Meet Box Jellyfish: One of the Most Toxic Animals on Earth
Torben Lonne, Dive Instructor Explore Marine Life Meet One of the Most Toxic Animals on Earth: Box Jellyfish Box jellyfish, also called sea wasp or marine stinger, has received much attention as it is considered the most dangerous marine creature. It has a highly...
Meet Ocean Sunfish: The World’s Largest Bony Fish
Torben Lonne, Dive Instructor Explore Marine Life Meet The World’s Largest Bony Fish: Ocean Sunfish Mola mola, commonly known as ocean sunfish, is the largest bony fish on Earth and also… one of the weirdest. It can be found in tropical and temperate waters all around...
Whale Shark: Everything you need to know
Torben Lonne, Dive Instructor Explore Marine Life Everything you need to know about the world’s largest fish: Whale Shark Rhincodun typus, also known as whale shark, was firstly described in 1828 and is considered the largest fish in the world. It is characterized by...
Taking Conservation Action During The Covid-19 Crisis
Dive industry demonstrates resilience and determination to improve sustainability in the face of the corona crisis. The Reef-World Foundation – the international coordinator of the UN Environment Programme’s Green Fins initiative – is calling for the dive...
Easy Island Living
Torben Lonne, Dive Instructor Exploring Indonesia’s gems above and below the water Easy Island Living It could be the sparkling white sands of Gangga Island, the beach breaks at Kuta, a lingering memory of the perfect romantic getaway, or the laid-back living. For...
Top 10 Best Dive Sites in the World
Do You Have a Dive Bucket List for 2021? Everyone has a bucket list of things they would like to do before they leave this world. A scuba diver’s top 10 best diving sites he or she needs to have on their list is inevitable. Looking for a list of the best...
Venture Heat 40W Heated Undersuit – Pro Review
Torben Lonne, Dive Instructor PRODUCT REVIEW Venture Heat 40W Heated Undersuit - Pro Venture Heat has been leading the way in wearable heating technology since the company was first founded in 2003. For years, motorcyclists, winter sports enthusiasts, and people...
Reborn Rubber – Product Review
Have you ever thought that your useless and old wetsuit can be utilized to make wallets? Yes, you read it right! Reborn rubber is here with the concept of making smart, handy, and compact wallet out of the inept wetsuit and neoprene scraps.
Ears & Diving: Equalize the Right Way
No more bad dives because of your ears! Every diver needs to equalize ear pressure at the beginning of a dive. Many instinctively know how to make their ears pop to clear them. It doesn't always work though. Together with DAN Southern Africa & DAN Europe we have...
21 Ways to Avoid Motion Sickness
Don’t let Motion Sickness ruin any trip. Seriously, nothing ruins a trip like feeling nausea or throwing up. Thus, most travelers will go along way to avoid spilling their breakfast overboard. But what can you do to avoid getting motion sickness? What...
TUI Care Foundation and Reef-World empower local Youth Ambassadors to protect coral reefs in the Dominican Republic
A new TUI Junior Academy to support environmental training and inspire a generation of Youth Ambassadors for coral reef conservation. The three-year initiative will also improve the sustainability practices of local reef-based businesses through tailor-made training...![How ocean pollution affects humans [Video + Infographic]](https://www.divein.com/wp-content/uploads/how-ocean-pollution-affects-humans_fb-1080x628.jpg)
How ocean pollution affects humans [Video + Infographic]
Ocean Pollution has put our oceans at the brink of disaster Every year more than 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans, but how does that affect humans and what can we do to stop this behavior? Plastic and other forms of pollution are ending up in our...
Pre-Dive Checklist: Add Fun To Your Safety Check Routine
When you are about to dive underwater where your equipment is essentially your life support, there is no such thing as being too cautious. Double checking your equipment and having your buddy check it too may take a few extra minutes, but they are often very worth it....
The Coral Reef: A Diver’s Delight
Divers get to experience beauty unlike anything we will ever see on land. Coral reefs only add to the incredible natural beauty that exists beneath the water, and they are often the most sought out diving spots. With so many coral reefs the world over, it’s often...
