Liveaboards General
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...
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...
Never Mind The Season
Liveaboard diver Mark B Hatter had enjoyed a Red Sea itinerary in summer and, despite initial mild thermal shock, was also braced by a complementary winter experience. Read more...
A Match Made in the Maldives
Would the Maldives’ reputation as a premium global dive destination hold up during the ‘worst-weather trip’ of the season? MARIE DAVIES travels to the Indian Ocean archipelago to find out. Read more...
Two-island Hop
BETH & SHAUN TIERNEY specialise in liveaboard diving in the Coral Triangle, so how would a Caribbean jaunt match up to their expectations? Read more...
Should I Stay… or Should I Go?
One of the most important decisions divers have to make is a very straightforward one… where are you going to dive? Read more...
How Well-Covered Is Your Liveboard Trip?
So you thought the Mystery Diver had retired? Never, not while there are services such as liveaboard-booking Read more...
Beyond The Wobble
Marine-science TV presenter MAYA PLASS has largely concentrated on diving in British waters, so her first liveaboard trip to dive with sharks Read more...
The Last Dive Trip
Underwater photo-journalist and DIVER’s Technical Editor Nigel Wade enjoyed a week on a liveaboard in the Read more...
Living The Dream 20 Years On
...and it turns out to be a far cry from Stoney Cove, says MARIE DAVIES. Diving Cocos Island is no cushy assignment Read more...
Snake Island To Rhino City
Three remote areas, three different seas, mind-boggling biodiversity – only a liveaboard trip could deliver Read more...


























