Words By: Nico de Corato Photos By: Nico de Corato and supplied Umberto Pelizzari,an Italian freediver, widely considered among the best of all time. Of his generation, he is the sole person to have...
How did you get in to diving and how long have you been doing it? R: It is ironic that we learned to scuba dive in UAE – a land more known for the dry desert rather than the sea. We started scuba...
How to get there: This site is around a 40-minute trip on our speedboat from the Al Boom, Al Aqah Dive Centre located at the Le Meridien Hotel. The drive to Al Aqah from Dubai normally takes 1.5 to...
How to get there: This site is a five-minute trip on our speed boat from our Al Boom, Al Aqah Dive Centre located at the Le Meridien Hotel. The drive to Al Aqah from Dubai normally takes 1.5 to 2...
Whilst still in South Africa, I was writing for a local quad bike magazine. In that magazine, there was a “Frikkie’s Column,” and Frikkie used to write about many “things.” Mostly about his own life...
Words + Photos By: Darryl MacDonald “Thresher Sharks.” Those two words sold it to me when friends of ours offered to organise a diving trip to the Philippines. Only once before had I seen one of...
Words By: Johan Van de Poel Who would expect the desolate Western Region of Abu Dhabi to boast some the most interesting and relatively accessible dive sites in the emirate? So far, little is known...
Perhaps not everyone’s cup of tea, but for an underwater photographer looking at micro photography, this is one of the best sites on the east coast. Some may consider it a boring dive if you’re not...
Following the successful sinking and creation of the artificial reef Inchcape 1 in December 2001, a second boat was offered by the Inchcape team, and after suitable preparation, was sunk in April...
My zodiac sign is Aquarius so I feel a deep connection and attraction to water, especially the sea. Born in the black forest in Germany, this desire could only be satisfied in my dreams and ever...
