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If you’re shopping around for interesting marine-life experiences, the Makassar Strait off Borneo should be on your list. It’s not the easiest place to reach, but you can be assured of variety in store, says STEVE WEINMAN more...

Heavy traffic

Here’s another Far Eastern location you may not have heard of before, but if you want turtles and manta rays in their hundreds, impressive macro-diving and even thresher sharks, consider hard-to-reach Maratua as a base, suggests JOHN LIDDIARD more...

Turtle escort far from home

We hear names like Tubbataha whispered, before the rave reviews start to trickle in.
John Bantin boards an outstanding liveaboard in the Philippines to learn more more...

The Far East diving hot-spots

The Far East looms ever-larger in diving lore because it ticks so many wish-list boxes, but how do you choose where to go – and where exactly are some of these much-vaunted locations? JOHN BANTIN provides a divers’ guide, and picks out some hotter-than-hotspots (*) more...

Critters of the week in Lembeh

JOHN LIDDIARD gets camera-happy on his first visit to the famous Lembeh Strait in Indonesia – but with such a dazzling array of subjects on tap, how do you focus in on your favourites? more...

Shoal on a roll in Moalboal

It’s a cast of thousands that makes the tiny island of Pescador a must-visit Philippines dive site, but the whole of the nearby Moalboal peninsula is packed with diver treats, says Steve Weinman more...

Indonesia raw

Just as this year’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan was happening, JOHN BANTIN was diving in what had been the epicentre of the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, Banda Aceh. Here the scars are healing, and diving is back on the agenda more...