What You Didn’t Know About Mola Mola

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night diving with mola mola What is a Mola Mola? The ocean sunfish, also known as a mola mola, is an odd-looking fish. The word “mola” means millstone in Latin and describes the unusual, disc-like shape of this fish. Their teeth are fused together giving the sunfish a beak-like mouth that is always open, similar to their relative the porcupine […]

PADI AmbassaDiver Adam Stern Hosts Deep Week – a Freediving Festival in Bali

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Adam Stern is no longer a PADI AmbassaDiver, to view our current AmbassaDivers, click here.  Photos supplied by Adam Stern Last month, more than 100 freedivers came together in Amed, Bali to take part in the largest PADI Freediver course in history! ‘Deep Week’ as it’s become known was organised and hosted by 5 x […]

5 Reasons You Need to Experience Diving in Komodo

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eel in komodo national park indonesia Written by PADI AmbassaDiver, Justin Carmack I am on a mission to explore and document the best dive locations in the world, which brings me all over the planet, but there are some dive locations that I have to keep returning to, they are just so awesome. Komodo National Park is one of those. There […]

Celebrating Manta Week with Scuba Junkie

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At both its Malaysia and Indonesia locations, Scuba Junkie are renowned for their continual contribution to their surrounding communities and marine ecosystem. One way they do this is by hosting conservation themed weeks that highlight different conservation issues and educate people on ways to address them. This year, Scuba Junkie held the inaugural ‘Manta Week,’ […]

6 Best Dive Sites for Kids Around the World

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Two stingrays swim near each other in crystal clear water. Choosing to plan your next scuba holiday to include your kids is a no brainer, but deciding on the best destination can be overwhelming. Here is a list of kid-friendly dive sites around the world to help. Vertigo, Yap Yap, an island in Micronesia, is known for a lot of things: mating mandarinfish, shark encounters and […]

Seven of the Best Dive Sites Around Bali

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Depending where you are in the world, Bali will conjure up different ideas. If you’re Australian, you’ll probably think of Bintang singlets and beach bars. If you’re from the rest of the world, you’re probably more likely to picture the beautiful beaches and bright colours. Wherever you’re from, there’s one thing that rings true about […]