Exotic Dive Resort – Malapascua Exotic Dive Resort is not in the line up on the main beach but stands by itself down the beach past the local fishermen’s boats. The surrounding is tranquil and there are hammocks strung between the palm trees for the guests to relax in the shade. The Exotic Beach Resort [...]
Sea Explorers dive shop – Malapascua This German run dive shop is next door to the Hippocampus Beach Resort. Sea Explorers has a chain of dive shops in the Visayas with the main office in Cebu City. Sven tells me that 80 percent of their dives are with nitrox. They have a tidy shop and [...]
Thresher Shark Divers – Malapascua Thresher Shark Divers is at the opposite end of the beach from Sea Explorers. Both TSD and Sea-Ex are high volume dive shops. It seems that the prices are comparable everywhere on the island with the exception of Divelink being a bit cheaper. The shops all appear to list their [...]
Malapascua Island Cebu This small island of the north tip of Cebu is famous for it’s long tailed thresher sharks. Divers that get up early in the morning have the best chance of seeing the thresher sharks before they move to deeper waters as the day progresses. There are a variety of dive shops and [...]
Free Flow Dive shop There are many dive sites along the north coast of East Timor that can be reached by road. K57 is abut 57 kilometers east of Dili just short of Manatutu. Some call it Jim’s Crack but that seems a crap name for such a great dive site. There is a long [...]
Scuba diving East Timor There are many great shore dives within 50 kilometers of Dili and dive trips are made to nearby Atauro Island. On Atauro there is an Eco Lodge where the divers can stay and squeeze in a night dive and return the next day. Freeflow Dive is one of the shops that [...]
Bajo Dive – Labuanbajo Bajo Dive is one of the scuba shops in Labuanbajo that dive the waters between Komodo and Flores. I enjoyed diving with these guys. There were no other divers that day so it was just me and John the dive guide. It was nice to not be crowded down there. We [...]
Reefseekers Dive shop The islands between Flores and Komodo are a protected marine sanctuary and are loaded with mantas. There are several dive shops based in Labuanbajo, Flores. A couple of Britts, Ernest and Kath, have the Reefseeker dive operation. They were in the Gilis off of Lombok for a number of years but now [...]
Diving lessons in Bali Padang Bai – Bali – scuba diving lessons Waterworx Dive shop If you are considering scuba diving lessons a good place to get certified would be Water Worx in Padang Bai. Owned by 2 German guy Wolfgang and David, it is a comfortable friendly place to get started. They use a [...]
Geko Dive Padang Bai – Bali Towards the end of the road along the beach on the way to the Blue Lagoon is the Geko Dive scuba diving shop. It is a nice looking place and they have a pretty good team there. It is run by a Dutch guy, Steven Wolters. Gekko Dive, Water [...]