What is blackwater Diving?

What is blackwater diving?

Blackwater diving is not something that all divers know about. In fact, we had to be walked through it the first time that Unique Dive Expeditions in Palau brought it up as something we might be interested in. Even if you know what it is, you may still be wondering what all the fuss is […]

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from Master Liveaboards

First of all let us wish you a happy Easter and we hope that your egg hunt will be fruitful! While we all tend to think about chocolatey egg shaped treats at this time of year, what better opportunity is there to talk about our underwater friends and their own particular eggy behaviour. As some […]

Marine iguanas in Galapagos

Galapagos Marine Iguanas fighting

It’s official: Marine iguanas have started nesting in the Galapagos! It’s an exciting time of year in the Galapagos Islands. Nesting season has officially started for the Marine Iguanas! The park authorities, Parque Nacional Galápagos announced on 19th March 2021 that nesting season had officially started. This means they have put clear zones in place […]

Scuba Diving New Year’s Resolutions And How To Keep Them

Full moon spawning - 10 night liveaboard itinerary

Happy New Year! It’s that time of year yet again where we all vow to improve ourselves and make a fresh start with the onset of a new year. Are you making scuba diving new years resolutions this year? Enjoy life to the fullest, lose weight, and spend more quality time with family and friends. […]

Photograph Shipwrecks

Photographer on plane wreck in Palau

Man-made objects underwater make evocative subjects with which divers naturally connect. To photograph shipwrecks is a fascinating twist on “traditional” underwater photography. Almost every wreck has some amazing history, an interesting story, or some unsolved mystery attached to it. Moreover, wrecks make great artificial reefs and marine life is often abundant around them. Unsurprisingly many […]

Are Fishes Cleverer Than We Think?

Wrasse in a tunnel in the Solomons

Tool-oriented behaviour shows how an animal understands the relationship between  the method and the results as well as the purpose of an object. Until not so long ago, we thought it was a human trait, but fishes are proving to us that they are a lot more cleverer than we think. By tool use. we […]

Why Truk Lagoon Should Be On Your Bucket List

Zero in the Fukikara hold by Martin Cridge

People go scuba diving for various reasons. Some divers are primarily interested in the natural beauty of coral reefs, some in the animals that call this environment home, and others in wrecks and their history. Whether you like underwater life or shipwrecks, diving in Truk Lagoon should be on your bucket list. Here are 4 […]

How To Shop Plastic Free

Groceries aisle and shopping plastic free

Together with our aim to be a single use plastic free company by the end of 2019, we want to take it one step further and inform our guests on how to adopt a plastic free lifestyle to reduce our impact on our blue planet. This month’s article is dedicated to our shopping habits. We […]

Plastic Free Cleaning And Laundry Products

Plastic freedom in housekeeping

Cleaning products are full of chemicals that can make you sick. They often also come in plastic packaging. They are bad for you and for the environment. As we mentioned in our previous article on how to be plastic free in the kitchen, big companies’ marketing is there to make you believe you need a […]

Galapagos August Dive Report

Large school of fishes in the Galapagos

August saw amazing diving in the Galapagos and we have compiled a report just to show you the extent of it! It was all about massive schools of hammerhead sharks, sea lions and mola molas! Our top 5 dives this month Mosquera Currents: StrongSightings: Eagle rays, mola molas, huge schools of 60 hammerhead sharks, blotched […]