Marine Megafauna Foundation Launches Its 2019 Dive Expedition Portfolio
Go Deeper with a Marine Biologist as Your Dive Buddy The Marine Megafauna Foundation – a charity that aims to save threatened marine life – has unveiled dates of its 2019 scuba diving expeditions to Mozambique where guests can join expert marine biologists...
Peri-peri Divers Completes Its First Mozambican Apprenticeship Scheme
Two local fishermen have qualified as Open Water divers in their first steps to joining the dive industry. In partnership with the Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF), Peri-Peri Divers in Tofo Beach, Mozambique, is pleased to announce the completion of its first ever...
Green Fins #DoNotFeedTheFish infographic release!
By: The Reef-World Foundation#DoNotFeedTheFish is the third Action Point of the Green Fins IYOR 2018 social media campaign! Research by the World Tourism Organization found that in 2016, nature-based and adventure tourism was growing annually by 10-30%, accounting for...
The Dangers Of Scuba Diving: 10 Most Deadly Sea Creatures (Part I)
The creatures you most want to avoid when scuba diving, swimming, or snorkeling. The ocean is vast and safe but it also home to 10 of the planets most dangerous animals. Whenever I do one of these articles, I always want to start out with a disclaimer: scuba diving is...
Scuba Diving the Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll is world famous for two things: inspiring the last big innovation in ladies’ swimwear and the wrecks left over from the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests.
Dive Watch Questions Answered
What is a dive watch, and should you get one? We answer your questions. As a dive instructor, I am often asked questions regarding equipment purchase. And one topic I get a lot of questions about, are dive watches. So I’ve put together the most common questions I’ve...
Keep An Eye On Your Contact Lenses While Diving – Eye Parasites Live In Water
British (and other nationalities’) media recently reported on an 18-year-old British girl, Jessica Greaney, who suffered an attack by an eye parasite. The parasite entered her eye by way of her contact, which she had cleansed in contaminated water. Her story can be...
ORB Dive Helmet: Is This New Diving Helmet The Future Of Scuba Diving?
New diving helmet seeks to revolutionize scuba diving Scuba diving is an equipment-heavy activity. In fact, ‘equipment-heavy’ doesn’t even do it justice, scuba diving is equipment-dependent. As in, without fairly large amounts of equipment, it is simply not possible...
Start Diving: Open Water And Advanced – Diary Of A Divemistress
Hi, I’m Sophie, a PADI diving Instructor. After diving for 16 years and teaching for 7 of those, I am finally realizing a personal dream and opening my own dive resort in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Here's more about Nomad Divers Bangka ...
5 Things Not To Do During A Dive
Scuba diving the do-no-harm way In a previous article 10 Things Not To Do If You Love Scuba Diving And The Ocean, I covered ten things you should not do, if you want to protect the ocean. But where these focused on general, everyday behavior, this article will focus...
Shark Series: The Great Hammerhead Shark
The Hammerhead shark (lat. Sphynidae) is in fact not a single shark species, but rather a collective term for a group of sub-species, or genus, of shark. The hammerhead shark genus consists of nine different sub-species of sharks, though there is still some debate on...
The PADI Rescue Diver Course: Diary Of A Divemistress
After my Advanced course I dived happily without taking any more courses for about fifty dives and five years. My brother, dad and I dived once more off Portland, Dorset, doing amazing drift dives as well as the lovely wreck the Countess of Erne. Sitting at around...
10 Things Not To Do If You Love Scuba Diving And The Ocean
How to protect the ocean, even when you’re not diving Scuba divers, by and large, love the ocean. And as a natural consequence of that, they’re interested in protecting it for ocean conservation. And there are a number of things you can do while diving to that end,...
50 Fascinating Facts about the Ocean
Our oceans are filled with wonders that you can't even imagine! The Earth’s oceans are a world of mystery, magic and beauty. Here are 50 of the most fascinating facts about the ocean that will make you appreciate our blue planet more than ever. It’s the mystery part...
Do you DIR? – Part II The DIR Equipment Setup
The DIR Equipment Setup The approach to the dive kit is probably what DIR is most known for, and many producers of scuba gear now sell “DIR-style” equipment. The setup is actually known as the “Hogarthian setup”, after renowned cave diver William Hogarth Main. Did you...
Do You DIR?
