Operation Hailstorm, World War 2, Feb 1944 The shipwrecks of Chuuk Lagoon in Micronesia are the remnants of one of the most devastating naval attacks of World War II - Operation Hailstone. This U.S. military operation in February 1944 destroyed much of Japan's naval...
Turtles are abundant at the islands In 1959 the Ecuadorian government formed the Galapagos National Park. In 1978 the Galápagos Islands were among the first group of sites that were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. By 1998 the Galapagos Marine Reserve had been...
Paddleboarding on the Rowley Shoals. Photo courtesy: Explore Parks Located off the coast of Western Australia, approximately 300 km from Broome, lies the Rowley Shoals Marine Park, a remote and pristine marine sanctuary renowned for its incredible coral reefs and...
The Neptune Islands Marine Park, South Australia. Photo: Rodney Fox Tucked into the wild southern reaches of the Great Australian Bight, off the coast of South Australia, lies a remote marine sanctuary known as the Neptune Islands Group (Ron and Valerie Taylor) Marine...
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest reef system in the world and as such it is included in CNN's Seven Wonders of the Natural World. It is an eco-system like no other and this was recognised in 1975 by the creation of a marine park and in 1981 by being added...
Rising majestically from the deep blue heart of the Celebes Sea, Sipadan Island is often hailed as the crown jewel of diving. But long before it was consistently ranked among the top dive sites on Earth, this oceanic volcano had a rich and tumultuous history. Its...
In early 1944, during World War 2, American sea power was beginning to make inroads on the southern flank of Japan's Pacific frontier territories. The islands of the Pacific were of key strategic importance since they helped to facilitate the protection of the...
Why Egypt's Famous Dive Destination Has a High Level of Endemism The Red Sea is a rather narrow trench of water, running northwest to south easterly, approximately 2,000 km long and 2,000m deep, formed some 38 million years ago. It has a remarkably high number of...
The Red Sea may be home to some fantastic diving but Egypt has one of the world's richest cultural heritages. The famous pyramids in Cairo The country has played a starring role down the ages in the history of the human species, and the country is full of monuments...
Celebes, the 'Spice Island' is an oddly shaped island in the north of Indonesia and is home to world-famous dive destinations such as the Lembeh Strait, Bunaken and Bangka (all near Manado), and Wakatobi - places high on the wishlist of scuba divers everywhere....