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World Dives

Journey beneath the waves with World Dives, where we spotlight the most extraordinary dive sites from across the globe.

Experience the vibrant coral reefs of the Pacific, the haunting shipwrecks of the Atlantic, and everything in between. With firsthand accounts, stunning visuals, and insider tips, we aim to inspire and guide your next underwater adventure.

Green turtle on Wakatobi Dive Resort's House Reef|Fire dartfish (Nemateleotris magnifica) at Wakatobi's House Reef.|De Beaufort's flathead (Cymbacephalus beauforti)

Wakatobi’s Fascinating House Reef Regulars

Walt Stearns May 20, 2025

A coral ‘rope’ nursery in the Maldives (Luca Saponari / University of Milan, CC BY-ND)

Reality check: coral restoration won’t save the world’s reefs

Divernet May 10, 2025

Exploring a shipwreck in BVI

Divers invited to join in BVI Wreck Week

Steve Weinman May 6, 2025

Diver over the rudder, lying 100m from what is thought to be the Recovery wreck (Endeavour Team)

Divers find another rare rudder – marking buried treasure wreck?

Steve Weinman May 4, 2025

Professor David Gregory from the National Museum of Denmark with piled bricks (Jakob Olling)

Yellow-brick road led to Danish slave ship ID

Steve Weinman April 29, 2025

A fisher in KUL’s programme carefully releases a Critically Endangered wedgefish (© Francesca Page)

Paying fishers to release sharks – there’s a catch

Divernet April 28, 2025

Exploring the WW2 aircraft carrier USS Yorktown at a depth of around 5,000m (NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2025 Beyond the Blue)

5km-deep dive reveals aircraft, map + mystery car

Steve Weinman April 25, 2025

Wakatobi's landmark community-based conservation program is now in its 27th year|

WAKATOBI – THIS IS WHAT 28 YEARS OF PROACTIVE PROTECTION LOOKS LIKE

Walt Stearns April 22, 2025

The 5m rudder, with metal plate over the timbers (Sicily Superintendence of the Sea)

Sicily diver finds shallow rudder, deep gun

Steve Weinman April 21, 2025

These squid aren’t just big: they’re colossal!

Steve Weinman April 17, 2025

New Zealand fur sea-lion (Arctocephalus forsteri), Kaikoura, South Is

Fur seals? There’s no such thing!

Divernet April 14, 2025

Wakatobi Dive Resort|Wakatobi-coral-reef|Wakatobi House Reef|Diver with giant reef puffer fish.|Divers on the dive site called Blade.|Blue-spotted stingray||Wakatobi remains a regional leader in conservation and environmental protection.|Watching the sun set from Wakatobi's Jetty

7 REASONS WHY WAKATOBI IS A FAN FAVORITE

Walt Stearns April 8, 2025

Sun set at Wakatobi's Jetty marking the prime time to slip into the water for.a night dive.

Nighttime is “The Right Time” at Wakatobi

Walt Stearns March 18, 2025

Example of the healthy reefs at Wakatobi.

All is Well at Wakatobi

Walt Stearns March 11, 2025

A loggerhead turtle nesting (Mollie Rickwood, CC BY-NC-ND)

Climate change could make more turtles female

Divernet March 6, 2025

Yellow tube sponge at Ancla de François

Diving into Cuba’s far west

Divernet March 4, 2025

All set for a Continental diving holiday (Pixlr)

Diving the Med this summer? Best read this

Steve Weinman March 2, 2025

Wakatobi's Pelagian Dive Yacht in Indonesia.|Pelagian Dive Yacht|Pelagian's cruise directors Ramon Crivilles and Judith Terol Oto.|Pelagian Dive Yacht at anchor (top)

INSIDER’S INSIGHTS ON THE PELAGIAN

Walt Stearns February 25, 2025

Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus)

Mandarinfish Pier Dive with Wakatobi’s Dive Yacht, Pelagian

Walt Stearns February 24, 2025

Large green turtle taking a snooze on Wakatobi's House Reef wall.|Snorkelling the shallows of Wakatobi's House Reef.|Wakatobi''s jetty extends all the way out to the edge of the House Reef's drop-off.|Where the shallows meet the drop off on Wakatobi's House Reef.|Life underneather the Wakatobi House Reef Jetty.|Pair of white leaf scorpionfish.|Wrapped in its protective cocoon a parrotfish is bedded down for the night.|A Tasseled scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala) fluoresces an interesting combination of green and orange under Fluo lighting at night.|Coral hermit crabs (genus Paguritta) are a different kind of hermit crab in that instead of using a discarded snail shell as its home

