On February 4th 2019, the vessel “Solomon Trader” from Hong Kong ran aground in Rennell Province in the Solomon Islands during Cyclone Oma. The ship was carrying 800 tonnes of fuel, and it is feared that up to 100 tonnes has spilled into the sea and onto the surrounding reef. Given the potential for escalating damage, the Solomon Islands Government has requested assistance from Australia; teams of equipment, vessels and experts have now been sent.

Rennell Island is 250km south of Honiara, Guadalcanal. The proximity of the incident from our liveaboard operations therefore means that...

The new NOVA 850 series replaces the previous 720 series and are characterized by even more lumens and outstanding brightness.

In addition, the range is complemented by the new compact but strong NOVA 250.

All models impress with simple but safe handling, an exceptional light output and above average safety features.

The Nova 850 delivers intense illumination, ideal for lighting up the dark spaces and bringing out the vibrant color on night dives as well as day dives. It is machined from heavy-duty aluminium so is both...

Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority will launch a smart phone application specialized for divers.

With the Diving Aqaba Application, you can now create your personal dive plans for Aqaba’s dive sites. This groundbreaking feature helps you easily brief fellow divers or lets you share information about a dive with everyone to increase overall dive safety. Diving Aqaba Application offers the first interactive 3D underwater maps, based on high resolution sonar, satellite and video data.

• Interactive 3D maps
• 20+ dive sites
• virtual Dive-Mode...

More than 40.000 corals have already been grown, the success rate of the prosperous settlement at the reef is 89 %.

Five marine biologists from Bohol Island State University received dive training for the programme from Amun ini Dive and since then are accompanying it continuously.

Dive centre owner Bigs Eggert did not develop the programme because the reefs at her front door are in a desolate state. Rather there were huge, empty sand areas and broken off pieces of corals have been found now and then after storms. “We are sort of running the initial forestation...