A roundup on dive travel and marine related stories
Posted in - Dive Resorts, Dive Travel, Marine conservation, Wrecks on Jan 30th, 2012
Truk Lagoon We asked our newsletter readers this question recently. The right answer is 30 years. Many participants mad an extra effort and added comments, some where quite funny or even informative and we like to share them with you: 30 years. got my fingers, toes, legs and arms crossed, makes it really hard [...]
Posted in # Fly&Dive Packages, - Dive Resorts, Dive Travel, U/W Photography on Nov 18th, 2011
Since I received my first NAUI Open water certification in the early 90′s I was always drawn to capture the excitement I experienced and to share it with friends, family and later clients. My first attempts with a SONY video 8 camera in a housing that resembled more the shape and size of a vacuum [...]
Posted in # Hot Deals, - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Dive Travel, Uncategorized on Nov 2nd, 2011
Divers with young kids often face a challenge if they want to take the family on a great holiday and experience excellent diving. Dive, bring the kids, have nannies on board who look after them. Get to dive and sail in the Philippines and/or in Indonesia. Enjoy an awesome family holiday on a liveaboard! This [...]
Posted in - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Dive Travel, Uncategorized on Oct 24th, 2011
Sail away and combine two passions on the fabulous Philippine Siren Where: Southern Visayas, Philippines What: Liveaboard Cruise When: 11th to 18th August 2012 Dive into Yourself – Yoga & Scuba Join Yoga instructor Teresa Herrera for a specialist yoga and scuba diving liveaboard trip in the Southern Visayas, Philippines. Spend 7 nights aboard on the [...]
Posted in - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Dive Travel, U/W Photography on Aug 11th, 2011
Currently under construction in Sulawesi , the SY Palau Siren is set to launch in November 2012 with the first of her 10 night trips. She is being constructed as a the sister ship to the SY Indo and SY Philippine Siren and will be a 40m 7-sailed, gaft-rigged Phinisi, built of ironwood & teak.The SY [...]
Posted in # Fly&Dive Packages, # Hot Deals, - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Dive Travel on Aug 9th, 2011
Our friends at SHEENA dive cruises in the Maldives asked us to help advertise these cruises in September: It is with great pleasure that we can offer you an authentic Maldivian diving experience. We are offering two unique 10 days trips starting from Male (no additional transfer costs for Airtaxi) aboard our safari boat “MY [...]
Posted in # Hot Deals, - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Dive Travel, Uncategorized on May 18th, 2011
The Golden Dawn has been pioneering diving in PNG since 1990. Craig DeWitt, veteran diver and skipper of the MV Golden Dawn, offers now some awesome diving at the Papuan Barrier Reef, south of Port Moresby. The Papuan Barrier Reef is a substantial rival to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia running 1000 km from [...]
Posted in Dive Travel, Marine conservation, Uncategorized on May 17th, 2011
Minke Girl – the career of a former Diversion client- It sounds a bit like a fairytale, but this one is true: Susan Sobtzick from Berlin, a former client of Diversion Dive Travel, now lives in Townsville, where she has finished her PhD about Minke Whales. Here in Australia many people call her “Susan, the [...]
Posted in Dive Shows, Dive Travel, U/W Photography, Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2011
Join the “Australasia Challenge” – at the 5th Underwater Festival 2011 Over A$ 100 000 worth of prizes to be won! What: Go diving and take pictures When: 2-11 Sep 2011 Where: Anywhere in over 20 Australasian countries or at one of the designated “fringe” events The Underwater Festival 2011 will be the biggest one [...]
Posted in - Dive Resorts, Dive Travel, Trip Report on Apr 7th, 2011
We just checked into our room. It’s 4 pm (2nd April ’11) and we rush back out again to the beach. Finally we have arrived. We dip our feet in the balmy turquoise waters surrounding Heron Island. Before we can get our bearings, 5 tiny little creatures hobble through the sand towards me. Their [...]
