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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…

Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 19th July, 2023

Top Ten Mobula Ray Facts

  • Mexico
  • Oman
  • Seychelles
  • Maldives
  • Indonesia
  • Socorro Island
  • Mozambique

Bat ray, carpet ray, flying tortillas, mobs… With their strange appearance and quirky behaviour, mobula rays have many nicknames. Thanks to two horn-shaped fins protruding from the front of their head, they're also commonly known as devil rays. But despite their devilish looks, mobulas are…

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…

White tip reef shark

By Rich Reardon
On: 4th July, 2023

Top Ten Whitetip Reef Shark Facts

  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Mozambique
  • Tanzania
  • Cocos Island
  • Palau
  • Socorro Island

For many divers, their first glimpse of a shark will be a whitetip reef shark. Not to be mistaken for oceanic whitetips, whitetip reef sharks can often be seen resting on the seabed during the day and offer little, if any, threat to humans. As one of the most common sharks found on dive…

Dolphins jumping at sunset

By Alexandra Hill
On: 22nd June, 2023

Top Ten Dolphin Facts

  • Socorro Island
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Australia
  • Egypt
  • The Azores

They have close-knit circles, love a chinwag - through clicks and whistles - and are exceptionally smart. Alien yet familiar, dolphins aren't too different from us. Found across the world, these ocean superstars have captivated the hearts of people for as long as we can remember, and for…

By Rich Reardon
On: 25th April, 2023

Best Diving in Mexico

  • Mexico
  • Socorro Island
  • Yucatan Peninsula
  • Baja California

Mexico's main diving regions can all deliver the spectacular, but do so in their own distinct ways. Socorro Island's manta magic, Yucatan's crystal-clear cenotes and Baja California's whale watching are all impressive in their own right, and you could easily put together an argument for any…

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…

Diver and coral wall
Scuba diver

By Guest blogger
On: 18th May, 2022

Top Ten Best Diving Locations in the World

  • Socorro Island
  • Maldives
  • Raja Ampat
  • French Polynesia
  • Chuuk Lagoon
  • Philippines
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Iceland
  • Fiji
  • The Aldabra Group

Call us biased, but there are few things more exciting than strapping a tank to your back and rolling into the deep blue. From colourful coral cities with blizzards of life to lone giants circumnavigating the open ocean, diving allows us to explore another dimension. While you can dive just…

Raja Ampat
Image of Jacqui Brooks

By Jacqui
On: 23rd July, 2020

Longer Term, Longer Haul

  • Indonesia
  • Galapagos Archipelago
  • Socorro Island
  • Seychelles
  • French Polynesia
  • Maldives

What with all the recent confusion surrounding air bridges, travel corridors and quarantine, short-term travel is still very much up in the air. Or not. It's hard to keep up, sometimes. Looking further ahead, though, we believe that a year hence travel will have returned to at least a…

Louisa Fisher
Image of Jacqui Brooks

By Jacqui
On: 20th September, 2019

She’s an A-Lister

  • Socorro Island
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Egypt
  • Mafia Island
  • Raja Ampat
  • Ubud & Central Bali
  • Maldives

Excuse us for a moment of unabashed self-promotion, but we're delighted to share that our Head of Diving, Louisa Fisher, has been named one of Travel & Leisure's A-List advisers. We pride ourselves on our unparalleled knowledge of diving destinations across the globe and, having…