dive site directory - Past Features
© Charles Duff
Scuba diving in Mtwara, Tanzania
Thanks goes this month to Charles Duff who believes the peaceful, clear and calm waters of Mikindani and Mtwara in southern Tanzania are the best-kept secret of the east coast of Africa. Charles has contributed a detailed overview to this section plus 9 dive site reviews, giving a comprehensive account of the area. Thanks Charles!
We have also recently added an overview to our Sardinia section. Sardinia is located in the Mediterranean near Italy and is home to some spectacular caves. We have also added two brand new areas to our Australia section: the remote locations of Christmas Island and the Cocos Keeling Islands.
© Ed Fisher
Scuba diving in Malta
After being away last month being quite simply blown away by the diving in Cocos (coming soon!!) we’ve come back and it’s been all hands on deck to catch up with contributions. Our first new set of dive sites are two new wrecks, the P29 and the MV Xlendi Ferry to our already extensive Malta section (thank you Martin and Tracy Frankcom for contributing these!). We’ve also added a fascinating account of diving an archaeological site at Xlendi bay in Gozo contributed by Ed Fisher. The account of diving Xlendi bay is a true story of under water exploration backed up by sketches of the site and is well worth a read!
© Tony Gilbert
Scuba diving in Perhentian, Malaysia
The Perhentian Islands lie off the north east coast of Malaysia close to the Thai border. Wide, sweeping, powder white beaches, dense rainforests and breathtaking sunsets are reason alone to visit. There are around 30 dive sites, including a few wrecks. The climate means the diving and island season is from mid to late March to October, after which the monsoon season starts. Thank you to Tony Gilbert for contributing diving information, photos and reef maps.
© Tony Gilbert
New photos on dive site directory
We would like to thank Rik Vercoe for contributing some stunning photography from the Similan Islands in Thailand. A massive thank you also to Tony Gilbert who has managed to take some fantastic shots in tricky conditions in the pinnacle of wreck diving that is Scapa Flow, Scotland. There are more to come from Tony so watch this space! Also this month, check out our latest addition to the Canary Islands section with the reviews from the island of Fuerteventura
© Rick Davies
Scuba Diving in the Great Lakes, USA
We are very happy to be extending our USA section with a series of reviews from the Great Lakes, comprising of six wrecks in Lake Huron and one in St Clair River. Thanks to our very own marketing manager Rick Davies for these reviews, he’s living in the USA currently so you can expect a lot more USA sites to be added to the website in the foreseeable future!
© Jenny Pickles
Scuba Diving in the Maldives at Lhaviyani Atoll
Thank you to Jenny Pickles for contributing this month's section on Lhaviyani Atoll in the Maldives. Located 80km north of Male international Airport, it is accessed by regular seaplane transfers. Jenny stayed at Kuredu, the northern-most island in Lhaviyani Atoll. She was lucky enough to see a sailfish, normally found only in open ocean, as well as manta rays, eagle rays and grey reef sharks. For non-divers there are plenty of activities, including golf, spas, pools, a water sports centre, fishing trips, dolphin trips and snorkelling.
© dsd
Scuba Diving Australia's East Coast
We have updated our East Coast Australia section to include more overviews, diving photos and diving reviews. See our extended South West Rocks section, for its latest additions and our brand new Brisbane section. Brisbane is not a place you would automatically think of if planning where to dive in Australia and the diving there is not as good as elsewhere in the country, but it's always useful to know about the diving in a region, however good!
© Tony Gilbert
Scuba Diving in the Isles of Scilly, UK
Lying nearly 30 miles WSW of Cornwall, the Scilly Isles lie directly in the path of the Gulf Stream, which blesses them with warm moist weather and mild climate. The 56 islands and hundreds of rocks are made of granite resulting in clean sandy beaches, a bright seabed and clear green water. Reefs provide the diver with multilevel profile opportunities as depths can go to 40m - 70m at the shorelines, providing stunning vistas chocked full of marine creatures. Seals can often be seen on sites and dolphins and porpoises frequent the area, as do occasional basking sharks. Hundreds of wrecks have foundered over the centuries and there are around 1000 recorded and estimated to be 3000 wrecks meaning there is something to entertain every diver. Thanks once again to Tony Gilbert for contributing this sections write-ups and stunning photos.
© Anna Wright
Scuba Diving in the Seychelles
The Seychelles lie 1,500km off of the coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. They are made up of 155 islands including many remote coral islands. The marine life around the islands can be spectacular with large numbers of fish and coral species present. The use of gill nets for shark fishing as well as the practice of shark finning are now banned and in some areas turtle poulations are recovering. Regular dive site directory contributor Anna Wright visited the Seychelles during 2007 and managed to explore 7 different sites on two seperate islands.
© Monty Halls
© Monty Halls
Spectacular Scuba Diving in Sudan, the Red Sea
This month we are very happy to bring you some of the very best diving the Red Sea has to offer from our recent trip to Sudan. Nine beautiful reef dives and two fantastic wrecks including that of the Umbria which is arguably one of the best wreck dives in the world. We were lucky enough to dive with a fantastic set of divers including the renowned diver and TV documentary maker Monty Halls who very kindly donated some of his excellent photography to compliment our reviews. Although the recent unrest in Sudan has hardly put it high on the to do list of holiday destinations we're sure you'll agree once you've seen the reviews that it is a must for any diver.
© Malik Chibah
© Ben Randall
Shark Cage Diving in Cornwall with Blue Sharks & Cage Diving in South Africa with Great Whites
It’s hard to believe what a fantastic day we had cage diving out of Cornwall in search of blue and porbeagle sharks. Beautiful weather, fantastic scenery and easily one of the best close encounters we have had with large marine life to date. At one point we had three two metre long blue sharks circling us and coming up close giving us and the divers we were with ample opportunity to take lots of photos of these stunning animals. It leaves you in no doubt that we need to do everything we can to protect these beautiful creatures from extinction. Many thanks to Jenny Pickles and Malik Chibah for contributing their excellent images.
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If that doesn't fulfil your appetite for shark action we've also just added an excellent video of cage diving with a great white in South Africa courtesy of Ben Randall, we particularly like the sound effects when the white is chewing on the cage! View the video.
© Carsten Sørensen
Three New Locations Added to the Philippines Section
We’ve added three new diving locations in the Philippines thanks to the contributions of Carsten Sørensen. As well as reviews for a selection of dive sites for each location all sites are accompanied by photos to help you get a really good feel for the diving there. The new locations are Cabilao Island, Boracay and Sabang on Mindoro. Thanks Carsten!
© Tony Gilbert
Scuba Diving in St Abbs, Scotland
Just in case you are in any doubt of the quality of diving in Scotland, and if you have read our previous articles on Sky and Scapa Flow this is very doubtful, Tony Gilbert has kindly written up 14 new dive sites for St Abbs. As well as detailed write ups Tony has also contributed stunning photographs of each site and even a wreck illustration to accompany the wreck of the Glanmire. All this leaves us wishing that the skies were a little bluer, it was a little warmer and that the UK diving season wasn’t so seasonal!
© Carina Hall
More Dive Sites and Stunning images of Diving in Borneo
Many thanks to Carina hall for extending our Borneo section further with a s | 
