Exploring the World Underwater: Advantages of Liveaboard Diving

Advantages of Liveaboard Diving - Karim Iliya

If you’ve ever dreamed of exploring the depths of the ocean, then diving from a liveaboard is an experience like no other. From having access to some of the world’s most incredible dive sites to meeting other divers from around the globe, there are many advantages that come with this type of journey. In this […]

What happens in the tropics in summer?

Tropics in the summer in Philippines

Summertime (or winter, if you are in the southern hemisphere 🙂) is obviously a popular time of the year to go on holiday. But what really happens in the tropics in summer? We can guarantee that great diving experiences are waiting for you. Especially if you are a fan of either big pelagics, macro life […]

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 […]