Scuba News

SCUBA Travel have a brand new section on the diving of Tanzania, in particular Zanzibar and Mafia Island. "Apparently they have a lot of nice hard and soft coral on this dive, but it was so full of fish that most of the time we couldn't see anything else" Just one of the comments on this excellent Indian Ocean diving spot.

A new fun introduction to the mathematics and physics needed to really understand scuba diving. This book should appeal to divers interested in a deeper understanding than is available in most dive courses.

Hand-picked diving books: guides to diving around the world, stories of the history and pioneers of diving, books featuring great underwater photography and some just stories about diving.

More on diving the Great Barrier Reef, and, on the other side of the country, Ningaloo Reef.

It's a strange location to try and boast as a number 1 dive site however if you want a dive location that should guarantee over the course of a week the following, then go to Dibba Rock. Visibility is never brilliant - mostly OK. Mantas, Rays, Black tip and grey reef sharks, Whale sharks, All the usual tropical fish in huge abundance plus massive shouls of barracudas, snappers, trevallies. Loads of turtles, cuttle fish, and more. I dived Fujeurah for years - never really appreciating it until I clocked up hundreds of dives around the world. Fujeirah itself has little to offer - but hey your only there for the diving...More on Dibba Rock and other dive sites of the United Arab Emirates are now on the SCUBA Travel site.

SCUBA Travel have added more dive operators and dive site descriptions to their Maldives page. The serious diving resorts include Biyadoo - very good food as they grow their own fruit and vegetables - and Elaidoo.

"One of the most beautiful sites to dive in the world. Best of all is still unexploited by tourism" - just one of the comments on the diving off Colombia on the new SCUBA Travel page at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/americas/colombia.html

Dahab is home to the famous Blue Hole and Canyon dive sites, as well as many others. New from SCUBA Travel: Getting to Dahab, hotel recommendations and other things to do apart from diving.

Dive sites in 97 countries are now covered on the SCUBA Travel Guide to Diving around the World.

"One of the most amazing dives I have ever done was in the Mayan Riviera near Tulum called Dos Ojos." Read about Tab Hauser's diving experience at the SCUBA Travel site.