Diving Cebu Philippines
Diving Cebu PhilippinesIf you are looking for great diving conditions and a unique experience for your next international dive vacation, then Cebu Philippines should be on your short list. It has the only dive site with daily sightings of thresher sharks, another destination with a year-round sardine run, and many locations with frequent whale shark encounters. The cost of diving is among the most reasonable in the world and the selection of where to stay in Cebu is extensive. The name Cebu can ...
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Galapagos Island Liveaboards
Galapagos Islands is one of the best remote liveaboard destinations in the world. While there are some resorts they are mostly located in the central islands, those around San Cristobal Island. While the diving there is very good and offers some the thrills offered by the liveaboard, they cannot meet the intensity of the trips to the northern islands. The island chain has two airports one on Baltra island and one on San Cristobal Island. It is important to insure what island your liveaboard is l...
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Why Indonesia Should be on your Scuba diving Liveaboard Bucket list
Why Indonesia Should be on your Scuba diving Liveaboard Bucket list To many people including divers, Indonesia is a bit of a mystery. Sure they might know something of Bali or the Komodo dragons but most likely not much more. There is so much more to diving Indonesia. Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world. It straddles the equator and extends 5,120 kilometers (3,181 mi) from east to west and 1,760 kilometers (1,094 mi) from north to south. Not only is the distance great, the...
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Great Barrier Reef Still a Great Liveaboard Dive Destination
Great Barrier Reef Still a Great Liveaboard Dive Destination Recently we have seen a great deal of negative press about the Great Barrier Reef and diving there. We have heard of a rare unprovoked shark attack on a scuba diver, the first one world-wide in years. We have heard that the Australian government pressured the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to exclude the Great Barrier Reef from their climate change report. Coral bleaching has hit the Great Bar...
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Galápagos Islands adds Protection for Marine Sanctuary.
Galápagos Islands adds Protection for Marine Sanctuary. The Galápagos Islands has long been a favorite destination for scuba divers. The liveaboard trip to the far north of the island chain to the remote islands of Darwin and Wolf is the trip for shark lovers. These islands have the highest biomass of sharks in the world. However, while high recent studies have shown that the number is getting smaller. A major contribution to that is illegal fishing. This recent study reinforced an plan already ...
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Philippine Liveaboards Expand Destinations
Philippine Liveaboards Expand Destinations. In the recent past, the Philippine Liveaboard Dive industry was limited to 3 months of diving the Tubbataha reef. Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park is a 97,030-hectare Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Palawan, the westernmost Philippine province. It is located 150km southeast of Puerto Princesa City, at the heart of the Coral Triangle, the global center of marine biodiversity. Situated in the middle of the Sulu Sea, the dive season is only three months. Other...
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Maldives – A Great Alternative to your Canceled Red Sea Dive Trip
Maldives – A Great Alternative to your Canceled Red Sea Dive TripIn case you have not been following the news, The Cario Post has published a story on the current state of the dive industry in Egypt,70% of the dive centers in Egypt have closed. Following the crash of a Russian Airlines last October, Russia banned flights for its airlines to Egypt. They believe the crash was caused by a bomb. London expressed the same and posted a travel warning. Most of Europe followed. While it is the low seaso...
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Why I love Diving Subic Bay Philippines
Why I love Diving Subic Bay Philippines I have been a scuba diver for about 18 years and for around 11 of those years, I have been living in Olongapo on the shores of Subic Bay Philippines. While I will admit it is not the best dive destination in the world, it is a outstanding place to come dive. Let me get out the negatives first, the visibility is not that great. It is however, good enough to explore the wrecks. The natural reefs are there but not heavily covered in coral. The biggest draw fo...
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