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Where to Dive in Papua New Guinea

Where to Dive in PNG… There really is some wonderful scuba diving in Papua New Guinea. Hovever, PNG is an incredibly diverse country, both above and below the surface, and its dive sites are spread across a vast geographical area.Planning …

Understanding Conservation in Raja Ampat – Part 1: Mark Erdmann

Understanding Conservation in Raja Ampat… In just over 20 years Raja Ampat, the “Four Kings” of Indonesia’s remote West Papua province, has evolved from an almost unknown location into one of the world’s most sought-after tropical …

Diving Bikini Atoll – It’s Complicated

Commodore Ben Wyatt addressing people of Bikini Atoll – Courtesy of WikiCommons Diving Bikini Atoll… How do you tell 167 men, women, and children that their island home, which had always provided for all their basic needs, is going to be …

Diving Uepi in the Marovo Lagoon

Diving Uepi in the Marovo Lagoon… Like a series of random punctuation marks. The many islands of the Solomon archipelago are scattered along the southern arc of the Pacific Ring of Fire, nestled between Papua New Guinea to the north and Vanuatu …

Solomon Islands WWII Wrecks

Diving the Solomon Islands WWII Wrecks… Located at the eastern tip of the renowned Coral Triangle, the Solomon Islands consists of a long string of beautiful tropical islands, which are surrounded by the deep trenches and basins of the vast …

Diving Baja California

Diving Baja California… Bounded to the north by the US state of California, to the west by the Pacific Ocean. And to the east by the Sea of Cortez, the long and narrow Baja California peninsula is one of Mexico’s most visually spectacular and …

Diving the Banda Sea

Diving the Banda Sea… It seems almost beyond belief that some 360 years ago, one of a cluster of ten small and very isolated volcanic islands at the remote eastern end of what was then called the Malay Archipelago, was so valuable that it was …

Blackwater Diving – The Anilao Night Shift…

Juvenile Argonaut Getting into Blackwater Diving… The images are what immediately grab your attention – seemingly alien creatures lurking somewhere out there in the dark of night. Long after most people have called it a day! What are …

Technical Diving Match Fitness

Technical Diving Match Fitness… As the end of 2023 approached, I made a decision to approach technical diving from a different perspective. Instead of merely hoping to engage in occasional tech dives. I decided to commit to dedicated trips …

Diving Misool in Raja Ampat

The Four Kings of Raja Ampat Misool Scuba Diving… The second king – Misool, the large, remote, and sparsely populated island that is the second biggest of Raja Ampat’s “four kings”. It is said that the name Raja Ampat derives from the local folklore …

Diving Rabaul’s Wrecks, Reefs and Jetties

Diving Rabaul Wrecks Reefs and Jetties… In January 1942, just 46 days after their devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese Imperial Forces redirected their attention southward and launched an invasion of Papua New Guinea. Their …

Switching to SEACAM – First Impressions

Switching to SEACAM… In late 2023 an incredible combination of circumstances came into alignment for me. And I was offered a formal association with the Austrian underwater photography equipment company SEACAM. I could not quite believe it at …