Featured on Scuba Diver Life:The Seychelles has a secret....You can only reach the Sister Islands of Grande Soeur (Big Sister) and Petite Soeur (Little Sister) by boat. They are small, privately-owned islands with pristine dive sites. Sailing to the islands is a fantastic experience and their inaccessibility makes for uncrowded dives sites and a relaxing dive trip.Find out more in Best Scuba Diving in the Seychelles Islands
Featured on Scubadivermag:Over 13,000 islands, 3000 species of fish and around 600 species of coral are three great reasons to visit Indonesia. With diverse dive sites and liveaboard options, there is an Indonesian adventure for every diver and all budgets. https://www.scubadivermag.com/6-great-indonesia-dive-sites-to-explore/
Featured on SportDiver:PADI Women’s Dive Day is on July 21 and there will be events held at locations worldwide for female divers of all levels and abilities. This year we’re taking our inspiration from some well-known female dive icons and the next generation of female divers paving the way in ocean conservation and scuba diving for women.Find out more in Five Remarkable Scuba Diving Women
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A study in the Marine Policy journal (May 2018) has demonstrated how important human attitudes towards sharks are for effective shark conservation. The study assessed attitudes towards sharks in the Galapagos Marine Reserve and showed that an understanding of the environmental role of sharks and how dangerous (or not) they appeared to be, had the greatest influence on peoples’ attitudes towards conserving them. Having knowledge of, or experience with, sharks also influenced attitudes. It was clear that shark conservation initiatives need to focus on creating positive attitudes towards sharks in order to gain peoples’ support to conserve them. As Baba Dioum put it: "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught." Education and positive experiences with sharks are key tools in successful shark conservation and the Galapagos Islands are an ideal destination to undertake both. https://www.divein.com/blog/galapagos-diving/
Featured on Scuba Diver Life:The Pacific Ocean reaches staggering depths of over 30,000 feet (10,000-plus m) and is home to between 20,000 and 30,000 islands. Boasting Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, the South Pacific is a diver’s dream destination! https://scubadiverlife.com/top-five-south-pacific-dive-destinations/
Ulong Channel in Palau is not for the faint-hearted. The pace of this dive is tremendous and takes divers into a channel to enjoy one of the world’s best drift dives. The channel entrance is covered in corals and divers drift through the channel to the mouth, where grey reef sharks can be seen hunting fish that exit the channel. Stingrays, snappers, jacks and batfish are also seen at the mouth of the channel. Find out more about this and other top drift diving destinations in my latest article for LiveAboardDrift Diving Essentials.
Wall diving involves diving alongside the edges of coral reefs, or reef walls, and other vertical underwater terrains. Reef walls can vary in size from just a few meters on part of a reef to walls that drop dramatically down for hundreds of meters and more.
Wall diving is exhilarating and there is nothing quite like hovering at the edge of a wall and watching the vast inky depths of the ocean below. It offers the opportunity to enjoy striking and unique terrains, colourful coral formations, plentiful reef fish and larger pelagic species.Find out more in my latest article, Wall Diving Essentials
My first article for Unterwasser magazine is now available in print and is looking great! You can read the digital version of the article here:Top Tips For Safe Diving With Sharks (German)
Technical diving developed from a form of cave diving and typically involves dives that are beyond 40 meters (131 feet) deep or extend in an enclosed environment beyond 40 meters from the entry point. It involves advanced dive skills, technical diving gear, specialist training, decompression stops and the use of gas mixtures (depending on the type of technical dive).It is gaining in popularity and there are some great technical dive destinations around the world. Find out more about this unique type of diving in my latest article; Technical Diving Essentials.
Have you tried muck diving yet? Whilst the name doesn't sound appealing it's a unique type of diving gaining popularity around the globe.
It is a great type of diving for anyone looking to improve their dive observation, patience, and buoyancy skills. All whilst having fun searching for tiny and camouflaged muck critters with their dive buddy.Muck diving provides unique and colourful macro photographic opportunities; imagine dramatic black sand landscapes contrasting against vibrant marine life for the perfect macro photograph.This type of diving really encourages divers to look closely and discover the wealth of marine life in small dive site areas. It is a great way to enrich each dive site experience and fully understand the diversity of life in the ocean.In my latest article for LiveAboard I provide everything you need to know about muck diving, including the best muck diving destinations in the world.
