Diving in Fakarava shark paradise, French Polynesia
Before setting foot for the first time on Tahiti and its islands, diving in Fakarava sounded to me like …
In 2016, the world’s deepest pool could be in the UK
Fantastic news for all British scuba divers : the World’s deepest pool will be soon in the UK! This announcement is actually happening not such a long time after the opening of Y-40 in Italy in June last year. It is the current World’s deepest scuba diving pool. I took its status to the historical deepest indoor scuba diving facility Nemo 33 in Belgium which opened in …
Diving and Flying : 5 things you need to know
It is now so easy to fly to any country on the other side of the world in less than a day for a much accessible price than it used to be before. When you are a scuba diving traveller, there are a couple of things to know to make your trip safer and cheaper when flying and diving. The most important of all is of …
Announcement : Aqua Lung, official partner of World Adventure Divers
I have the great pleasure to officially announce the partnership between the famous scuba diving gear manufacturer Aqua Lung and World Adventure Divers. World Adventure Divers is going to provide content in French for the Facebook page of Aqua Lung France & Belgium. At this occasion, I will open a new section on my diving blog for the articles translated into French. In return, …
Diving in Scotland? Challenge accepted!
It was part of the deal: I moved from Paris to Scotland to finally live surrounded by the sea and go as often as possible scuba diving in Scotland. Of course, the water is not really at a tropical temperature but since I am a dry suit diver, what is the problem? Yet, after 10 months in my new country, I have to admit …
The quest of the perfect dry suit
3 years and a half. This is the time it took me to finally acquire my very first dry suit. Here is the story of my successful/unsuccessful trials and my tips to choose yours. Every time I jumped in the water wearing a new one it was full of learning toward one goal: feeling good underwater whatever extreme cold conditions I could face. Buying a …
2 weeks in the Philippines: island hopping in the Visayas
I thought I was going back to South East Asia by going for 2 weeks in the Philippines. But the Archipelago, located on the edge of the coral triangle, has a unique feel. I couldn’t help thinking I was in a baffling mix of Indonesia and Mexico. Colonised by the Spanish for more than 300 years from 1591 with the arrival of Magellan to 1898 when …
Diving Malapascua : playing hide and seek with the thresher shark
Going to the Philippines without indulging myself with some relaxing time on a paradise island? No, of course, that was not possible! But instead of going to overcrowded Bocaray, I decided to end my island hopping tour in the Visayas by Malapascua, the tiny island on the north-east tip of Cebu Island. Only 2km long by 1 km wide, the island of Malapascua is …
Muck diving paradise in Dauin, Philippines
Negros was the 3rd step of my island hopping tour in the Visayas in the Philippines. Surprisingly, I found out on the ferry between Tagbilaran in Bohol and Dumaguete in Negros that most travellers were stopping on Siquijor, the ‘island of the witches’, and not visiting Negros. Let me assure you that even if you are not a scuba diver, Negros is really worthy of …