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Asia

Immerse yourself in the diverse underwater world of Asia. From the technicolor coral gardens of the Philippines to the manta ray-filled waters of the Maldives, we bring you the highlights of Asia’s best diving destinations.

Experience encounters with fascinating marine life, explore ancient shipwrecks, and dive into the rich cultural histories that lie beneath the waves in this captivating region.

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Diving Indonesia: An Overview of the World’s Largest Archipelago
Diving Cape Kri|Diving Cape Kri|Kri is an island in North Raja Ampat|Max Ammer with a local friend|The biodiversity is a spectacular sight|Schooling sweetlips|Bannerfish cruising the reef|Max Ammer inspecting a turtle|Papuan dive guides|Sorido Bay jetty at sunrise|Sea fan
Diving Cape Kri: Exploring Raja Ampat’s Most Biodiverse Reef
Magic Time In The Philippines|Dive boat at sunset|Snorkelling with whalesharks|We had the most amazing two weeks at the Magic resorts|The inviting bar perfect for apres-dive|Porcelain crab|Frogfish|Pygmy seahorse|The freeform pool and sun loungers|spring rolls|The Philippines has thousands of dive sites|Aerial view of the resort|Richard and his hardy group|Macro critters like shrimp are everywhere
Magic Time In The Philippines
|Let’s say some divers want to do a cozy shallow dive and others want to go into the current on a standard house reef trip|Anemonefish|Feathertail ray|Whitetip reef shark|Healthy hard corals surrounded by fish life|On the dive boat heading to the site|Vast shoal of barracuda|Expect nudibranchs galore|Enchanting views topside|Accommodations are comfortable and welcoming|Colorful sponges and soft corals adorn the reefscape|A reef hook is mandatory for diving the channel mouth|Accommodation right on the beach|Sea fans and sponges adorn the reefs|Macro life abounds
Virgin Cocoa: Luxury Five-Star Dive Resort in Maratua Atoll, Indonesia
Dewi Nusantara Liveaboard: Diving Cenderawasih Bay’s Wrecks, Reefs & Whale Sharks
Adventure On The Amira Liveaboard
Simpson with Japanese gas mask goggles, Ruar Cave
Diving into Biak’s hidden world of caves
Researchers took standardised photos of the seabed on different reefs in central Indonesia. Tim Lamont, CC BY-NC-ND
The beauty of coral reefs is key to their survival
A fisher in KUL’s programme carefully releases a Critically Endangered wedgefish (© Francesca Page)
Paying fishers to release sharks – there’s a catch
Critters Galore at Muck Diving Hotspot Dauin
Critters Galore at Muck Diving Hotspot Dauin
The eco-conscious Bugis liveaboard
Just pack a snorkel for these liveaboard trips
Dancing camel shrimp and urchin in Pemuteran
Muck-diving in Pemuteran
Whale shark encounter (Aggressor Adventures)
Komodo Aggressor sets sail from May – with discounts
Green turtle on plate coral, Siaba Besar
Flores, gateway to Komodo
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
A diver performs photogrammetry over the reef, using two GoPro Hero 10 cameras mounted 60cm apart on a horizontal bar. The cameras faced the substrate at a perpendicular angle and were set to time-lapse mode (0.5sec intervals) with a wide-angle setting at 5.3K resolution
Our digital 3D models could help revive huge coral reefs
Thresher shark in Malapascua
Tall tails of Malapascua
Diving past 100m on Princess Of The Orient
Frogfish in Dumaguete
Dive Worldwide Zooms into Coral Triangle
Pontoh's pygmy seahorse
Spicy dive-trip to Halmahera
Resting whitetip shark (Sarah Wormald)
4 in 1: A diverse trip to North Sulawesi
Flamboyant cuttlefish in Puerto Galera
Puerto Galera, where you daren’t miss a dive
Tim Lawrence prepares to investigate a mark off Brunei
Destroyer wreck dive-quest in Brunei
Turtle (Federica Carr)
Return to Siladen (with Gen Alpha)
Lembeh Strait frogfish
Indonesia: Muck-diving capital of the world
IDC rescue exercises in Koh Tao
Exploring Koh Tao’s Underwater Marvels & Diver Training
‘I’d been wreck-hunting when our dive-boat sank’

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