What is DIR? DIR, unlike PADI, NAUI and the other diving organizations, is not a distinct training organization, but rather a diving philosophy or methodology that encompasses skills, planning, equipment, and much more. It is quite possibly both the most celebrated...
Diving With Contact Lenses
Are you starting diving and using glasses? Or maybe contact lenses? You will be happy to know that you can still dive! You might be afraid that without your glasses, you want be able to see underwater. And you’ve heard that diving with contact lenses is not...
Shark Feeding: Biting The Hand That Feeds You
Sharks and divers have shared the water since the inception of the sport. And to increase the diving adventure, hand feeding sharks have become a part of eco-tourism around the world. Some of the feeding is done through chumming and baiting on the surface while the...
Why Do We Pee After Diving?
Ever had to pee after scuba diving? You’re not alone, and you can thank (or blame) the pressure! Most divers have tried it at one point or another, and most experience it quite frequently: after coming back from a dive, they’re overwhelmed with a need to pee. But why...
11 Tips For Safe Diving
Is scuba diving a dangerous sport? No, it’s not. In fact, diving is considered to be safer than many other more conventional sports. Despite what sensationalist news headlines suggest, the incidence of diving accidents is far less frequent than you might imagine. And...
Things To Consider Before Taking Up A Cave Diving Course
Cave diving is an entirely new world after coming from recreational diving. Different equipment and techniques are required and often the whole way you have been diving has to be adapted. Exploring the underground world is an indescribable feeling; leaving a...
Sustainable Diving: How To Become An Environmentally Friendly Diver
When you begin diving one of the most important aspects is an understanding of the environment and respect for it. With just a bit of knowledge of respecting the environment, becoming an environmentally friendly diver can leave a positive impact. Each year scuba...
Shark Series: Diving With Blacktip Reef Sharks
The black tipped reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) is a favorite among many divers. It is of reasonable size, lives in warm, shallow, tropical waters, usually stays within the same quite small area, and isn’t overly shy. ...
5 Ways To Stop Your Dive Mask Leaking
Stop your dive mask leaking with our five tips and avoid having to buy a new one. Few things can be more annoying than a persistent dive mask leaking during a scuba dive but luckily we got some tips to fix the problem. While not critical or dangerous in any way, the...
Beat The Heat: Overheating While Scuba Diving
How to stay cool while scuba diving in the summer! Summer is here, and with it, many people take to the water to swim, surf, and our all-time favorite: scuba diving. But summer also brings higher temperatures (one of the motivators for heading to the shore in the...
Shark Series: The Great White Shark
The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is by far the most famous, and infamous, of all sharks. It is the second largest shark in the world, and one of the oldest predators still in existence. Highly migratory, it is found in almost all of the oceans in the...
Practice Makes Perfect – Tune Up Your Scuba Skills
It’s almost time to come out of diving hibernation as the winter-long surface interval comes to an end, so how do you reacquaint yourself with the skills that may have gotten a bit rusty? “Use it or lose it”, the old adage says, and it’s very true, and...
Why I Don’t Like Shark Week
I don’t like shark week because I like sharks. Let me explain. Another Shark Week has come and gone. Shark Week, of course, is a week-long theme on the Discovery Channel, featuring shark programs. And while numerous environmental organizations take the popularity of...
Southern Egypt Dive Camps
With many countries adding Sharm to the no-travel list! So where can you go for an easy Red Sea shore dive? Try the dive camps near Masa Alam! The ongoing unrest in Egypt has caused a number of governments to add Sharm el-Sheik to the list of areas where all but...
Shark Series – Diving With Tiger Sharks
One of the most characteristic sharks in the oceans, the tiger shark is one of the largest species of sharks, and quite possibly one of the most infamous. It is considered one of the most dangerous species of sharks, with number of attacks only surpassed by the...
Diving In Denmark
A quick introduction to diving in the land of the Little Mermaid Diving in Denmark is surprisingly popular given the size of the small kingdom in Scandinavia, with some 5.5 million inhabitants in its 16,000 square miles of land. More surprising still due to its...
Technical Diving: What Is It All About?
