Diving Komodo: currents, mantas and when to go
How Komodo really dives: why the currents run, how much colder the southern sites are, when the mantas gather, and the experience operators expect.
Diving Bali: mola mola, mantas, the Liberty wreck and when to go
Mola mola season off Nusa Penida, the manta sites, shore diving the Liberty wreck at Tulamben, and how to pick the right Bali dive base and…
Diving Mozambique: Tofo, Bazaruto and the Seasons That Matter
Where to base yourself in Mozambique, when manta rays and whale sharks show up, what surf launches and deep reefs really involve, and who…
Cocos Island diving: schooling hammerheads and three days at sea
Cocos Island is liveaboard-only: 550km off Costa Rica, a 30-36 hour crossing each way. What the hammerhead diving asks of you, and who should…
Southern Red Sea Diving: Marsa Alam vs Sharm and Hurghada
How the southern Red Sea differs from Sharm and Hurghada: Elphinstone, Dolphin House, the long reefs, when to go for sharks, and who Marsa Alam suits.
Bonaire shore diving: how the drive-and-dive system actually works
How Bonaire shore diving works: yellow-stone sites, a pickup with tanks, the compulsory marine park fee, the checkout dive, reef depths and…
Diving Belize: is the Blue Hole worth it, or is the reef better?
The Great Blue Hole is eight minutes at 40 metres with almost no coral. What you really see down there, why the atolls beat it, and when to…
Diving the Galapagos: liveaboard or land-based?
Wolf and Darwin are liveaboard-only, and so are the whale sharks. What a land-based week gives you instead, plus the two seasons and the dive…
Diving Aqaba: Jordan’s Red Sea coast, the wrecks and when to go
Jordan has 27 km of Red Sea coast. What the Cedar Pride, the sunk C-130 and the underwater military museum are really like, when to go, and…
Wreck Diving Micronesia: What Chuuk Lagoon and Palau Really Ask of You
How deep the Chuuk Lagoon wreck fleet really lies, the training it demands, why Palau pairs with it, and how much travel time the trip honestly costs.