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News and views and special offers plus top travel tips from the best scuba diving destinations in the Asia Pacific region including Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and more
Philippines to reopen for vaccinated tourists

Philippines to reopen for vaccinated tourists

The Philippines' government has announced that the country will open to fully-vaccinated tourists from 'visa-free' countries on 10 February.
Fantasy Island – Una Una, Sulawesi

Fantasy Island – Una Una, Sulawesi

ByAlfred MinnaarJan 18, 2022
Our Indonesia-based correspondent Alfred Minnaar visits the isolated island of Una Una in Sulawesi for some pristine diving
wide eyed and whiptailed thresher shark by Doug Seifert

Threshers – wide-eyed and whiptailed

ByDouglas David SeifertJan 11, 2022

You look around, into the smoky, blue-grey waters: visibility is pretty good, something approximating 20m horizontally, maybe more, hard to…

Wrecks of Coron Bay

Wrecks of Coron Bay

ByDIVE StaffNov 16, 2021
These Second World War wrecks of a Japanese supply fleet caught in a surprise air attack are some of the best diving in the Philippines
The best diving in the Philippines

The best diving in the Philippines

ByGraeme GourlayNov 15, 2021
Essential gude to nine great dive spots in the Phillippines you really don't want to miss. Maps. Photos. Videos
A diver’s guide to the wrecks of Truk Lagoon

A diver’s guide to the wrecks of Truk Lagoon

ByDIVE StaffNov 12, 2021
Many believe the remnants of the Second World War Japanese wrecks of Truk Lagoon are the world's best wreck dives. Steve Jones tells us why.
overhead view of floating maldives city model

Maldives floating city planned to combat sea level rise

ByDIVE StaffMay 7, 2021

Radical plans to develop an environmentally-friendly floating city in the Maldives have been announced by the Netherlands-based engineering firm Dutch Docklands. Officially…

max benjamin tribute portrait

Max Benjamin 1947 – 2020: a diving pioneer

ByGraeme GourlayJul 21, 2020
Luminaries of the scuba diving world pay tribute to scuba diving pioneer and Walindi Diving Resort founder, Max Benjamin
Diving Australia’s HMAS Tobruk – the ‘Secret South’

Diving Australia’s HMAS Tobruk – the ‘Secret South’

ByChloe SmithNov 7, 2019
The southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef has lots to offer divers – healthy corals, sharks, whales, and the impressive wreck of HMAS Tobruk
World’s deepest military wreck found in the Philippine Sea

World’s deepest military wreck found in the Philippine Sea

ByDIVE StaffNov 1, 2019
Marine archaeologists believe they have found the world's deepest military wreck, captured on video at 6,220m in the Philippine Sea.
Gili Trawangan’s Girls That Tech Dive

Gili Trawangan’s Girls That Tech Dive

Gili Trawangan's Girls That Tech Dive have a passion technical diving that is breaking down barriers in a male-dominated environment
Gili Trawangan – the scuba diving island with spirit

Gili Trawangan – the scuba diving island with spirit

Celebrating the community that makes Gili Trawangan one of the world’s hippest scuba diving destinations, and also one of the most resilient
The best dives in Malaysia

The best dives in Malaysia

ByDIVE StaffJun 25, 2018
The east coast of the Malay Peninsula and the north of Borneo island host many fantastic dive sites - here's 10 of the best dives in Malaysia
Is Paradise Lost? | Maldives Special Report

Is Paradise Lost? | Maldives Special Report

ByDouglas David SeifertFeb 13, 2018
The Maldives is a premier scuba diving destination, but can its reefs survive rampant development and climate change? Douglas Seifert reports
Visitors to Palau must sign ‘Palau Pledge’

Visitors to Palau must sign ‘Palau Pledge’

From December 2017, The Western Pacific Republic of Palau insists all visitors sign a pledge to protect the environment when they arrive.
Is this the world’s best shark dive?

Is this the world’s best shark dive?

ByDouglas David SeifertNov 17, 2017
Village communities in Fiji are reaping the rewards of an extraordinary shark dive that has transformed a dead reef into a fish paradise
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