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Diving Thailand

Our last trip blog for the Friends for Sharks 2015 World Tour focuses on diving with Projects Abroad in Thailand at the tourist hot-spot of Ao Nang – well known for its stunning beaches, beautiful island groups, warm water, coral reefs and cliff climbing.

Projects Abroad conduct 3 days of survey diving per week alternating between […]

By |February 15th, 2016|Blog|Comments Off on Diving Thailand

Diving Cambodia

The waters off Cambodia are shallow and warm, with many rivers bringing nutrients to the Gulf of Thailand and creating ideal conditions for coral reefs to prosper. Intense fishing pressures from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam have reduced what were probably huge fish populations though there is still much to interest SCUBA divers. With average annual […]

By |November 16th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Diving Cambodia

Meet BRUV!

What at first glance might look a bit like an enormous shiny spider crab is actually a growing phenomenon in underwater species distribution research. BRUV stands for Baited Remote Underwater Video and they’re being deployed in various locations around the globe for a number of research projects. Here in Fiji, Projects Abroad are using them […]

By |October 7th, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Meet BRUV!

Diving the Poor Knights

Our 66th Friends for Sharks event was at Dive! Tutukaka. They very generously offered to give us a day diving at New Zealand’s premier diving destination, the Poor Knights. This small cluster of islands sits approximately 15 miles (24 km) North East of Tutukaka in New Zealand’s Northland. The team at Dive! is extremely friendly, […]

By |September 2nd, 2015|Blog|Comments Off on Diving the Poor Knights

Trigger fish, Engagement day

By |May 10th, 2015|Videos|Comments Off on Trigger fish, Engagement day