeks to six months, qualifies you to work as a dive guide and assist instructors. With unlimited access to local…

Great Barrier Reef

By Rich Reardon
On: 15th September, 2023

Top Five Destinations to Get Your Advanced Certification

  • Australia
  • Bali
  • Mexico
  • Egypt
  • Malapascua

The Advanced Open Water Diver certification gives divers more freedom on their dive holidays. Being certified to dive deeper opens up a whole world of new dive sites to explore across the planet and can allow you to enjoy underwater experiences that were previously off-limits. Aside from the…

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…

Nudibranch & shrimp

By Eleanor
On: 17th August, 2023

Small is the New Big - Macro Diving Wonders

  • Philippines
  • Indonesia
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Fiji
  • Australia

We spend a lot of time highlighting our favourite big life creatures and our top spots around the globe to send divers for close encounters of the aquatic kind. We now swing the spotlight to macro life. Polar opposite perhaps, but far from second best, and, if you aren't a macro and muck…

Grenada underwater sculptures
Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 10th August, 2023

Where to See Underwater Statues

  • Grenada
  • Bahamas
  • Mexico
  • Philippines
  • Cayman Islands
  • Indonesia

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…

Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 1st August, 2023

Top Ten Thresher Shark Facts

  • Philippines

At sunrise, if the conditions are utterly perfect - deep water, plenty of cleaner fish and nutrient-rich currents - you might just spot a thresher shark. For many scuba divers, encountering these shy creatures is a bucket list experience - and for good reason. Seeing a thresher shark's long,…

Goliath grouper
Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 19th July, 2023

Top Ten Grouper Facts

  • Caribbean
  • French Polynesia
  • Australia
  • Belize
  • Maldives
  • Indonesia
  • Philippines
  • Fiji

Groupers are a giant juxtaposition. They're the largest fish on the reef, yet the masters of camouflage. They prefer solitude, but will gather en masse during a full moon, and, despite being introverted, are privy to social climbing. They also love divers, and with their cartoonishly big…

Bait Ball with sea lion

By Rich Reardon
On: 11th July, 2023

Top Ten Bait Ball Facts

  • Philippines
  • Palau

The disco balls of the sea, bait balls (or baitballs), are densely packed groups of small fish formed either voluntarily or as a means of survival. South Africa's annual Sardine Run - often featured in Attenborough-narrated nature documentaries - is perhaps the planet's most famous bait…

Freediver in Kelp Forest

By Rich Reardon
On: 11th July, 2023

Top Ten Seaweed Facts

  • Indonesia
  • Caribbean
  • Philippines
  • Australia
  • Tanzania
  • Mozambique
  • Ecuador & the Galapagos
  • French Polynesia
  • Fiji

Seaweed is found throughout the world's coastal regions, but what exactly is it? The name is misleading as it's not a 'weed,' but a prolific form of sea vegetation that is vital to life. Collectively, seaweed supplies a large proportion of the world's oxygen and plays a vital role in…

By Rich Reardon
On: 4th July, 2023

Top Ten Clownfish Facts

  • Philippines
  • Indonesia
  • Egypt
  • Australia
  • French Polynesia
  • Fiji

For DiCaprio, it was Titanic. For Scarlett Johansson, it was Lost in Translation. Since 2003, when Pixar cast a clownfish in the lead role of one of its blockbuster animated films, dive guides and instructors the world over have been inundated with requests to 'find Nemo.' Luckily, these…