The Bajau people of Southeast Asia are commonly called “sea nomads” or “sea gypsies” for their traditional seafaring lifestyle. For generations, the Bajau people have built their homes above the water and spend most of their time at sea. And, from…
Caulastrea furcata: Indo-Pacific Coral Spotting
Caulastrea furcata Caulasatrea is a genus of corals which forms short branches and trumpet-shaped corallites. Each corallite is between 1-2 cm in diameter with branches up to 2-6 cm in length, depending on species. The coral tissue of this genus is…
Juvenile Orbicular Batfish Looks Just Like A Dead Leaf
Orbicular Batfish It’s common to find dead leaves floating around in the ocean surf, but take a closer look and you might be surprised to find a perfectly camouflaged fish mimicking these dead leaves. Platax orbicularis also known as the…
Introducing 7TILL8 Custom Fit Wetsuits
7TILL8 Wetsuits The makers of 7TILL8 wetsuits contacted us to introducing their custom fit line of wetsuits. Perhaps they read my article(s) about why I love wetsuits, or why every divers should own one, but they sure know how to get…
Circus Reef – Coral Spotting in Northern Sulawesi
Circus Reef – Northern Sulawesi The Circus dive site is located along the coastline, about 30 minutes west of the Murex Manado resort. The dive starts with a sandy slope covered in chocolate chip starfish and tufts of seagrass. As…
Awesome Fish Spotlight! Super Xanthic, Yellow Scopas Tang Shows Up In Indonesia
Following the hype on the multicolored aberrant or Koi scopas tangs that showed up in the last few years, our friends at Bali Aquarium scored a very nice Super-Xanthic Yellow Scopas Tang this week. Unlike the aberrant Scopas tang that…
Asian Diver Magazine Big Blue Book – Meet The Coral Communicator!
The Coral Communicator Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the ADEX conference in Singapore. And, as many of you could have already guessed my talk was about…. wait for it… CORALS! ReefDivers.io is a website I created…
Suunto Zoop Novo Price Drop! Until May 15th Only $299.95
Suunto Zoop Novo Dive Computer For a limited time, Suunto is offering consumers a discount off its Zoop Novo wrist unit, now priced at just $299.95 Suunto Zoop Novo is a classic starter dive computer, (previously called the Suunto Zoop) one…
Aquabotix Releases Revolutionary SwarmDiverTM Micro USV / UUV
Aquabotix, an underwater robotics company with operations in Australia and the U.S., today released SwarmDiverTM, a micro unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) that operates in a swarm. Multiple SwarmDiverTM can function simultaneously as a single coordinated…
You Have To See This Ultra Lightweight BCD From Surface Tension
Surface Tension Infinity BCD On the list of dive gear I choose to pack and lug around the world, the BCD often gets bumped from the list more practical items like clothing and camera gear. I will even pack up and…