Dive Locations

Kimbe Bay – The Coral Crucible

Kimbe Bay the Coral Crucible. There is a line of thought in the scientific community that this is where it all may have began. Where the first corals originated… a large sheltered bay, roughly one third along the north coast of the large island of …

Diving The Solomon Islands

Diving the Solomon Islands – like a series of random punctuation marks, the many islands of the Solomons archipelago lay scattered along the southern section of the infamous Pacific Ring of Fire, in between the countries of Papua New Guinea to …

The Sharks of the Marovo Lagoon

The sharks of the Marovo Lagoon hold a special place in the local culture of this part of New Georgia, in the Solomon Islands. In what is said to be the largest salt-water lagoon in the world, life revolves around its waters and swimming is as normal …

Diving PNG’s Holy Grail – Black Jack

Diving PNG’s Holy Grail... Like a scene from a Hollywood film set – the huge plane sits serenely in 50m of clear blue water just of the fringing reef near the village of Boga Boga. The area is quite remote at the tip of Cape Vogel on northeast …

Land of the Sleeping Crocodile

SportDiving Magazine Article on Timor Leste Timor Leste Land of the Sleeping Crocodile – the tale of the boy and the sleeping crocodile is told often in this country also known as East Timor. It is used to explain the island’s crocodile-like …

It’s PNG Expect The Unexpected

It’s PNG Expect the Unexpected – Papua New Guinea is truly one of the last frontiers, the country is a wild & adventurous place that offers some tremendous scuba diving, combined with many unique and fascinating things to see above …

Kimbe Bay Conservation – Part 2

Conserving Kimbe Bay – what would you do if one day you realized that the side-effects of the industry you helped to introduce were starting to degrade the pristine environment of your backyard – turn a blind eye… hug a tree …

Ambon – Maluku’s Magical Island

Ambon scuba diving – X-Ray article Diving Ambon: Indonesia is without doubt a country that can constantly surprise and delight you – usually when you are least expecting it! The huge archipelago of more than 17,000 island offers some of …

The Conservation of Kimbe Bay – Part 1

Kimbe Bay Conservation – there is a line of thought among the marine scientific community that Kimbe Bay is probably where the first corals originated – a theory that has evolved as a result of the various surveys conducted to assess and …

Diving Bali: The Insiders Guide to the Liberty Wreck…

X-Ray Magazine Liberty Wreck Article The wreck of the USAT Liberty, just off the beach at Tulamben in the north-east of the island, is Bali’s most famous dive and people travel from all over the world to experience it, so much so that on a …

Diving Tofo – Death on the Beach

Tofo Death on the Beach… A beach landing in the surf is something you never take for granted. So doing it the hard way with no engine requires a combination of skill and strength… Watching the tiny fishing boat get through surf to the …

Papua New Guinea: The Facial Tattoos of Oro Province

One of the most visually intriging things about the local villagers around Tufi in Oro Province are the facial tattoos worn by many of the women – something you would not really be aware of without making the effort to visit them… Tattoos, and body …