On The House – Wakatobi’s House Reef

Walt Stearns February 18, 2025

Christopher P Weaver explores the C-59

Shipwrecks of the southern Sea of Cortez

Divernet February 18, 2025

Corals in low-oxygen seawater might not show visible signs of stress

Suffocating seas

Divernet February 17, 2025

Young Women Leading the Way in Fiji Watersports

Young Women Leading the Way in Fiji Watersports

Adrian Stacy February 14, 2025

Critters Galore at Muck Diving Hotspot Dauin

Critters Galore at Muck Diving Hotspot Dauin

Adrian Stacy February 13, 2025

U-352 - North Carolina's World War II Shipwreck

U-352 – North Carolina’s World War II Shipwreck

Walt Stearns February 13, 2025

Male Yellowfin flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus flavianalis) strutting his stuff for the ladies. Photo by Wayne Osborn|Kaleidios wrasse (Pseudojuloides kaleidios) reach a maximum size of 10 cm / 4 in.|Male Yellowfin flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus flavianalis) strutting his stuff for the ladies. Photo by Wayne Osborn

Wakatobi’s Flash Mob

Walt Stearns February 11, 2025

Divers on a reef in Fiji (PADI)

How to make billions – by protecting scuba hotspots

Steve Weinman February 11, 2025

Co-authors Ann Marie Hulver and Shannon Dixon with UZELA (Ohio State University)

Light suppers: New device boosts coral diets

Steve Weinman February 10, 2025

Manta ID photography dive in the Maldives (Kaitlyn Zerr)

Talk the boss into funding your manta dive-trip!

Steve Weinman February 5, 2025

Scuba diver with a friendly green sea turtle at Wakatobi

Diving Your Way at Wakatobi

Walt Stearns February 4, 2025

Wakatobi dive site Turkey Beach

Maxing Out At Wakatobi

Walt Stearns January 29, 2025

Twinspot snapper and grey reef sharks at Bikar Atoll (Enric Sala / National Geographic Pristine Seas)

‘Time-machine’ Marshall Islands get first MPA

Steve Weinman January 28, 2025

The Antilla wreck off Aruba – coral growth on and around it showed disease

Coral death in the Caribbean

Divernet January 25, 2025

The eco-conscious Bugis liveaboard

Just pack a snorkel for these liveaboard trips

Steve Weinman January 23, 2025

Sting ray in cave

Noronha: An Atlantic diving hotspot

Divernet January 21, 2025

Dancing camel shrimp and urchin in Pemuteran

Muck-diving in Pemuteran

Divernet January 16, 2025

If you’re into wall diving

Wakatobi’s Wall to Wall Paradise

Walt Stearns January 14, 2025

Selcuk Kolay over the aft deck of the Kalioub (Kaya Yarar)

Heroes, a villain and a shipwreck-quest miracle

Divernet January 9, 2025

Getting the Big Picture at Wakatobi

Walt Stearns January 7, 2025

Magical Ningaloo Reef

Magical Ningaloo Reef

Divernet January 6, 2025

Top 5 Dive Site of Uepi Island

Top 5 Dive Site of Uepi Island

Adrian Stacy December 30, 2024

Southern right whales (Olga Ernst)

Whales can live way longer than scientists thought

Divernet December 29, 2024

Red and black anemonefish (Amphiprion melanopus) at Labyrinthe

Diving Lifou, a fossil atoll

Divernet December 25, 2024

Scuba Scene

Join Scuba Scene in early 2025 and save £££s

Mark Evans December 18, 2024

Shipwreck (Kevin C Charpentier / Pexels)

Polluting shipwrecks are the ticking time-bomb

Steve Weinman December 16, 2024

Alexey Molchanov in Freediver (Paramount Pictures)

20 minutes with the world’s greatest freediver

Steve Weinman December 14, 2024

Whale shark encounter (Aggressor Adventures)

Komodo Aggressor sets sail from May – with discounts

Steve Weinman December 12, 2024

Wakatobi Dunia Baru|Pajama cardinalfish|Wakatobi Dunia Baru|Shrimp Gobie and Shrimp

