Scientists from Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE), Tubbataha Management Office (TMO) and the Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF) have successfully tagged a 3.5-metre tiger shark and three grey reef sharks as part of a long-term study in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. The research expedition between...
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As beautiful as coral reefs may be they, sometimes they just can't touch the excitement of diving in a wasteland of mud, sand and rubbish, knowing that hiding there will be some of nature's weirdest underwater creatures. When you've had...
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I just came back from a weekend of diving in Subic Bay. Subic is not your typical reef dive and beach destination in the Philippines, but if you have the “lust for rust”, this is the place to go. There...
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Baa Atoll in the Maldives is the setting for a seasonal spectacle unlike any other witnessed at any other location in the world. The bay of Hanifaru (‘narrow reef’ in Dhivehi) is formed within a westward meandering spur running from...
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All of Southeast Asia is a bouquet. Colors, cultures, foods, and experiences where no two are the same, yet somehow, they sync together beautifully in a small patch of land sitting on the Pacific. Unfortunately, unless you’re a backpacker fresh...
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Written by Terry Umphenour "Maximum depth will be eighteen meters and dive time will be fifty minutes. Gear up." The dive briefing command sent 25 enthusiastic young divers from Concordia International Schools in Shanghai and Hanoi down to the dive...
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A Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) or Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (DSMB), is an essential piece of kit, but it’s only in the last few years that training in their use has become a standard part of some entry-level courses. Many...
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From getting stuck in nets to eating plastic that they think is food, creatures worldwide are dying from material we made. BY NATASHA DALY Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a boat off Costa Rica, a biologist...
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Egypt has been a favorite of scuba divers for the better part of half a century, especially with its easy accessibility to the Red Sea, which runs along the entirety of Egypt's eastern coastline. First brought to the world's attention by...
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