Advices, reviews and informations about diving sites for underwater photographers and divers.
When I started having the first direct approaches with marine life, in the stretch of sea between Calabria and Sicily, I used to hang out at the coasts where the fishermen landed returning from their work. I watched inquisitive the disembarking operations but, above all, I lingered while fishermen were… Continue reading
The sea is deep blue when, on a beautiful sunny morning, after 1 hour on the hydrofoil departed from Rome, September in Ventotene, a small island in the Pontine archipelago. The ancient Roman port has an almost magical, carved as it is the rock acanthosis. Most of the houses of… Continue reading
So, my first dive in Balinese waters and I’m all set up for a nice gentle macro dive. I should probably say at this point that I’m used to diving daily in the much more sheltered, shallow and murkier waters of the Gulf of Thailand. It’s been a while then… Continue reading
There are few places in the world favored by shark divers as much as the area off of Grand Bahama known as Tiger Beach. And it is easy to see why – close interactions with tiger sharks, lemon sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, and nurse sharks are practically guaranteed; shallow depths… Continue reading
I first stepped foot in this great place over 17 years ago when it was still under the name of Irian Jaya. Landing at the airport on a small island close to Sorong, getting off the plane feeling lucky that the plane even landed then being approached by all these… Continue reading
At last…The confirmation has just arrived. My travel agent called me to tell me that we will be able to leave in November for the Bahamas in order to take a cruise to dive “Tiger Beach”. One of my dreams can finally materialized: to go diving with one of the… Continue reading
The karst area of the Vercors Region is located in the foothills of the France-Alps, bounded on the East by Grenoble and on the West by Valence in the Rhone valley. This location is an insiders’ tip where tourism has grown very slowly, barely industry, no congested roads, no large… Continue reading
You can get the picture about how remote this place is, if I tell you that I’ve been traveling by car, plane, bus, and boat – for three whole days! It’s a hidden paradise for divers, underwater photographers, and especially, videographers. Decades of economical embargo, and political isolation, left this… Continue reading
How would you like to float around a museum underwater? The creation of an artificial reef system promotes both art and conservation in Mexico? Christian Llewellyn discovers Musa Museum, a truly individual dive site in the Yucatan peninsula. One of my fondest memories as a child was the first… Continue reading
Gulf of Naples, southern end, near the Sorrento peninsula. This is where there is something magical, about a half mile from the coast. But let’s start from the beginning. As usual, I meet my friends directly at the Bikini Diving, on the small harbor quay, in Castellammare di Stabia. The… Continue reading
