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Hi, We'll visit the philippines for 3 weeks in April/May. Nothing booked yet, but plan is to build around dives, so from Anilao, Puerta Galera, Coron to Palawan. Finding the divesites is not the problem, but what we look for is hotels with off beach snorkelling (so accessible without boat). We...

Hi, Found this small fish (6-8cm) swimming under a rock on a sandy beach (approx 50 cm deep) in Marsa Alam/Egypt. I can't find it in the Reef FIsh ID book. Does anyone has any idea what this could be? Thanks in advance,

Hi, Can anyone help me ID this. picture is pretty bad, taken During night dive in Dauin Phillipines. Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Jan

Hi all, We'll have 13 nights in April flying on Manila. The initial plan was 4 nights Anilao,4 Puerto Galera, 4 Coron and 1 Manilla for our flight back. However Flying to and from Coron will leave us only 2 (maybe 2.5) days diving in Coron, due to the flight back. So the question is, should we...

Hi, Just booked a last minute to Florida and looking for some good Dive spots. I posted a similair question in the snorkelling thread (for snorkelling ;-) What I found so far is that the best diving is from Jupiter (Is this correct)? I'm interested in beatiful reefs and/or bigger fish and...

Hi, Just booked a last minute to Florida and looking for some good snorkelling spots. What I found so far is that there does not seem to be a lot of good offshore snorkelling. The best snorkelling seems to be a (look for snorkelling, not diving or party boat) boattrip from the middle keys...

Hi, I am looking for a good Identification book to cover the Pacific/Red sea underwaterworld. I can find seperate books about fish, nudibranches, plants, etc etc but I would like to have 1 (or 2) good (and fairly complete) book(s) which covers it all: fish, crabs, shripms, starfish, jellyfish...

Hi, We're going back to the Philippines for 4 weeks (not in the best season: Juli/August) and I'm looking for input for dive locations. Last time we also visited this period and due to the rainy season could not found any good snorkelling spots, so any sheltered locations would be welcome...

Hi all, My SL961 flash gave up during my last trip. It works fine on land, but as soon as I go underwater the flash won't charge and fire (also the test mode does not work). I used rechargeable batteries and already tested with "normal" new batteries but this does not make a difference. Anyone...

Hi all, I'm a diver, but really like snorkeling much more. I find it more relaxed and have seen much more than during diving. Having said that, when looking for new (snorkeling) vacations, I always seems to end up on dive site/forums (like this). I can never find dedicated snorkeling...

Hi all, I might be able to go to the Maldives for 2 weeks (end of April/beginning May). What would be the best location to see manta's or whale sharks (or both :D). Looks like occurances of these beautiful animals are decreasing, but any help would be welcome. Thanx,

Hi hi, We might visit Mauritius in July for 3 weeks. I understand that W, NW and N is the best place to be in July. I found enough about diving, but we would like to go to a place where there is good snorkelling accessible from the beach. Which place should we go? Ps, any (budget)...