Diving Locations

12.01.10 Wall-diving in the Turks and Caicos

The Turks and Caicos Islands are blessed with long white-sand beaches and crystal-clear warm waters, but it is the wall diving which marks them out from the crowd.

12.01.10 Symphony of light

The St John's Reef system is known for its spectacular walls and colourful corals, but Dray van Beeck reckons the caves of Umm Kharareem offer some of the best diving.

12.01.10 Alaska: the last wilderness? part 2

Grizzly bear encounters, humpback whales, sealions, kayaking and hiking, as well as some of the world's best diving. Would all this really be possible in just ten days? Welcome to British Columbia and Alaska. by Maria Munn

12.01.10 Plymouth deep diving

Some divers are happy in the shallows, while other yearn for deeper, more-challenging dives. Richard Ayrton is a committed deep wreck diver, and here he tries to explain his fanaticism for this kind of diving.

07.01.10 Above 18m - South Stack lighthouse, Anglesey

Anglesey has some amazing dive sites, but Mark Evans reckons none have such dramatic above-water scenery as a drift from South Stack Lighthouse on Holyhead

07.01.10 Indonesia's island oasis

Richard Smith has visited Wakatobi innumerable times while conducting his PhD into pygmy seahorses, and he strongly believes it boasts the most-diverse and colourful reefs in the world.

07.01.10 Sri Lanka - overland and underwater

Patrick Shier is blown away by the stunning natural scenery and historical buildings of Sri Lanka, but found even these overshadowed by the prolific marine life dwelling around its coastline.

07.01.10 The sardine chronicles - part two

Stuart Philpott's African odyssey continues with a quest to dive in the midst of the legendary Sardine Run alongside sharks, whales, dolphins and seabirds.

06.01.10 And the winner is...

Martin Bruce takes on the competition in an underwater photography shootout in Sardinia before trying his hand at breath-hold diving with help from a world record-breaking freediver.

06.01.10 Above 18m - Margate, Kent

Patrick Shier finds a quick dip in an old seawater swimming pool brings more than its fair share of rewards

12.01.10 Alaska: the last wilderness? part 1

Grizzly bear encounters, humpback whales, sealions, kayaking and hiking, as well as some of the world's best diving. Would all this really be possible in just ten days? Welcome to British Columbia and Alaska. By Maria Munn