You’ve probably seen them at your dive center, sat in small groups with laptops, paper, slates, and pencils. Talking about things like gradient factors, deep stops, deco, lost gas, and bottom mix, while they “plan” their dive. You may have run into them on a dive...
How To Deal With A Cramp While Diving
Cramps can be an unwanted companion on dives. Here’s what to do to fix – and avoid – them Dive for any amount of time, and you’re likely to have experienced it at least once: cramps! The powerful, painful death grip in a muscle that leaves you down for the...
Shark Series: The Thresher Shark
The thresher shark isn’t the most famous shark, partly because it’s a rare one to spot, and therefore isn’t often filmed. Easily recognized by its very long tail fin, the shark is a shy and elusive creature that primarily lives in deep waters. It is...
Underwater Wedding
Take the Plunge and Say “I do” With More Bubbles than Champagne When most people dream about their wedding, it usually involves a tranquil romantic scene with a bride in white floating elegantly down the aisle. There’s usually not a lot of water involved in these...
A Scuba Diver’s Impact On A Coral Reef
Coral reef diving is an all-time favorite to most scuba divers. But like it or not, scuba divers are causing substantial damage to the world’s coral reefs. Scientific evidence shows that divers are directly and/or indirectly responsible for damaging the reef life with...
Strong Current 101: Guide To Diving In Current
What to do if you’re swept away by a current during scuba diving? For many divers, diving in current is one of their nightmare scenarios: a strong current suddenly pushes them away from their dive site, away from their buddy or dive group, away to open sea. But with a...
The Intelligent Octopus: Diving With Octopi
The Octopus might very well be among the smartest creatures underwater, and we’ve only just begun to understand them! For the longest time, humans viewed Octopuses as little more than slightly advanced snails; a soft, strange animal with little or no abilities, aside...
Scuba Diving Without the Missus–keeping them happy onshore
So you and your partner are going on holiday. A well-deserved, intimate escape for just the two of you. No interruptions. Just long walks on the beach, shopping and so on. You know the drill. Quality time together! But then, when you want to go diving for one day or,...Epic Scuba Fails – How NOT to Enter the Water
Behold: Epic Scuba Fails! Entry is sometimes hard! Epic scuba fails happen all the time. Learning how not to enter the water sometimes comes at others’ expense. Mostly it’s purely comedic without any consequences. Waves can be big and cliffs can be steep...
Scuba Diving While Pregnant
Pregnancy is a no-go for diving with all major organisations. But what’s the problem? Consult the standards of many of the dive organisations (in fact, all the major ones), and you’ll find that they list pregnancy among their contraindicators, the factors that...
Diving in Holland | Let’s go Diving in the Netherlands
Famed for its cheese, tulips and windmills, the Netherlands is also the country of dykes and water. In the province of Zeeland, hundreds of kilometers of dykes and dams protect the Netherlands from the sea. Together, these form the Delta Works – the largest underwater...
Shark Finning: What is it?
Why would anyone ever kill a shark for its fins? Then cut it off and let it drop to the bottom for a slow and painful death?! There are many different types of animals that are hunted in the vast oceans. From the larger fish to clams and oysters, everyone is familiar...
The Bad Diver and Aquatic Awareness
How many divers touch the Reef, the Corals or even the Fish when diving? Is it normal practice for divers, nowadays, to pick up and touch things on their dive? Christina Christensen is a good friend of mine who is a recently qualified Open Water Scuba Instructor....
How to Make A Scuba Diving Checklist
How to make a diving checklist for a dive trip, to ensure you’re not forgetting anything. The Diver’s Alert Network strongly encourages using a divíng checklist each and every dive as a means of avoiding mishaps that can be annoying at best, fatal at worst. In the...
The Value Of A Scuba Checklist
Can a dive checklists help us avoid diving accidents? Divers Alert Network believes they might! Scuba diving is a tremendously safe activity. When considering the number of participants in diving activities worldwide, the number of serious accidents is extremely...
Crazy Shark Attack – Whitetip Reef Shark Vs Moray Eel!
The following collection of videos with sharks vs eel and eel vs eel is not intended to inspire hysteria or fear-induced anxiety. Rather, it is to illustrate how lucky scuba divers are to be able to observe the rawness of the ocean without being in danger at...
