Featured on Scuba Diver Life:Those looking for a romantic dive trip have plenty of luxurious liveaboards and remote white-sand destinations to choose from. If you’re looking to connect — or reconnect — with your partner, what better way that underwater? Here are my top four liveaboards for couples and honeymooners with Liveaboard.com. https://scubadiverlife.com/top-four-liveaboards-couples-honeymooners/
The MSY WAOW, a popular and beautiful Indonesian liveaboard vessel, will sadly no longer be operating as she sank during a storm in Biak Harbour on 31st January 2018. There was no loss of life or physical injury.The WAOW team have released a heartfelt statement following the incident, expressing their sadness and gratitude to the crew and customers who ‘shared the WAOW adventure’ with them. Their positive approach in the face of such a devastating event was clearly evident in the final paragraph of the statement.Read more: https://www.liveaboard.com/news/waow-sinks
Featured on Travel Elsewhere:There are numerous dive options for travellers visiting Europe, from wreck diving off Greece to the sandy shore dives of Cornwall and the warm Canary Island waters. One of the best places to dive in Europe though is Italy. Sitting in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it has over 450 islands and numerous dive sites to explore. Diving in Italy is perfect for travellers looking to combine cultural city breaks, pristine coastal hiking, and unique underwater landscapes.Read more: http://www.travelsewhere.net/diving-in-italy/
Featured in the Jakarta Post:While the Earth has only warmed around 0.74 degrees Celsius over the last 100 years, this small temperature increase is affecting ocean ecosystems and could impact upon the global marine tourism industry.Coral reef tourism has a global value of US$36 billion per year, according to a scientific study mapping the global value and distribution of coral reef tourism. This study, published in the Marine Policy journal in August 2017, concluded that 30 percent of the world’s reefs are valuable to tourism.Indonesia has a thriving coral reef tourism industry and also has the second largest manta ray tourism industry in the world, with an annual value of over $15 million.While coral bleaching events and ocean acidification are well-documented effects of climate change, there are other stressors upon coral reefs that could undermine these valuable tourism industries.Read more: http://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2018/02/02/how-climate-change-threatens-indonesias-marine-tourism.html
Featured on Scuba Diver Life:Scientists, marine conservationists, and government officials from countries in the Americas have proposed a protected ocean corridor between Ecuador and Costa Rica to protect endangered species from extinction.The proposed ocean corridor, or swim-way, would run along the Cocos Ridge. This 435-mile (700 km) underwater mountain range connects the Galapagos Islands Marine Reserve in Ecuador and the Cocos Islands Marine Reserve in Costa Rica. At-risk marine species use the biologically diverse ridge for mating and migration between Ecuador and Costa Rica. The swim-way aims to protect such species from fishing pressure in the surrounding waters.https://scubadiverlife.com/proposed-ocean-corridor-protect-migrating-species/
Featured on Deeperblue.com:Muck diving was first described by dive pioneer Bob Halstead when diving off the black-sand beaches of Papua New Guinea. Little did he know how popular this type of diving would become.Muck diving involves exploring sites with sandy or silty bottoms, in search of the weird and wonderful critters found there. It’s a great type of diving for fans of macro photography, who also have the patience and keen eyesight to search small areas for critters. Muck diving is a great way to improve dive observation and buoyancy skills whilst searching for hidden critters.Some of the best muck diving sites are volcanic areas and seagrass beds, with top destinations including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Malaysia.https://www.deeperblue.com/top-10-muck-dives/
Featured on Stuff.co.nz:With summer well underway it's time to head to the coast to discover the best of New Zealand's wild spaces.With over 15,000 known marine species and numerous marine reserves with activities for all, Kiwis are spoilt for choice for their next ocean adventure.Here are my Top 10 marine reserves to visit this summer:https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/100655126/top-10-nz-marine-reserves-to-visit-this-summer
Featured on Scubadiving.com:With scuba diving and global travel becoming ever more popular, the search for new scuba diving destinations is underway. Divers are seeking new adventures away from the tourist hotspots, and in remote, sometimes previously unknown, areas. Here are my top seven alternative dive destinations, waiting to be explored.https://www.scubadiving.com/top-alternative-scuba-diving-destinations
Featured on The Jakarta Post:Indonesia, which has great summer weather and spectacular dive sites, is a favorite destination for Omanis. Few Indonesians are, however, aware that Oman is also a scuba diving destination.Having only been opened to tourists in recent years, the waters around Oman are virtually untouched and offer spectacular scenery and pristine dive sites. It has remained a largely undiscovered diving paradise just waiting to be explored.http://www.thejakartapost.com/travel/2018/01/09/oman-an-untouched-diving-paradise.html
Featured on Scuba Travel:With the New Year here, it’s time to get those resolutions underway. Traditionally a time to set personal goals, what better way to begin the year than by planning adventures, pledging to help others, and learning new dive skills. Here are my top 10 diver resolutions for the New Year with Scuba Travel.http://news.scubatravel.co.uk/top-10-diver-resolutions-new-year.html
