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Seabob Sales
Official dealer of SEABOB Luxury Seatoys by CAYAGO. Addictive fun on and underwater. Dive in and discover. Made in Germany.

Fantasea Australia
Fantasea Line is an international company that has been involved in diving, water sports and photographic industries for nearly 40 years.

Local Dive Thailand
Phuket's local scuba diving experts. A great blend of Thai local knowledge and European professionalism that equals a superb dive experience with the most knowledgeable guides and instructors

Articles

Introductory Rust Diving on the Wreck of the Malabar

by Simon

Around 7:00am on Thursday, April 2, 1931, a dense fog suddenly rolled into Long Bay, obscuring the northern headland. On the bridge of MV Malabar, en-route from Melbourne to Sydney, Captain George Leslie recognised the danger and ordered 5 degrees rudder to steer the ship seaward to pass further offshore than his original plan of half a mile.

Desert Isles of the Coral Sea

by Walter Starck

It was one of those places where the forces which govern life seem to come to a focus of preternatural beauty and intensity. I stood in a small grassy field. It was bounded by a dazzling band of coral sand. Crystalline aquamarine shallows grading into turquoise surrounded the islet. Farther out, a broad shallow reef flat fashioned a skirt of many colors terminating in a hemline of sparkling white breakers. Beyond, an endless sea of indigo blue velvet spread out to the horizon. Life was everywhere.

Diving Papua New Guinea - New Ireland

by Chris Bartlett

Part two of a series of three article about diving in Papua New Guinea. Two hours flight north-east of Port Moresby, with a 10-minute stop in West New Britain near the site of PNG’s last volcanic eruption, lies Kavieng, the capital of New Ireland province.