Make a positive difference for the environment
Part II on how to be a more environmentally safe diver focuses on protecting the oceans and improving the marine environment. In the first article in this series, we looked at ways of minimizing the negative impact that a diver can have on his or her local diving...
Sustainable Diving: A guide to being a sustainable diver
As divers, we’re blessed with the chance to see what few others see; an entire world underwater, with unique geology, biology, and a life cycle all of its own. But we’ve also got a front-row seat to the negative impact humans have on that world; coral bleaching,...
5 Questions To Ask Your Dive Insta-Buddy
Paired up with a new buddy? Here’s what you’ll want to ask them to make sure the dive goes well. If you don’t have a regular buddy, you’ll find yourself paired up with a new buddy, a so-called insta-buddy, on a number of scuba dives and dive trips. Some divers prefer...
What is Nitrogen Narcosis: Like Diving With Martinis
What is nitrogen narcosis, how does it work, and what do you do about it?
Ice Overhead – An Introduction to Ice Diving
This is an introduction to scuba diving under the ice, how you get started and what you can expect from the experience. When the weather turns cold, many scuba divers hang up their kit and hibernate for the winter. It doesn’t need to be like that, though, as we’ve...
Top 5 Of The World’s Best Wreck Diving
Do you go crazy for wreck diving like us? Do you want unmatched wreck diving? Here are five of the best Wrecks you can dive! You might not agree with our list, but that’s okay, share your own list in the comments below! Diving spot top lists has always been somewhat...
China is banning shark finning! Huge step in the Right Direction
The biggest importer and consumer of sharks are now banning shark fin soup! This Might be The Best News All Year! BUT THE NEWS IS STILL NOT CONFIRMED! China’s government has, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, made a list of 420...
Top 5 Family Vacation Dive Sites
Holiday with spouse and kids? And looking to get some diving done? Here’s a Top 5 of locations to make both the diver and the family happy. Choosing the right location for your holiday is key to keeping everyone happy, divers and non-divers alike. Make sure that...
Diving in Jordan: 6 dive sites you should dive in Aqaba, Jordan
It is one of the last places many people would ever think of diving. You’ve might never considered it yourself. But if it’s not on your list you are missing out on great diving. Aqaba, Jordan is a little known destination for divers, but it boasts some of the best...
Deep Diving: Egyptian Diver Makes Deepest Ever Dive
I often get asked about deep diving and about the deepest scuba dive ever. I always answer: Diving is not about depth. But when you’re diving past 1,000 feet, well, then it’s only about depth. This is what we can verily call deep diving. Here is Thomas’...Shark Vs Shark: Great White Sharks Attacks Another Great White
It’s not often we see Shark Attacks, and it’s even rarer to see a shark attacking another shark. However, according to the narrator in the video, you’ve just witnessed a Giant Great White shark attacking a smaller Great white shark But is this a real Shark on Shark...
Exciting Cruise Ideas for Diving Fans
A cruise is a great way to explore the world, especially if you want to see something more special along the way. There are many specialized types of cruises available these days, aimed at people who want to explore the world in a specific way, see certain things, and...
Experience Diving With Millions of Sardines in Moalboal, Philippines
Would you like to dive with millions of Sardines? See them swirling around in a huge Bait Ball! Most divers know about the famous sardine run in South Africa. This is where, during a limited time period usually in June and July, the sardines migrate through this area,...
Sharks Just Being Sharks
Let’s talk sharks! Reading the reports of two women attacked by a Great White recently in their kayaks got me thinking about the balance between humans in the water and sharks feeding. According the USA Today report: What experts believe was a great white shark took a...
Swimming with Sharks: A Family Affair
When I mention swimming with sharks on purpose, I often get asked if I have a death wish. As a shark conservationist and professional videographer, I spend a lot of time in the water with these amazing animals and feel excitement every time I get to slip into the...
10 Things every Scuba Diver needs to know
There are 10 important things that each and every diver should know. Read them and share!
Deep Diving: Rules, Recommendations And Fun Facts
How deep do you dive? It’s often the first question a diver gets. And what is the correct answer:
A Shark Tribute: The 12 Best Shark Pictures
To all the shark lovers around the world, here is our tribute to the sharks. It’s our way of celebrating this incredible animal in all its glory. We’ve scoured the whole internet to find the best shark pictures for you. Great White shark This is how we know the great...
