Tim Hochgrebe Hochgrebe

Smartphone cameras have become such powerful and high resolution cameras that many reconsider buying yet another camera when considering underwater photography.

For more than 30 years Edi Frommenwiler, owner of one of the very first liveaboards sailing around Indonesia, has been diving, filming and documenting the marine life at world famous dive locations like Raja Ampat, Banda Sea, Komodo and Alor.

The Underwater Tour Awards are a natural community extension of the annual Underwater Tour nationwide speaker series each May. We would like to thankWhales Underwater, Momento Pro and Nautilus Lifeline for supporting the Awards.  We would also like to thank our Tour Partners; The Arenui Boutique Liveaboard, Wakatobi, Walindi and Febrina, SEACAM, Momento Pro, Christmas Island, Paradise Taveuni – without whom our annual speakers tour would not be possible..

Most people who don't dive would have at least thought once about exploring this amazing part of the planet they have been missing so far.

We’ve all seen, read or heard stories about shark finning and the devastating effect it is having on the world’s shark populations.

Most divers use Geraldton as a stepping stone to reach the famous islands and reefs of the Houtman Abrolhos.

On the 11th of October the Exmouth Diving Centre was going out on one of their Eco-tours: a full day adventure with snorkelling on Ningaloo Reef.

Still considered the gold standard in live-aboard diving in Australia is Mike Ball Dive Expeditions, a live-aboard venture started in 1969 by Mike Ball.

Visiting Banda is interesting for two reasons: excellent diving and its amazing history.

After two weeks of diving around Ambon and the Banda islands, northern Bali offered the perfect place to chill out.