Scuba Diver ANZ #54

Published on Feb 10, 2023

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This month we feature a fleet of submarines in the depths of Port Philip Bay, Australia. The superb Finders Reef just of the Coast of Brisbane, the magnificent diving on offer in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, Sharks galore plus much more in Fiji and the final part of Walt Sterns journey through the Banda Sea, in this issue he samples the diving delights of Alor. Plus Tech diving in the caves of Picos de Europa, Spain.

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53 articles from this collection:

Kavieng Kaleidoscope

Seiko

A Window Into Life Beneath The Oceans

Underwater photography plays an important role in the dive industry. It is a window into life beneath the oceans.

Meridian Adventure Dive

Table of Contents

Wakatobi

The Underwater Tour Awards 2022 Winners

The winners of the third annual Underwater Tour Awards have been announced.

Ball Watch Partners With Reef Guardian

Swiss watch brand Ball Watch has partnered with marine conservation group Reef Guardian on the Adopt-A- Reef Campaign to support marine conservation efforts and research within the Sugud Islands Marine Conservation Area (SIMCA) in Sabah, Malaysia.

Dive Smarter

All Star Red Sea Set To Make A Splash

Liveaboards in the Red Sea seem to be getting bigger and more-luxurious year on year, but the All Star Red Sea is set to raise the bar even further.

Noraya Set To Be Dune’s Latest Liveaboard

Dune is adding yet another luxury liveaboard to its ever-expanding fleet, with the Noraya, which will ply the waters of the Maldives.

Asbo Octopus Caught In The Act

Divers know that octopus are one of the most-intelligent creatures in the oceans, but like humans, they can have their moments – and now anti-social octopus have been caught on camera throwing silt and shells at one another.

Solomon Is Diving

Ask Dan

I am a certified open-water diver and a cancer survivor. To facilitate repeat chemotherapy, surgeons installed a port just under the skin in the upper chest area below the clavicle.

Dive The Treasures

How To Do A Proper Buoyancy Check

Many divers learn how to do a buoyancy check in their Open Water course, but forget to put this skill into practice after they become certified and end up just guessing on how much weight they actually need.

Mares

Stories From The Subs Exploring Melbourne’s J-class Submarines

Luke English, skipper of Melbourne dive charter Redboats is keen to reveal Victoria’s best kept secret to PT Hirschfield: ‘Want to know something unbeatable? We have the entire fleet of British World War One J-class submarines right here in Melbourne. And four of them are diveable!’

Red Boats

Fiji’s Great Barrier Reefs

Of course, we’re all familiar with Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, but did you know that Fiji has two great barrier reefs?

Scubadiving

Waidroka Bay Fiji's Hidden Gem

Diveplanit’s Deborah Dickson-Smith shares her experience at this littleknown divers’ paradise at the southern tip of Fiji’s Coral Coast

Dive Planit

The Allure Of Alor

Scuba Diver North America Editor Walt Stearns continues his passage through the Flores Island group on the Arenui luxury liveaboard

New Zealand Diving

Lady Musgrave

Volivoli

Mike Ball Dive

Mustard’s Masterclass

In this instalment, Alex Mustard turns his attentions towards the topic of Wide Angle Macro

Sealife

Unique Australian Marine Life Colclough’s Shark

Australian waters are home to the world’s largest variety of sharks. Many of our larger sharks are wide ranging, so shared with other countries, but most of Australia’s smaller sharks are endemic, and unique to Down Under.

Suunto D5

Sunnto D5

Diving With 3 Marine Megafauna Scientists

PT Hirschfield chats to marine-life specialists Dr David Robinson, Dr Asia Armstrong and Dr Chris Rohner

How To Become A Padi Scuba Instructor

If you love sharing your passion for the underwater world and want to live an extraordinary life, why not become a scuba instructor?

Padi

Popping The Question: What Is A Dsmb? Pt1

Surface marker buoys (SMBS) and delayed surface marker buoys (DSMBS) are common and essential safety devices.

Dan World

Underground Adventures In Spain

Cave diver Chris Jewell heads to the Picos de Europa in Spain to take part in two very-different projects, beginning with the ambitious and challenging Ario Caves Project

Dive Rite

Hervey Bay Dive Center

Works With Different Browsers

Flinder’s Reef

The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 2,300km along the Queensland coast and comprises of over 3,000 individual reefs.

Scuba Courses

Nigel Marsh Photography

Diving Kavieng Png’s South Pacific Jewel

Don Silcock waxes lyrical about the underwater delights that can be found in the waters around Kavieng in Papua New Guinea

Siladen

Prodivers

Gear What’s New

Each issue, the Scuba Diver test team bring you the latest product and equipment releases from the dive industry. Cannot wait for the next edition? Keep up-to-date with all the latest gear news and reviews by heading over to the Scuba Diver YouTube channel!

Gear Test Extra

Conservation Corner

A milla Maldives Resort and Residences has joined forces with the turtle conservation organisation, the Olive Ridley Project, to monitor and conserve all local turtle species.

Business Directory

Arenui

Xdeep