World Dives

Raja Ampat is notorious for diving with the majestic Manta Ray! In fact, it is one of the very few areas in the world where...

Stuart Philpott is never one to shy away from a challenge, and bouncing between four different resorts and three atolls in the Maldives in...

Deborah Dickson-Smith is left speechless by the marine life encounters she experiences in French Polynesia. Photographs by Grégory Lecoeur, Jim Winter, Bernard Beaussier, Alexandre Voyer,...

Scuba Diver North America Editor Walt Stearns continues his passage through the Flores Island group on the Arenui luxury liveaboard. Photographs by Walt Stearns Two sites in...

As we all look forward to life getting back to some semblance of normality through 2022, Editor-at-Large Walt Stearns dives into his back catalogue...

Lawson Wood showcases the vibrant anemones adding a splash of colour to dives in the southeast of Scotland. Photographs by Lawson Wood. An Early Introduction to...

Scuba Diver North America’s Editor Walt Stearns was left awe-struck when he went diving with the biggest predator on the planet off the Caribbean...

Walt Stearns takes us on a voyage of discovery on Palm Beach’s diverse reef systems, and explains what draws him back time and again. At the...

Over the coming months, we will delve, State by State, into the magnificent and diverse diving the waters of Australia offer. Australia boasts stunning...

Exclusive Specials for diving Raja Ampat with Meridian Adventure Dive No set arrival or departure days, book your package to suit your travel plans. PACKAGE =...

Through a combination of factors that include easy access, habitat health, diversity of ecosystems, an abundance of unique marine life and the sheer size of the site, there is no surprise that Wakatobi’s House Reef holds the reputation as “The World's Best Shore Dive.”

Byron Conroy is captivated by the underwater delights of Belize, and even the imminent arrival of a hurricane failed to spoil his trip or...

Byron Conroy has dived Raja Ampat many times, but always from a liveaboard. He visits Meridian Adventure Dive’s land-based operation to see if it...

Don Silcock explores the rich and varied diving that lies off the Witu Islands in Papua New Guinea. Photographs by Don Silcock. As they say in...

Byron Conroy discovers what could well bethe ultimate dive destination for underwater photographers when he visits Siladen Island in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photographs by Byron...

Diveplanit’s Deborah Dickson-Smith shares her experience at this littleknown divers’ paradise at the southern tip of Fiji’s Coral Coast. Photographs by Waidroka Bay Resort. Fiji’s Coral Coast...

Don Silcock looks at the enigmatic oceanic whitetip shark. Photographs by Don Silcock. It seems almost unbelievable that as recently as the mid-1960s, the oceanic...

After a few years focusing his diving around Australia’s temperate waters, Nicolas Remy was looking for a destination with vibrant tropical gardens, the sort...

The loss of the Yongala was a tale of tragedy, but out of this has come one of the world’s most-spectacular shipwrecks, which is...

Richard Aspinall is a long-time visitor to the Red Sea, and while his interests have changed over the years, his love of night dives...

Luke English, skipper of Melbourne dive charter Redboats is keen to reveal Victoria’s best kept secret to PT Hirschfield: ‘Want to know something unbeatable?...

Andrew Nieuwenhof explores the waters off Djibouti in search of the whalesharks which call this area home between November and February. Photographs by David Robinson...

Approximately 700km northeast of Sydney and 700km southeast of Brisbane in the Tasman Sea, you will find one of the most picturesque and beautiful...

Photographs by Eliska Mencova, Byron Conroy and Mark Evans Iceland is one of those places that has long been on many bucket lists, and in...

Raja Ampat is a Coral Paradise https://youtu.be/k4lebq1Y1ts About Meridian Adventure Dive   Situated in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Meridian Adventure Dive is a PADI 5 Star Resort and winner of the PADI Green...

Introduction Stuart Philpott is never one to shy away from a challenge, and bouncing between four different resorts and three atolls in the Maldives in...

South Ari Atoll is seen as a hotspot for whalesharks and manta rays, and as Stuart Philpott discovered, it is one of those few...

Day 7 of my Palau Diving Adventure onboard the Black Pearl: Ijn Iro, Teshio Maru, Jakes Seaplane Our final day of diving was focused on...

The SS Thistlegorm is undoubtedly one of the world’s premier wreck dives, and Editorial Director Mark Evans’ son Luke had wanted to explore this...

There is a reason why so many divers at Wakatobi find nighttime there so incredible. Wakatobi is known for spectacular over-the-water sunsets, but that spectacle...

Day 6 of my Palau Adventure onboard the Black Pearl: Siaes Corner, Sand Bar, Chandelier Cave Our penultimate day of diving began with a site...

Wonder Reef acoustic array captures secret underworld of reef and surroundings  Griffith University researchers are studying the underwater sounds of the Gold Coast’s newest diving...

