Dive Travel Features
Two Ways to make a Canadian Splash
Ali Postma and her husband Joey are working their way around Canada to document the diversity of its diving from coast to coast. She picked out two contrasting locations to give us a flavour… Read more...
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 the whip-tailed wonders, this island would still be a world-class diving location. Read more...
… but I’ll never forget those Threshers!
A magical Malapascus dive leaving precious memories – and all done before breakfast. By Melissa Hobson. Read more...
World of Sponge
The decorative hallmarks of St Lucia dive-sites are its sponges – drop onto these scenic reefs and prepare for a rich slice of Caribbean marine life. Steve Weinman makes the most of his stay – and an irritable turtle adds to the merriment Read more...
Deeper into Truk
The wrecks of Truk in standard diving depths are well-documented, but what if you’re lucky enough to be there in a technical capacity? Brandi Mueller reports. Read more...
Knocked out in the Park
You don’t have to be a macro photographer to get your kicks in North Sulawesi, as wide-angle man Dan Burton finds out at Bunaken. Why did he leave it so long? Read more...
Best Red Sea Dive Sites
The Red Sea is known as one of the most perfect destinations for divers in the world. You can visit and experience one of the most beautiful coral reefs globally with diverse marine lives. Whether you want to have a peep into history or try those jetpacks of your dream, there is something for everyone. Read more...
Local Intelligence: The Dives
Pre-lockdown we asked 16 pro divers from around the world to share their favourite local dive-sites with DIVER readers. Their colourful accounts will make you long to experience these dives. Read more...
Local Intelligence: The Dives 2
Pro divers from around the world to step up and tell us about their favourite neighbourhood dive-sites. And when you’ve shared these divers’ passions, you’ll really want to go diving… Read more...
Prison Break
If you enjoyed Will Appleyard’s recent Frozen In Time features about diving Baltic wrecks, here’s a coda to those adventures, as he takes time out to explore the former Soviet prison of Rummu in Estonia. Read more...
Portal to Tubbataha
This remote marine park in the Philippines is a national treasure but the elements allow divers only a narrow window of opportunity. Read more...
The Call of the Minkes
The Ribbon Reefs are a special Great Barrier Reef dive-destination at any time of the year, says NIGEL MARSH. But they are extra-special in June and July when visited by dwarf minke whales. Read more...
On the Cilento Coast
Italy’s Amalfi Coast is well-known to tourists, but further east lies the Cilento Coast, where Italians spend their summer holidays but few foreigners reach – and even fewer divers. Read more...
Weather Windows
LISA COLLINS plans a six-day dive trip to Florida, but with the weather gods conspiring against her, how many dives would she manage to get in? Read more...
Wreck-Diving the Bell Way
CLAIRE GOODWIN reports from Bell Island in Canada, where a rare U-boat attack killed 70 and left a chilly legacy for divers to explore Read more...
Frozen in Time – part 2
In the second and final part of his three-country exploration of the Baltic Sea and its uncanny powers of wreck preservation, WILL APPLEYARD continues his diving in Finland – with Estonia planned to provide the grand finale Read more...
Splitting the Dives in Bali
Morten Bjørn Larsen’s expectations were high, but could they live up to the demands of a family holiday while fulfilling the parents’ need to dive? Read more...
Sardinian Surprise
The Med had been a bit of a blind spot for Lisa Collins – and it’s possible that she has now been a tad spoilt by her first experiences there. Read more...
A Diver’s Dilemma
An experienced diver, CHARLIE THISBY enjoyed her first liveaboard experience in the Red Sea recently, but an unforgettable underwater encounter left her in two minds about how to follow it up. Read more...
Service Ethics
Who’s your new buddy? A bout of traveller’s bad luck threatens BRANDI MUELLER’s trip to Belize, but she knew that Aggressor Fleet would do all it could to break through the voodoo and get her out diving! Read more...
Frozen in Time
In the first of a two-part wreck exploration of the Baltic Sea, with its uncanny powers of preservation, WILL APPLEYARD visits Sweden and Finland Read more...
Getting my Magic Eye in
A trip to Mafia Island in the Indian Ocean gave MELISSA HOBSON the chance for some practice in detecting the tiniest and best-camouflaged sea-dwellers – plus one that was hard to miss. Read more...
Sharm El Sheikh
The Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh, situated at the southern point of the Sinai, has some of the world’s most celebrated diving attractions around its shores. Read more...
Whirlwind Impressions
Every trip to Spanish Mediterranean locations leaves WILL APPLEYARD that bit more impressed with the diving potential, especially for mini-breaks from the UK. Read more...
Saba Dance
An unspoilt diving experience on lofty Saba in the Dutch Caribbean – but there’s far more to it than just the underwater experience. Gin comes into it… Read more...
Good & Bad Behaviour in Bali
Tulamben is a dream location, but a mini-invasion prompts JOSS WOOLF to ask: What is the true cost of a winning image? Read more...
Holy Spirit
They told HENLEY SPIERS that sea lions, mobula rays and whale sharks were guaranteed. The Sea of Cortez was a place he had to check out Read more...
A Haven for Hardware
Aqaba continues to stake its claim as an underwater playground for metal-loving divers. SAEED RASHID enjoys preview diving and photographing a score or more of attractions. Read more...