Diving in Vietnam
Most divers aren’t aware that there are some great sites around Vietnam, but its is growing slowly in popularity. There are various and diverse dive sites along the coast, from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, all of which are worth a visit. When you aren’t diving, don’t...
Snorkeling, freediving, and skin diving: what’s the difference?
Ever thought of diving without a tank? Snorkeling, skin diving and freediving are just that. The difference between snorkeling, skin diving, and freediving--and scuba diving for that matter--is essentially defined by how long under the water divers spend. Here are...Shark eaten by Giant Moray Eel
Sharks are usually the apex predator in the ocean, but this white tip reef shark meets its match. In this incredible video, you’ll see a shark fighting for its life against a Giant Moray eel. In terms of sheer mass, the giant moray is the largest of all eels in the...
Great Barrier Reef is closing for all divers
Did you ever get to dive at Great Barrier Reef? If not it just might be to late now as Australia is banning all diving at the reef. We ask: is this fair? This was of cause an April fools joke - Great Barrier Reef are (to the best of our knowledge) not closing....
Dive guide Scares Puffer Fish to Get it to Blow Up
Are puffer fish poisonous and is it safe to touch one? Yes and no. You should never touch a puffer fish! This video was shared with DIVEIN.com on our Facebook page with the question: is this dangerous behavior for a diver? When I saw this I got so angry. Not at the...
Scuba diving with bull sharks
They come every year. From the end of November until March Playa del Carmen in the Riviera Maya, Mexico, becomes home to the Bull Sharks (Carcharhinus Leucas). They love warm shallow waters so they make their home fairly close to the shores of the town beach of Playa...
How to place your tank for perfect buoyancy: Tank up or down
There is one little trick to buoyancy control that many divers miss: where they place their dive tank! Buoyancy control is by far the most important skill for scuba divers. It makes it possible to maintain your position in the water column, it reduces air consumption,...
Diving in Rough Seas – When and how to dive in bad weather
Sometimes during a dive, conditions are just perfect. Sun is warm, sky is clear, sea is calm. Other times, not so much. Then what? First, just to make sure there are no misunderstandings: diving should be both fun and safe. If you’re ever in doubt as to whether a dive...
How to organize a cleanup
A how-to list of how to arrange your own underwater clean-up event. This article is a follow-up to our two-piece article on being a sustainable diver and make a positive difference for the environment. Among the advice given was “organize a cleanup”, but a lot of...
Shark Series – The Lemon Shark
Here’s all you need to know about the Lemon Shark It’s closely related to the great white shark. Lemon sharks are sturdy, powerful and can grow up to 3 meters (10 feet). But relax. Don’t panic when you see one of these sleek creatures during your...
Christmas Diving – Merry Christmas to all Scuba Divers
So the holidays are upon us and it’s time for the annually dive around the Christmas tree, diving with Santa or just a Christmas day dive. All around the world divers are jumping in the water to experience a holiday dive. Dive operators are offering Liveaboard trips...
Underwater Portrait: Rejuvenate a cancer Survivors Life
Upon being diagnosed with cancer, a person will become feeling uncertain, scared, depressed and confused. This is what Erena Shimoda observed after volunteering with the American Cancer Society. Since Shimoda was an experienced diver, she thought she would help out by...
Shark Series: Wobbegong Shark
The Wobbegong shark is actually a species of 12 sharks in the Orectolobidae-family, all known under the layman’s term “carpet shark”. Due to the growths around the mouths of the ones found in the western Pacific they are also commonly referred to as the beard. The...
What is Fluorescence Night Diving
Fluorescent night dives (or “fluo diving” for short) are also known as “fluoro dives” or “glow dives”. It’s what happens when night diving with underwater torches that emit fluorescent light. They have grown increasingly popular in recent years because of the...
INVASIVE SPECIES! Guide to identify impostor creatures while Diving
The invaders are here. Yes they are. But this time they don’t wear horned helmets like the mighty Vikings, not even a black pirate patch that allows you to identify them as the evil invader to be fought. In the animal world, invaders arrive quietly but steadily, make...
