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.
With more divers adventuring to far-flung locations in search of remote, untouched dive sites, DAN is managing incidents that present increasing challenges. Don’t be the one caught out without dive travel insurance.
This year’s coral bleaching event is a wake up call for us all to start behaving differently – to reduce our carbon footprint. It is not a reason to stop exploring our underwater world.
Ocean Film Festival 2016 Win a Swim with Whales Competition in collaboration with the Diveplanit App announces the competition winner
There has been so many fantastic entries to our Ocean Film Festival 2016 Swim With Whales competition, it’s going to be hard to choose a winner – help us choose by voting for your favourites!
Divers Alert Network (DAN) provides expertise when and where you need it whether that’s sensible advice or emergency evacuation from a remote location. I certainly wouldn’t dive overseas without it.
