It had been a long time coming but in April it happened. Saudi Arabia inched open its gates to tourists for the first time, and first to slip through were six Chirpy Cockney divers and our own John Bantin. But would the underwater experience in this land of oil, money and more money live up to its promise? more...

The less-crowded eastern coast of the Red Sea has immense potential for sport divers: nowhere more so than the coral reefs only half an hour from the port city of Jeddah by Erik Bjurstrom more...