Whales don’t know the rules!

Our wild-card holiday selection is for divers who want a close-up whale experience and some interesting diving to boot – SHANE WASIK samples the pleasures of Tonga for us more...

Just passing through in Tahiti

You have flown to the other side of the world, but on an island-hopping press trip you know you’ll be lucky to get in more than a handful of dives. ZAC MACAULAY was determined to make every one count more...

Go with the flow in the Raja Ampat

It’s an expensive trip either way, but there are two Raja Ampats, says John Bantin – the tranquil one that gets macro photographers all worked up, and the exciting one that tests your staying power more...

Cocos alive!

It’s one of the greatest dive sites on Earth, and it will stay that way – unless climate change and illegal fishing has its way. Martin Strmiska undertakes the challenging voyage to Cocos Island while the going is good
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Bullied back into diving

Richard Campbell quit diving after 20 years, following a series of panic attacks, but could one of the world's great shark dives tempt him back? Photography by LILI HAUGEN and ROBIN NAGY more...

Take a deep, deep beath

Beth & Shaun Tierney are authors of the Footprint guide Diving the World, the second edition of which was published recently. The article here was written for DIVER, but it gives a flavour of the quality of the book - and after reading it, we defy any wildlife diver to tell us they could resist a dip at Islas Revillagigedo!
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Lady of the lanterns

Truk offers the world's best wreck-diving, says Leigh Bishop, and this most famous of lagoons also holds some of wreck-diving's best-kept secrets. He returned recently to photograph its deepest wreck more...