A roundup on dive travel and marine related stories
Posted in - Airlines, Dive Travel on Apr 22nd, 2010
Galapagos is probably on most divers “Must Do” list for it’s spectacular big fish dives on Wolf and Darwin islands. Now getting there is becoming a little easier: LAN Ecuador will commence daily flights to the remote and unique Galapagos Islands from September. This will be the airline’s fourth destination in Ecuador, joining Cuenca, and […]
Posted in - Liveaboard Dive Cruises, Dive Travel on Apr 16th, 2010
Rowley Shoals Expeditions in 2010 on “Odyssey “ DATES: 25th September – 1st October 3rd – 9th October 12th – 19th October 22nd – 29th October 1st -8th November 11th -18th November 21st – 28th November Expeditions leave from Broome an cost AUD 3300 per person for a deluxe cabin and AUD 3100 per person for […]
Posted in Dive Travel, U/W Photography on Apr 16th, 2010
The Cairns Underwater Film Festival will delight those who love to explore remote and new Underwater Worlds. We are bringing 8 awarded films (detailed program later) from various nations and will also screen a selection of short movies from local talent. Over 2 hours of entertainment at the Cairns Civic Theatre, Saturday 7th of August. The Cairns Underwater Film […]
Posted in Dive Travel, Marine conservation on Oct 30th, 2009
Shark fishing in Australia Australia’s oceans play host to a rich and largely unique variety of sharks and wider members of the shark ‘family’ known as condrichthyans (sharks, rays, skates and ghost shark). 300 of the 1025 species of condrichthyans are found in Australian waters, half of which are endemic – found nowhere else on […]
Posted in Dive Travel, U/W Photography on Oct 19th, 2009
We just learned about this interesting photo competition of a German dive travel specialist together with Pindito Cruises in Indonesia. The list of prices on offer is the biggest we have seen in quite a while and includes a long list of Live-aboard dive cruises and Dive Resort stays. The competition is open to anyone […]
Posted in - Airlines, Dive Travel on Oct 14th, 2009
If you are travelling from Europe or the USA to any of our dive destination, chances are you will be transiting through one of the three major airports in Asia. It may come as a surprise, but Asian airports are unlike any other in the world. Engineered to be inviting, friendly and as comfortable as […]
Posted in Dive Travel, U/W Photography on Sep 11th, 2009
Today Dive Assure announced that as of September 10th, DiveAssure members can purchase camera equipment and diving gear coverage through the DEPP program, at a special discount! The Divers Equipment Protection Program (DEPP) is available through The Coral Reef – an established and well experienced company specializing in diving gear and underwater photographic equipment coverage. You can […]
Posted in # Hot Deals, Dive Travel, Wrecks on Aug 21st, 2009
Tech/Deep Dive Week on Truk Odyssey Normally these Deep/Technical weeks are booked only by private group charter. It is a rare occurance that we have one of these special weeks that is open to technical divers that are not part of a group. Many of the dives during this week will be on a small […]
Posted in # Fly&Dive Packages, - Dive Resorts, Dive Travel on Jul 31st, 2009
And you thought that hopping on a couple of planes for 48 hours to end up at a nice tropical island hideaway resort in Papua New Guinea for a weeks diving is the ultimate in going remote? Think again. Lissenung Island Resort just completed a 9 day expedition starting from their Resort in Kavieng, Papua […]
Posted in # Fly&Dive Packages, - Airlines, - Dive Resorts, Dive Travel on Jul 21st, 2009
UPDATED TAXES FOR PNG PACKAGES 22JUL09 With lower fuel cost and increasing competition on international flights to Port Moresby, Air Niugini has substantially reduced it’s tour based airfares to PNG, home of the world’s best tropical dive locations. This has allowed DIVERSION DIVE TRAVEL to substantially drop the cost of dive tour packages from Australia […]
