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Asian Diver

Art For Awareness

The “plastic arts” helping us combat the plastic problem

2 min |

Issue 01 - 2019

Asian Diver

Diving And Chilling In The Gili's, Lombok

Exploring the Gili’s and How to get to the Gili’s

4 min |

Issue 01 - 2019

Asian Diver

PADI Travel TM : Dive Trips That Help The Ocean

PADI Travel is PADI ® ’s newly-created dive travel agency with a host of eco-friendly options to make your next trip a good and meaningful one

2 min |

Issue 01 - 2018

Asian Diver

The Economic Value of Muck Critters

Adex Singapore 2016 conservation and Scuba360 business forum speaker, Maarten De Brauwer, explains why muck critters are good for business.

2 min |

Issue 03 - 2016

Asian Diver

In Praise of Parasites

For some they are the stuff of nightmares, but these incredible creatures are strange and fascinating aspects of life on the reef.

3 min |

Issue 03 - 2016

Asian Diver

Sony's RX100V: Is This The Fastest Compact Camera On Earth?

The assignment began with my quarterly pilgrimage to the famed Lembeh Straits in Indonesia as I continue my work photographing these amazing critters.

2 min |

Issue 01 - 2017

Asian Diver

Stripped To The Bone

In 2012, Liz Cunningham witnessed a dramatic coral bleaching event in the Turks and Caicos Islands in less than a period of a week. That month the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) documented record-breaking temperature highs for the North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. This excerpt from Cunningham’s award-winning book, Ocean Country, describes what she saw.

6 min |

Issue 01 - 2017

Asian Diver

A Tale Of Two Fishermen

Much attention is focused on Raja Ampat’s animals and land and seascapes. But there is one vital aspect of the area which is often overlooked: the local people, and tourism’s impact on their lives.

5 min |

Issue 04 - 2016

Asian Diver

Living Reefs

Wakatobi Dive Resort is considered by many to be a model of sustainable dive tourism. One explorer heads there to discover if this Indonesian operator in the heart of the Coral Triangle really does live up to the hype.

5 min |

Issue 04 - 2016

Asian Diver

TEK-ING The Temperature

Tek diving gives us access to rare and remote places, places not only inhabited by majestic hammerhead sharks, but that could also yield vital scientific data.

3 min |

Issue 04 - 2016

Asian Diver

Plastics, Plastics, Everywhere And Not A Fish To Eat!

The bag you carry your groceries home in, or the straw that you sip from, could end up in your stomach…

3 min |

Issue 01 - 2019

Asian Diver

Stings: Hydroids

In the case we previously presented, a hydroid sting may have been the culprit that resulted in serious infection. Let’s take a closer look at hydroids, what they are and how stings should be managed.

1 min |

Issue 02 - 2018

Asian Diver

A Dive Gone Wrong

While diving in Indonesia, a diver was stung by a hydroid, leading to some frightening symptoms.

2 min |

Issue 02 - 2018

Asian Diver

Diving In The Pristine

The Philippines’ colourful coral reefs greet pelagic life at Apo Reef.

3 min |

Issue 02 - 2018

Asian Diver

The Spearfishing Debate

For the majority of my life, I bought my fish, like most people, at the grocery store. When I started spearfishing, I discovered a whole new world free of polluted farmed fish. It felt liberating to catch my own dinner – a symbiotic relationship between the ocean and me.

1 min |

Issue 02 - 2018

Asian Diver

Clear For Takeoff

Fast facts about the risks of flying after diving.

2 min |

Issue 02 - 2018

Asian Diver

The Hidden Gems of Komodo and Derawan

With over 18,000 islands to choose from, which ones should you visit for the best diversity in marine life? Discover the beauty of Indonesia with Cat McCann as she takes you on an insider’s journey into the waters of Komodo Island and Pulau Derawan

4 min |

Issue 03 - 2018

Asian Diver

Off The Reef

Go off the beaten path with Umeed Mistry as he brings you on an eye-opening exploration of all the quirky and interesting creatures that live on the sand flats, silt beds and seagrass meadows of the Indian Ocean

5 min |

Issue 03 - 2018

Asian Diver

New Discovery: Manta Ray Nursery

One of Asia’s most popular big animal havens is the focus of a fascinating new study on the movements and behaviours of its iconic residents. Bali’s Nusa Penida is turning heads once again, as new research digs deeper into the manta ray population, revealing little by little the secrets of these ocean giants

5 min |