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Thailand Liveaboard – July and August 08
The MV Scuba Adventure is a year-round liveaboard with a popular low season schedule, which means you don't have to wait until high season to see some of Thailand’s best dive sites. Depart from Chalong Bay, Phuket to the choice dive destinations that are Hin Daeng,...
It’s official: Cleaner fish clean
Whether it's mola-mola off Nusa Lembongan, batfish in the Similans off Thailand, Manta Point in the North Male Atoll or cleaner shrimp in Mabul, cleaning stations, where fish go for the human equivalent of a spa treatment, are an integral part of the reef. Through 13...
False Killer Whales beach off Phuket
A pod of false killer whales caused a stir near Phuket last Friday when around 20 of the animals beached on Koh Racha Yai. In the incident that occurred 25 km south of Phuket, the pod apparently got disorientated while navigating a narrow channel near Ao Paktok....
Six-armed octopus discovered at sea life centre
There are many types of octopuses that divers can encounter, but marine experts in Blackpool's Sea Life Centre in England believe they recently discovered a creature previously found only in movies. Henry, as the unusual octopus was dubbed, is in fact a hexapus....
Our new Indo destination – The Banda Sea
Introducing the Banda On drums…Not wanting to miss a beat we decided that it was not fair to only offer liveaboard trips in North Sulawesi, Komodo and Raja Ampat. As a result of our continuous fact-finding missions, we concluded that Banda was not just another...
Fighting chance: green turtle has flipper amputated
CAPE PANWA: A green sea turtle rescued from a fishing net in Satun last week had a badly inflected flipper amputated at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) this afternoon. PMBC veterinarians led by Sontaya Manawattana said that the “flipperectomy” was the only...
Tui Tai – making a difference in Fiji
We at Dive The World are keen to promote diving operators that offer a high quality service to their guests but those that go the extra mile deserve special credit. Read below about the valuable contributions the Tui Tai is making to the lives of ordinary Fijians......
Turtles found stranded on boat freed.
The discovery of four large live turtles in a stranded boat early yesterday morning has shocked Trinity Beach residents, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority is investigating whether the indigenous hunters who caught them were exercising their...
Orangutans go fishing in Borneo
In a sight never previously witnessed an orangutan uses a sharpened stick to try and spear fish. Orangutan translates from the Indonesian language into "Man of the Forest". The beguiling creatures are great imitators and having seen local people fishing with sticks...