Scuba News
Pelagic hunt in Baja California
…Henley Spiers, who was knocked out by the spectacular experiences there he described in the magazine a year ago. It’s very rare for divers to encounter marlin but, for a…
July 12, 2020
World Dives
Happy Compromise
archive – CaribbeanHappy Compromise Keeping everybody happy doesn’t have to mean settling for second-best, says HENLEY SPIERS COMPROMISE CAN SEEM an ugly word, implying the need to make do with something…
May 31, 2017
World Dives
Holy Spirit
MEXICO DIVER Holy Spirit Jacques Cousteau called it ‘the Aquarium of the World’. They told HENLEY SPIERS that sea lions, mobula rays and whale sharks were guaranteed. The Sea of…
November 10, 2019
World Dives
Farnes – First Impressions
UK DIVER Farnes – First Impressions It’s British diving at its most iconic, off the coast of Northumberland – words & photos by first-timer HENLEY SPIERS THE FARNE ISLANDS are…
March 11, 2021
World Dives
Rhapsody in blue
…take a chance off Cornwall, because you never know your luck. HENLEY SPIERS enjoys an auspicious start to his UK diving career I GOT BACK INTO THE RIB ELATED, and…
November 21, 2017
Underwater Photography
British Society of Underwater Photographer Print Competition
…into the frame with room ahead of them, and the lovely contrast of big against small.” Fighting Topknots, by Henley Spiers FIGHTING TOPKNOTS, BY HENLEY SPIERS “By rendering the foreground…
February 15, 2018
Underwater Photography
Black Backgrounds & Happy Buddies
archive – PhotographyBlack Backgrounds & Happy Buddies How can you take memorable photos and be a good dive-buddy? The fashionable art of snoot-shooting has led HENLEY SPIERS along a path he…
April 5, 2017
World Dives
Healthiest reef in the world?
…â but it wasnât always that way, says HENLEY SPIERS ONE YEAR LATER and now engaged, Jade and I are back in the Philippines. Fathers-in-law have a stereotypically daunting image,…
November 10, 2016
Scuba News
Now that’s an over-under shot!
…Henley Spiers. The other category-winning photographers were Jinggong Zhang (Animal Behaviour), Tyler Schiffman (Reefscapes) and Ipah Uid (Compact Camera). Placed images can be seen at http://wetpixel.com/contests or http://www.divephotoguide.com DIVER magazine’s…
March 30, 2019
Underwater Photography
Adventures in Ringflection
PHOTO DIVER Adventures in Ringflection HENLEY SPIERS was looking for a new challenge in underwater photography, and his quest began in a hardware store Mouth-brooding cardinalfish against the purple skirt…
June 11, 2019
Features
Never mind the Threshers!
PHILIPPINES DIVER Never mind the Threshers! The words ‘Malapascua’ and ‘thresher shark’ have become inseparable, but it shouldn’t be the case, say Henley Spiers & Jade Hoksbergen – even without…
August 12, 2020
World Dives
Backyard Babbacombe
UK DIVER Backyard Babbacombe He has moved from the Coral Triangle to the West Country but does HENLEY SPIERS regard it as a comedown in terms of diving? Not a…
April 16, 2021