Photography Workshops – Gerald Rambert

Photography Workshops - Gerald Rambert

Master Liveaboards knows all about running photography workshops. They have been a fixture on our various vessel schedules since as far back as 2006. We have welcomed plenty of names over the year: Alex Mustard, Douglass Haffman, Saeed Rashid, and more. Gerald Rambert is one of our longest serving photographers, but who is Gerald? About […]

Enter inside the Nippo Maru Wreck

Nippo Maru tank, deck and liveaboard

The more you know about each Truk Lagoon wreck, the more you will get out of your dives in this wreck Mecca. Today, we jump and enter inside the wreck of the Nippo Maru. Quick facts LENGTH 107 m GROSS TONNAGE 3764 tons DEPTH AT THE BOTTOM 47 m DEPTH MAIN DECK 31-34 m DEPTH AT […]

The first LAMAVE trip

whale shark LAMAVE Gonzo

In March 2017, LAMAVE joined us on Philippine Siren for an exceptional first special shark trip. The aim was to retrieve and deploy acoustic monitoring stations they put down in June 2016. They then had to download the data for the first time. They wanted to see how tiger sharks and gray reef sharks use […]

How Do Fish Sleep

Sleeping Puffer Fish

During night dives aboard our vessels we, divers, get the chance to see the underwater world from another perspective. And it’s a perspective from which we can learn! As with animals on land, fish can use the night to either hunt or sleep. But, have you ever wondered, how do fish sleep? The physiology of […]

How deep are the Truk Lagoon wrecks?

Bow of Amagisan Maru

Truk Lagoon hides its most famous treasures underwater: more than 40 WWII era shipwrecks. But, many divers think that the wrecks are really deep and cannot be dived recreationally. This is not true. So, how deep are the Truk Lagoon wrecks really? Truk – Not as deep as you think You will be surprised, but […]

How to get to Indonesia?

How to get to Indonesia

You’ve booked on Indo Master. This is EXCITING. But now what? Now you obviously need to organise your travel to get to the boat. So how do you get to Indonesia to join Indo Master? It might look complicated, but it is not. Where is Indonesia? Indonesia is a country located in South-East Asia. It […]

How often do scuba divers get left behind?

Diver at the surface left behind

Every year you hear the story of divers being left behind in the water. It always makes the news headlines and has even inspired Hollywood with blockbusters like “Open Water”. But in reality, how often do scuba divers get left behind? And what can you do to prevent it? Reasons There are several reasons as […]