Become a Scuba Hero – One dive at a time
Let’s be a hero! Okay, let’s be a hero minus the tight-fitting costume. Most likely you have seen videos circulating on the internet showing how several marine species, entangled with fishing nets or hooks, are saved by brave divers that spotted the troubled animal,...
Want a life change: Become a scuba diver
The year 2008 was a big turning point in my life. After living in the UK for almost eleven years working 9 to 5 office jobs or other jobs that did not really fulfill me, I decided to leave and change my life once and for all. What was I going to do? I had absolutely...
How to Open a Dive Resort – Part 2: Nomad Divers Bangka is Open!
Our first guests arrived a week before our official opening of Nomad Divers Banka Dive Resort. You can also read part one: how we build our own dive resort. We were ready for the guest so we gave them a 10% discount. On the day of arrival I stayed to help clean and...
How to Open a Dive Resort
I wish I had someone to give me the answers! I have wanted to have my own dive business since I started diving. I’ve worked as an instructor in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK, and Fiji, returning to the UK to study and work in between. I have worked for a...
Diving in Europe: 10 Best Dive Sites
What makes Europe such a good Dive Destination? It might be the diversity of coral from North to South! The thousand of Ship Wrecks scattered all over! Or the brilliant mix of big and small life! Europe is well known for the majestic landscapes, old...
Scuba Diving with Sidemounts: What is it?
Is sidemount diving just a fad, or should we all move our cylinders off to the side? What is a sidemounted scuba unit? If you’re a regular diver who dives in popular locations from time to time, you have very likely seen a novel site recently: SCUBA divers without any...
Shark Feeding: Good or Bad?
They say that “shark feeding” is a good thing. Good for sharks and that it also spreads awareness about the safety of sharks and their habitat. So should we support shark feeding? This topic has been controversial for several years. Some say it changes the biological...
No scuba diving jobs here! – Diary of a Divemistress
Working as a divemaster or instructor is amazing but it’s not easy to find work or the right job. This is the story of how I landed my first scuba diving instructor job after I struck out as a divemaster. After completing my Divemaster course, I...
Diving myths debunked
Diving, with all its adventure and excitement, is full of myths and misconceptions. In the following, we’ll take a look at a few of these, and see if they hold water. At DIVEIN.com, we don’t just tell the myths, we put them to the test! As an instructor and lifelong...
Living the Divemaster Life – Diary of a Divemistress
I started my Divemaster course during weekends whilst I was a volunteer English teacher living in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, East Malaysia. What an amazing place to live! The weather was always hot, the food cheap and tasty in the foodcourts and people-friendly! Fun and...
How I became a Divemaster – Diary of a Divemistress
In 2004 I finished sixth form college and decided to have a GAP year before starting University. I approached an organization and signed up to become a volunteer English teacher, requesting that they send me anywhere that was ‘completely different’. They told me that...
Cold Water Diving: Taking The Plunge Into The Cold
For many divers, diving is a definite summer thing, associated with warm water, sandy beaches, and tropical fish. Once winter hits, these divers either flee to other warmer destinations or simply hang up their kit and hibernate, waiting for warmer weather. But it...
The 5 Best Diving Films
We all get landlocked from time to time, due to weather, work, or other unwelcome distractions from diving. And for diving liveaboards and holidays, you want something to do after the night dive and dinner is done. Enter the diving movie! Diving has captured the...
When tragedy strikes – Cave Diving Accident
Last summer, tragedy struck the diving community in Italy. A few miles south of Naples, four divers drowned in the Grotto Rosso cave. The cave, famous for its dark red walls, a phenomenon caused by bacterial growth, is one of the most popular dive sites on the Italian...
Shark Fin Soup – Let’s Stop finning Worldwide
Shark fin soup is a delicacy in Asia but demand for the meal has increased the practice of shark finning. The world’s population of Sharks has decreased by 50% in the past 15 years. And the main reason? Yes, you guessed right – shark finning is to blame....
Become a writer for DIVEIN.com – Write a Guest post
DIVEIN.com is one of the largest travel blogs in the Scuba Industry - and we're always looking for guest post writers. If you have a great dive story you want to share or have expert knowledge to share with our readers, send us your article or article pitch. If your...
