Dive Locations

Where to Dive in East Timor

Where to Dive in East Timor… On the 20th May 2002, a new country was born to the north of Australia. It was a very painful experience for its people, one they had fought long and hard for. Earning the respect of even those who had opposed …

Underwater Photography in PNG

Underwater photography in Papua New Guinea… PNG, as is it more commonly referred to, is located just south of the Equator and to the north of Australia. It is a large and diverse nation that is known principally for its unique tribal cultures, …

Tiger Beach Sharks – The Real Deal?

Tiger Beach Sharks…This shallow, sandy area in the Bahamas is firmly established as one of the global diving destinations. With that fame largely derived from the many published images of its most celebrated visitor – Galeocerdo cuvier, …

Diving the North Coast of Milne Bay

Diving the North Coast of Milne Bay… I am often asked why I like Papua New Guinea so much. And the honest answer is, as they say in the movies, it’s complicated! First of all, for me PNG is a wild and adventurous place. And as an Australian I …

Diving the Witu Islands

Diving the Witu Islands… As they say in the real estate business, location is everything. And it is Papua New Guinea’s physical position, astride the Equator, at the end of what was historically referred to as the Malay Archipelago. That puts …

Best Aircraft Wrecks in PNG

The Best Aircraft Wreck Dives in PNG – World War II came to New Guinea in January 1942 when the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Rabaul in New Britain. Turning the region in to a major theater of war in the battle for the Pacific. There were many …

The Sharks of Protea Banks

The Sharks of Protea Banks… It is often described as the African equivalent of the Gulf Stream. One of the world’s most powerful oceanic currents – moving almost 70 million tons of water a second! Its name is the Agulhas Current and it forms to …

The Bahamas Shark Sanctuary

The Bahamas Shark Sanctuary – The true relationship between sharks and man in the sea is not that easy to understand. We are after all terrestrial creatures that submerge under the water briefly at best. So our opportunities to even comprehend …

Tiger Beach – Like Nowhere Else….

Tiger Beach… Simply stated this shallow sandy area, some 30km north-west of West End on Grand Bahama, is like nowhere else. And, without doubt, it is the best place in the Bahamas to experience sharks – in particular the Tiger …

Oceanic Whitetip Sharks

The Oceanic Whitetip Sharks of Cat Island… It seems almost unbelievable that as recently as the mid-1960’s Carcharhinus longimanus, the Oceanic Whitetip shark, was widely considered to be one of the most abundant large animals in the …

Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini

The Great Hammerhead sharks of Bimini really are very special… There is literally nowhere else in the world where you can come face-to-face with these incredible animals so reliably. Large, increasingly rare and generally solitary animals …

Australian Leafy Seadragons

The Incredible Australian Leafy Seadragon… Australia is famous for its many iconic and often strange looking creatures. Both above and below the water, but few are as unique and visually spectacular as the Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus …