Training in the worst conditions really helps to prepare divers for adverse scenarios, and the scientific diving course run in the Derwent river, Tasmania, does exactly this. Undertaken on top of a thick layer of silt, in some cases with very little light, and close to zero visibility on the majority of dives, the ADAS […]

From the fresh spring days of New Zealand, back to the tropics. I set out to cross the south pacific from Tahiti to Easter Island with Lindblad expeditions. The lovely Erin McFadden greeted me on arrival to Tahiti, French Polynesia. As a past European scholar Erin now spends her time exploring the world’s oceans onboard […]

An intensive schedule of technical diving awaited me at Global Dive (http://www.globaldive.net/) in Westhaven Auckland on my arrival back to New Zealand. As my first introduction to technical diving I was unsure what to expect, but I soon learnt this would change the way I plan and carry out each dive. The great team at […]

In 2002, the federal government implemented Indonesia’s largest marine park – Taman Nasional Teluk Cenderawasih. Cenderawasih Bay lies on the north-eastern coast of West Papua, Indonesia. Prior to tectonic movement, slivers of land sealed the bay allowing for marine life to evolve in isolation for millions of years, thus producing an ancient sea with a […]