Extra Divers Worldwide opened their much-anticipated Christmas Island Dive Centre on 1 October 2016. The new dive centre combined with the weekly Saturday charter flight that operates from Jakarta makes Christmas Island so much more accessible.
The Awakening Shark Dive, a new shark dive in Fiji’s Yasawa Islands operated by the Barefoot Kuata Island Resort is accessible to divers of all levels
Dive Fiji like never before with Captain Cook Cruises four-night Northern Yasawa and Tivua Island cruise and dive package aboard small ship cruise vessel MV Reef Endeavour.
With virtually no damage to the reef from the coral bleaching event further north, business is booming for sustainable Whitsundays operators.
The third Australia International Dive Expo (AIDE) takes place on 10 & 11 September at the Royal Hall of Industries at Sydney’s Moore Park.
If you’ve read any of our blog posts about diving Malaysia, or follow us on Instagram or Facebook, you’ve probably heard of the Sipadan Reef, but there’s lot of great diving to be found in Malaysia, here are six more diving destinations to add to your (ever-growing) list.
“So far this season, we have had more successful swims with the whales than ever before – it seems there are more whales and calves around for this time of the season – and they seem more curious as well” – Diveplanit reports with pix and video.
Between May and July each year thousands of giant cuttlefish choose a remote patch of coastline between False Bay and Fitzgerald Bay near Whyalla, South Australia to aggregate and spawn. It’s estimated that this year between 150,000 and 200,000 individuals are present right now.
Armed with only wetsuits, scuba gear and syringes, an underwater army of newly-trained divers is taking on one of the more significant threats to the Great Barrier Reef – the Crown of Thorns Seastar – one shot at a time.
Great Barrier Beer is a charity brew where half the proceeds of its sales will go to the Australian Marine Conservation Society to help save the reef – the Great Barrier Reef.
