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Technology has the tendency to shake things up. And the diving industry is no different. One of the most monumental technological changes to rock the diving industry was the introduction of the dive computer. The dive computer catapulted the industry forward, removing the need for recreational divers to learn dive tables, making dive planning much […]

By David Jones Volunteers from all over the world are taking part in a citizen science project to help scientists work out how bad microplastic pollution really is. Plastic pollution has become pervasive, pernicious and persistent. In 2016, global plastic production was around 335m tonnes and it continues to be released into our rivers and oceans on […]

The Red Sea has a long history as one of the most important waterways in the world. Even before the opening of the Suez Canal, the Red Sea was an important trade route between Africa, Arabia and beyond. Once the canal opened in 1869, joining the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and Europe to Asia […]

One of the reasons you most likely started scuba diving is because of the quietness found under water. It’s peaceful down there without phones, computers, or any of the other daily distractions of our terrestrial lives. It’s just you and Cousteau’s “silent world.” This is accompanied by yoga-like rhythmic breathing and the sound of escaping […]

On 7 December 2018, the Red Sea’s Brothers Islands were closed to divers for the rest of the year, after four biting incidents from oceanic whitetip sharks, one of which resulted in serious injury to a diver.  The action has been taken to allow the sharks to return to their natural behaviour: hunting and scavenging […]

The existence, development, and continuing survival of human life is nothing short of incredible. This is especially true when we consider how many different factors had to come together to make life here on earth possible. There is no more obvious example of this ideal melding of variables than in the air around us. We […]

Diving in a current brings different emotions to different people. There are divers that are terrified by the idea and will do anything to avoid a current and others that seek them out for the thrill of the ride and the marine life encounters they provide. Current diving is a specialty that requires not only […]

Lembeh Strait, Bangka Island and Bunaken Island I have to confess: We can be lazy if left to our own devices. We’ll select a single dive destination, park our stuff in a room and proceed to dive ourselves silly from there. What a regrettable mistake that would be in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The coastline of […]

By Judy Lehmberg At the end of the semester in the advanced invertebrate zoology course I took, my rather dry, boring professor made the only joke I remember him ever uttering. We had just finished the phylum Echinodermata, the starfish and their relatives, who may not look too advanced but are the most advanced large phylum of […]

Gili T is a great place – fun little island with no cars; just horse carriages and bikes.  You can party hard (near the central pier) or relax in peace at the north end of the island.  It’s a great family place – dive, snorkel, relax on the beach, ride bikes, watch a movie at […]