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PADI & Project AWARE Making Sustainable Choices For The Ocean

“Seek Adventure. Save The Ocean.” Five small words that inspire a simultaneous sense excitement and shared responsibility. The desire to explore our blue planet combined with a need to protect it. A belief that there is a better way for humanity to live in balance with nature, so that future generations may experience those same […]

GOPRO LAUNCHES HERO9 BLACK

New GoPro Launches With Million Dollar Challenge Competion DIVE Report GoPro has launched the latest in its family of action cameras with the new HERO9 Black, featuring a new 20MP sensor capable of delivering 5K video, and 30 per cent more battery life. Other new features include a new front-facing display, larger rear display and ‘HyperSmooth 3.0’ video stabilization […]

DIVE’S BIG SHOT | PHILIPPINES IN PLAY

Big Shot | Philippines in Play  As you would expect, a lot of macro shots made the final cut in our Big Shot photo competition focusing on the Philippines. But this well-executed split shot of a green turtle grazing of the rocks along Apo Island shoreline was the firm favourite of our judges Douglas David […]

How to Become a Successful Dive Instructor Post COVID-19

One could easily mistake this enthusiasm for cynicism, writing about how to be successful as a scuba instructor exactly in a time when our industry is getting hit harder than ever before but nothing could be further from the truth. One day, all this will be over, our favorite dive centers will start recovering and […]

Diving with Green Sea Turtles in La Jolla

Seaside La Jolla, along the Southern California coast, is home to one of San Diego’s most diverse stretches of ocean, where marine creatures big and small live year-round. One of the celebrity year-round residents is the green sea turtle. From the time you park, walk to the beach, gear up and swim out, you can […]

Five Indonesian Dive Destinations for Your Bucket List

When it comes to diving, travelers to Indonesia are spoiled for choice. Although travel into the country is still largely restricted due to Covid-19, here are five Indonesian dive destinations for divers to add to their bucket lists when they can return. Alor A banded sea snake weaves around coral in Alor One of our […]

All About Giant Oceanic Manta Rays

Diving with giant oceanic manta rays sits high atop almost every diver’s bucket list. In fact, the chance to see these animals often entices divers to remote locations all over the world — often on liveaboard dive cruises — for a chance to see them soaring through the deep blue. Here we’ll share some fun […]