Wakatobi’s Dunia Baru

Walt Stearns December 10, 2024

Humpback whales and ship in marine sanctuary (Green Fire Productions)

New maps show high-risk zones for whale-ship collisions

Divernet December 7, 2024

Getting Trigger Happy at Wakatobi|Clown Triggerfish at Wakatobi

Getting Trigger Happy at Wakatobi

Walt Stearns December 3, 2024

Alexey Molchanov does it again (Paramount Pictures)

Freediver: Deeper into Molchanov’s world

Steve Weinman December 2, 2024

Turkey Beach

Wakatobi’s Turkey Beach – Dive Site #1

Walt Stearns November 27, 2024

Purple hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani)|Diving the wall at Wakatobi|||||||||||||||||

Wakatobi’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Walt Stearns November 26, 2024

Wakatobi's Dive Yacht Pelagian cruising past the resort.|Pelagian Dive Yacht|Pelagian master suite stateroom (top)

Wakatobi’s Dive Yacht Pelagian

Walt Stearns November 20, 2024

Wakatobi Dive Resort dive boat.|||Wakatobi Dive Resort||Dining by sea at Wakatobi|Wakatobi dive boats|Pelagic dive yacht|mandarinfish|||||Wakatobi's Dive Yacht Pelagian cruising past the resort.

Wakatobi’s Double Dip Diving Experience

Walt Stearns November 19, 2024

A blenny uses the natural protection of a sponge

Long weekend diving the Dominican Republic

Divernet November 16, 2024

Coral seascape in Kimbe Bay (IUCN Picture Library / Pietro Formis)

44% of reef-building corals now at risk

Steve Weinman November 15, 2024

A diver swims alongside the world’s largest coral colony in the Solomon Islands (Manu San Félix / National Geographic Pristine Seas)

World’s biggest coral discovered in Solomons

Steve Weinman November 14, 2024

Green turtle on plate coral, Siaba Besar

Flores, gateway to Komodo

Divernet November 9, 2024

Tiger shark at Fuvahmulah

Diving solo with the sharks of Tiger Harbour

Divernet November 4, 2024

Wakatobi Dive Resort's fan favorite dive site Zoo.

Let’s Go to The Zoo

Walt Stearns October 31, 2024

The authors working in their ‘coral nursery’ in the Pacific (Liam Lachs)

‘We’ve bred corals to better tolerate lethal heatwaves’

Divernet October 31, 2024

What happened to the Seaduction?

Divernet October 30, 2024

Divers working on the Carriacou installation (Jason deCaires Taylor)

Hurricane delayed diver’s climatic artificial reef

Steve Weinman October 28, 2024

Kostas Thoctarides’ ROVs in action on an aircraft wreck (Kostas Thoctarides)

A deep dive with Kostas Thoctarides

Steve Weinman October 25, 2024

The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) or bluebottle is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic and has numerous microscopic venomous cnidocytes that deliver a painful sting powerful enough to kill fish and even, in some cases, humans. It is not a jellyfish but a siphonophore, made up of many smaller units called zooids but operating as a single individual (Manu San Félix / National Geographic Pristine Seas)

Azores declares Europe’s biggest MPA network

Steve Weinman October 23, 2024

Several of Wakatobi’s dive guides assisting the resort’s new in-house marine biologist Julia Mellers in collecting water samples around varies dive sites where hard corals are particularly robust for DNA and chemical analyst. - Photo by Kristian Gaeckle|Wakatobi Dive Resort’s new in-house marine biologist Julia Mellers. Photo by|Wakatobi Dive Resort’s new in-house marine biologist Julia Mellers working with water samples collected during a recent dive.||Wakatobi Dive Resort’s new in-house marine biologist Julia Mellers on a dive on one of Wakatobi’s magnificent reefs. Photo by Adrienne Gittus|A few of Wakatobi’s dive guides who are now assisting Julia Mellers in her coral research at the resort posing with water samples collected on one of Wakatobi’s reefs where hard corals are particularly robust that will be used for DNA and chemical analyst. Photo by Adrienne Gittus

Wakatobi Expands Coral Reef Protection

Walt Stearns October 22, 2024

Manta in the Maldives (Shutterstock / Dive Worldwide)

Dive Worldwide flash sale on now

Steve Weinman October 19, 2024

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