With Christmas finally here, Santa Claus is reviewing the Nice vs Naughty list during his surface intervals and checking who will be getting scuba presents this year. So how has 2016 been for you? Have you been good enough to get a gift? Are you a Scuba Goody Two Shoes or Diving Bad Boy? Find […]

A long, not-so-lost relative of the leafy sea dragon, the weedy sea dragon is a sight you won’t want to miss – if you can spot one, that is! These masters of camouflage know how to blend right in with their environment so they are not spotted by predators. Their leaf-like appendages grow from their reddish bodies, which also […]
Situated in the North-West corner of Lombok, the Gili Islands are a well-known site in Indonesia for diving and snorkeling. There are over 25 dive sites around the 3 atolls that make up this group. They are: Trawangan, Meno and Gili Air. With year round water temperatures of 28 degrees celcius, you can understand the appeal. […]

Just like the age-old “You say ‘tomato,’ I say ‘tomahto'” debate, there are many ways to say the same thing. Whether it is a dialect or accent that makes a word sound different or it really is a completely different word, the meaning doesn’t change. It isn’t just fruits that run into this issue, like […]

Throughout November and December we asked you to submit, and then vote for your favourite local diving destinations. Thank you to all who entered – there were some great local dive sites! Congratulations to the following winners! Jocelyn Hoon (First Place), Curtis Lahr (Second Place) and Khai Jia Seow (Third Place) have won themselves great scuba […]

Some creatures simply detect electric fields and use electricity to navigate, while others create their own electricity. All muscles have the potential to generate some amount of electricity. In these aquatic creatures, however, certain muscle cells have evolved into cells called electrocytes, and these generate much higher voltages than ordinary muscle cells. While we all know […]