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The Difference Between PADI Open Water Diver and PADI Scuba Diver Course

Learn To Dive Today! Are you ready to take the plunge and learn to scuba dive? Well, you’ve come to the right place. As a PADI Instructor, I have taught hundreds of students to scuba dive and I’ve noticed lots…

How To Identify 20 Stony Corals From Indonesia

Often scuba divers focus on tiny critters, schools of fish, or jumbo-sized creatures like whales, dolphins, and sharks. This leaves corals to get lumped together under a single term ‘coral reef’ which is far too general to describe the hundreds of individual…

Fluorescent Night Diving In Lembeh Strait
Fluorescent Night Dive There is nothing quite as exciting as a fluorescent night dive. And sure those two little words night dive might give some people the hibigeebies, but grab yourself a UV torch and strap on a yellow filter, and you'll…
What Is Muck Diving?

Muck Diving Not all dive sites are created equal. Just like on land, underwater landscapes are diverse and can contain dozens of unique habitats, and tiny niche space for critters to exploit. But none of these habitats are more enticing than muck.…

Cordelia Banks Is The Healthiest Caribbean Reef We’ve Ever Seen
Cordelia Bank Cordelia Bank is an extensive coral reef located on the southwest coast of Roatán Honduras. We had the opportunity to dive this protected area and can safely say this is the healthiest Caribbean staghorn reef we've ever seen. Covering 17km2…
Epic Reefscape Photography In Tela Honduras

Have you ever thought about underwater landscapes—or better yet reefscapes? The reefscape extends as far as the eye can see. It includes, sponges, sea weeds, corals, and critters, but more importantly, it includes the hills, valleys, walls, and other physical…

Corals Spawn More Than You Think! Video Of Coral Spawning In Bonaire
Caribbean Coral Spawning It's that time of year again when corals around the Caribbean synchronize for one night of release. But did you know coral aren't restricted to a single night of spawning each year? It is widely believed that coral…
Bangka Island Has A New Dive Site, And You’re Gonna Love It!
Tanjung Merah Earlier this month we had the chance to dive around Bangka Island with Sulawesi dive guru Danny Charlton, and he made sure to pick out the cream of the crop for our exploration dives. What really keeps me excited…
Scuba Diving Adventure In Sulawesi Indonesia, And New Travel Vlog!
Scuba Diving in Sulawesi We're back from an epic two-week scuba diving trip around Northern Sulawesi. Apologies as we've been a little MIA from the blog lately, but rest assured we have a good excuse ;) We've interrupted the regular…
A Rare Encounter With The ”Pink Meanie” Jellyfish

The Pink Meanie One of the reasons we love diving so much is you really never know what you will find underwater. And, just when you think you’ve seen it all, a 30-pound jellyfish is waiting to greet you before…