Day 5 of my Palau Diving Adventure onboard the Black Pearl: Blue Corner, Virgin Blue Hole, Ulong Channel, Jellyfish Lake. Day 5 was going to...

Day 4 of my Palau Adventure onboard the Black Pearl: Blue Hole, New Drop Off, Turtle Cove Day 3 | Day 2 | Day 1 The...

Don Silcock waxes lyrical about the underwater delights that can be found in the waters around Kavieng in Papua New Guinea. A window seat on...

Day 3 of my Palau Adventure onboard the Black Pearl: Orange Beach, Peleliu Cut, German Channel The first two dives of the day were planned...

Stuart Philpott returns to Lanzarote to further explore the Museo Atlantico underwater sculpture park, which has now been extended by a phase two installation. Spring...

Diving Bikini Atoll with Master Liveaboards Bikini Atoll is one of the many atolls in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This little-known country is...

Day 2 of my Palau Adventure onboard the Black Pearl: Barnum's Wall, Blue Corner, German Channel Our first dive of the day was at Barnum's...

Scuba Diver Senior Travel Editor Don Silcock finally makes it to the Philippines after a Covid induced delay, but his liveaboard adventure to Tubbataha...

Did you know? These days around 40% of the Fijian population are of Indian descent. Fiji was colonised by the British between 1874 and 1970....

As we all look forward to life getting back to some semblance of normality through 2022, Editor-at- Large Walt Stearns dives into his back...

Day 1 of my Palau Diving Adventure onboard the Black Pearl: Orientation and Briefings Palau has been very high up on my list of destinations...

Bonaire’s Town Pier and Salt Pier are ‘signature’ dives, but Mark Evans reckons that the Cement Pier on Barbados beats them both hands down. A...

If you like ‘big stuff’, Palau is the capital. One of the best places in the world to dive with sharks, mantas and big...

Muck Diving in Sydney's Chowder Bay How many divers love to travel overseas for a dive holiday? How many can afford to do this too...

Scuba Diver North America Editor Walt Stearns makes a memorable passage through the Flores Island group on the Arenui luxury liveaboard. Did you know? Alor is...

The recent COVID lockdowns followed by an extremely harsh winter has resulted in a difficult three years for the dive industry. Coupled with ever-increasing...

The Solomons is one of those rare destinations for scuba divers that has something to suit everyone’s underwater appetite. Whether that’s colourful coral reefs,...

Adrian Stacey explores Queenland’s latest artificial reef, the floating Wonder Reef, and finds that the innovative structure more than lives up to its name Diving...

Turkey Beach is known as one of the best sites in the Wakatobi marine preserve to find turtles.

From the air, the Solomon Islands archipelago looks like a tropical island paradise – and it is. But just over 70 years ago, this was...

Don Silcock is left in awe by the majestic pelagics which can be found off Mozambique, including whalesharks and manta rays. On the south-eastern seaboard...

Technical diver Kurt Storms pays a visit to the final resting place of the Salem Express, which tragically took the lives of hundreds of...

High style diving aboard Pelagian reveals the never-ending riches of Indonesia's underwater realm Each evening just before sunset, coral laced rock piles around the base...

Wrecks exist for many reasons – storms, wartime casualties, navigational errors, collisions and onboard accidents such as fires. Wrecks also have histories that capture...

As Ocean Day approaches, we present a travellers’ guide to protecting Sabah’s seas and reefs. Introduction: Responsible Travelling to Sabah Have you, like many around the...

Cephalopod Venom and the Blue-Ringed Octopus Family All cephalopods use venom in their bites to subdue prey. Most squid, cuttlefish and octopus venom is so...

A city perfectly in tune with the ocean; there’s more to Sydney than surface appearances suggest. Dive in a bit deeper and you will...

Quenching the Coral-Thirst in Indonesia's Bangka Island After a few years focusing his diving around Australia’s temperate waters, Nicolas Remy was looking for a destination...

Locate a sea anemone and you'll probably run into some of Nemo's cohabiting cousins. Take a closer look among the undulating tentacles and you might also happen upon a tiny harlequin crab slurping up food scraps from its host's leftover dinner.

Raja Ampat Local Activities Guide, these are some of the Topside Highlights If you’ve never been to Raja Ampat before, you’re in for the vacation...

How To Get To Raja Ampat, Indonesia With the development of transport services to the area, there is now an airport that is serviceable by...

This might be the perfect dive vacation: Start with a visit to one of the world's most iconic dive resorts, where you explore pristine...

Wakatobi’s Dive Site #3, The Zoo A zoo is a place that can be enjoyed by everyone. So it's a fitting name for one of...

Michele Westmorland was captivated by the underwater delights around Roatan, in the Bay Islands of Honduras. Flying into Roatan off the coast of Honduras, the...

Scuba Diver North America’s Editor Walt Stearns heads for North Carolina’s Outer Banks in search of historic shipwrecks and sand tiger sharks. There is a...