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News round-up
Avatar actor spends June with Coral Gardeners, a couple are rescued after drifting for 38 hours in the Gulf of Mexico, a World War One destroyer’s bell returned to the US, and a World War Two US sub found at 3,400ft.
Indonesia
In Halmahera, Indonesia’s newest diving paradise, mass tourism is still a foreign concept. The area around luxurious yet eco-friendly Kusu Island Resort is home to fabulously healthy reef gardens and a thriving fish population that is not commonplace even in the Coral Triangle, as Daniel Brinckmann found out.
Q&A: Dan Orr
We chat to dive industry guru Dan Orr about his quest to improve, develop and educate divers around the world about safe diving practices, his work with a long list of influential non-profit organisations, and what it is like to have multiple awards to his name.
The Bay Islands of Honduras
Walt Stearns heads to Roatan in the Bay Islands off Honduras, and reckons that Anthony’s Key Resort – the destination’s ‘original dive resort’ – is better than ever.
The Philippines
It’s rare to visit an area in the Coral Triangle where there are so many fish that you have never seen before, and still rarer to encounter species for which no images exist in the wild and even discover species that are new to science. That was Dr Richard Smith’s experience exploring Coron and the Calamian Islands in remote western Philippines.
Divers Alert Network
Sage advice on how to make yourself more visible when you are in the water diving, and other tips on avoiding prop strikes.
The Maldives
Richard Aspinall joins Aggressor Adventures for a Best of the Maldives tour around this Indian Ocean paradise and is not left wanting for underwater spectacles.
TECH: Greece
Yana Stashkevich heads for Greece to take part in some deep wreck identification dives, including a Wellington bomber, a paddle steamer, and a magnificent liner.
Test Extra
Scuba Diver Editorial Director Mark Evans rates and reviews the Apeks MTX-RC 50th Anniversary Special Edition regulator, and the wrist-mounted Shearwater Peregrine TX dive computer.
#AskMark
Scuba Diver’s YouTube supremo Mark Newman offers some hints and advice to various questions from viewers, including spools v reels for DSMBs, and whether ‘yum-yum yellow’ fins really are an issue around sharks.
