Not to blow our own trumpet too much but over the last 12 months we’ve clocked up over 300 dives in Wakatobi, Bunaken, Lembeh, Sumatra, Raja Ampat, Maluku, Bali, Malaysia, Apo, Dumaguete, Malapascua, Moal Boal and more. This is off the back of over 10 years in SE Asia diving throughout the region.

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Earlier this Autumn we were lucky to escape the office for a whirlwind trip around the Philippines. The focus was largely the surrounding dive sites of Cebu, one of the larger islands that make up the Visayas group. There’s plenty on offer here and it’s very easy to get around. These photos were taken from Atlantis Dive Resort just outside of Dumaguete, a short boat ride from South Cebu.

We’ve been lucky to dive many of Indonesia’s and the Philippines finest house reefs and this surely is up there with our all time favourites. We spent many afternoons hovering over the sea grass and black sand slopes in search of all manor of weird and wonderful life, typical suspects included flamboyant cuttlefish, frogfish and mimic octopus.

Just 30 minutes boat ride is Apo Island which offers superb reef diving. We were lucky to get a sighting of a 2m blue marlin although no photographs as Sarah was busy focusing on a frog fish – whoops. Still, Jess our guide told us that in 12 years of diving here he’s never seen one – guess it was just our (my) day!

You can dive Apo and the surrounding shores of Dumaguete from Atlantis Dive Resort.  A 7 night stay costs £1,050 per person in a deluxe room including 4 dives per day over 6 days. For photos of the resort and details of travel etc. click here.

We waited on the banks for the right time to enter, get it right and The Passage actually becomes more of a river which makes for an exhilarating drift for the final part of the dive. As the leaves started to move around us we entered to find a gentle manageable current, sticking close to the banks meant we had plenty of time to take some photos, looking up at gorgonian fans backdropped by hanging forest is quite brilliant.

Towards the end of the dive the general procedure is to stick nice and close to your buddy and move to a more central area of The Passage to make the most of the current. By now it had picked up and we were pushed along quite rapidly whilst finding cover behind the big boulders  – a great dive and altogether something completely different. The photos only give a vague idea of how unique this wonderful habitat is.

You can dive this region of Raja Ampat from the Sorido Bay Resort.

We were recently diving around Pescador Island in the Philippines. Aside from the coral drenched walls, stacks of sardines (which often black out the sunlight overhead) and huge frogfish there’s also quite a lot of green turtles like this one. They can be seen nesting in the reef wall, are often not shy and can show signs of aggression if they are feeling territorial – this one gave Sarah a little bit of a warning as she filmed him making a move from his nest.

We’re pleased to be introducing our brand new Indonesian safari – ‘Best of Indonesia’. Launching November 17th 2012 over 13 nights we’re covering a collection of the finest dive sites on offer throughout the region including wall diving in Bunaken, muck and macro in Lembeh and rich reefs & mantas in Raja Ampat. We’ve just a limited number of spaces for this first trip so be sure to grab yours early.

The tour is fully guided starting and returning to Manado Airport in North Sulawesi. Included in the standard package is 32 dives, 13 nights accommodation, full board and snacks, all internal transfers and connections, overnight land based excursion to Minahasa Highlands, land based excursion to see Papua Bird’s of Paradise and a Dive Safari Asia guide throughout. Price £2,820 plus international flights with Singapore Airlines – approx £700-900 rtn.

Click here for pricing, dates and availability.

During our Sumatra dive safaris we like to spend some time in the jungle, venturing so far across the world it would be a shame to miss such an opportunity. After 7 days of diving the reefs of Pulau Weh we head south to the Gunung Leuser National Park. This is a Unesco World Heritage site that is one of the last places in the world to play host to Rhinos, Tigers, Elephants and around 7000 Orangutans. This fully grown adult male was seen on tour last year and provided lots of entertainment. The national park is in desperate need of protection, illegal logging still exists as does further encroachment into the park for financial rewards. For more details about fund raising to protect both orangutans and their habitat see the Sumatra Orangutan Society website – they are a very active and progressive charity. We are running 3 Sumatra dive safaris next year on the following dates:

13th April – 27th April / 8th June – 22nd June / 7th September – 21st September

Price: 1,350.00 includes 13 nights accommodation, 16 dives, full board, all internal flights and connections, orangutan feeding platform experience and Dive Safari Asia guide. International flights – £450 – £700 rtn

Call 0800 955 0180 or email sarah@divesafariasia.com for more details.

A big thanks to Helen, Stephen, Hannah, David and Shaun for a great finale to the end of the tour season in Sumatra  in September. This photo was inspired by a group of young Indonesian’s in Banda Aceh who were very keen to show off their posing skills for the camera. Aside from diving with squadrons of devil rays, watching unusual courting behaviour from two huge octopus, getting face to face with wild orangutans and eating plenty of delicious Indonesian food there were plenty of laughs along the way. We have 3 Sumatra tours scheduled for next year starting 13th April, 8th June and 16th November, for more information click here or call 0800 955 0180 now!