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Australia & The Pacific Articles

Critter Hunt: Jellyfish Gardening

Jellyfish are the farmers, not the farmed, at this hidden Indonesian lagoon.

Coral Kindergarten for Raja Ampat

Seacology plants a kindergarten for coral in the middle of a blossoming Raja Ampat no-take zone.

Encounters: Gettin' Busy

When marine creatures converge for the sake of their species, the results can be a kaleidoscope of a dive.

6 Ripping Drift Dives

Current is king at these 6 global hotspots — choose your flyby and let yourself be swept away.

Frankenreefs: When Bio Meets Tech Underwater

These human-assisted habitats act like defibrillation paddles, revving up struggling reefs and reviving declining fish populations from Florida to Indonesia and beyond.

Cave Diving: 7 Best Cave Dives

Stake a claim on the last unknown frontier: It lies just beneath our feet. The wonders of scuba diving in caves.

Shark Advocate Gwyn Mills Honored for Saving Sharks in Thailand

Dive Tribe founder Gwyn Mills agging sharks, placing mooring balls and sinking artificial reefs in his beloved Thailand keeps our May 2013 Sea Hero busy.

Live-Aboard Legend: Peter Hughes and the DivEncounters Alliance

Peter Hughes knows a thing or two about live-aboards, and he has a spot in the DEMA Hall of Fame to prove it. In 2011, Hughes received the DEMA Reaching Out Award for helping to evolve the live-aboard diving industry over the past three decades. That same year, after spending more than 25 years building his former live-aboard company, Peter Hughes Diving, Inc., the 40-year scuba diving veteran threw all of his expertise and energy into a new live-aboard venture, the DivEncounters Alliance

Encounters: Good Neighbors

From the reef to the open ocean, some marine animals have found ways to ease the daily rigors of survival in the underwater world by joining forces. Symbiotic and commensal relationships sometimes create mutually beneficial relationships for wildly dissimilar creatures — much to the entertainment of divers.