Dive destinations, wrecks and trip planning.
RSS feed: Scubaspot blogOne American submarine sank a German surface raider in the Pacific. That boat was USS Tarpon, and she ended up on the bottom south of Cape Hatteras in 1957, lost while under tow to the scrapper.
Read more: USS Tarpon: the sub that sank a German raider off JapanSandstone ledges off the Bluff, ragged tooth sharks on migration, and a 77 m British wreck that languishes at Coopers Light with no record of how she went down. Durban rewards divers who like to look closely.
Read more: Diving in Durban: Ledges, Raggies and a Wreck Nobody Can NameAn island of 21 square kilometres with an economy built almost entirely on scuba diving. Here is what Ko Tao actually gives you underwater, from Chumphon Pinnacle to turtle hatchlings, and how to get there by boat or sleeper train.
Read more: Ko Tao: Thailand's Turtle Island and Its 25 Dive SitesPark on the road, walk in, and you are on a coral slope in the Coral Triangle. Here is what the dive sites west of Dili and around Dili Rock actually hold, plus month-by-month water temperatures.
Read more: Diving in Timor-Leste: Shore Dives on the Edge of the Coral TriangleA former high-security prison swallowed by jungle, a 620 km² marine park, and humpback whales passing through from August to October. Here is what diving Colombia's Gorgona Island actually involves.
Read more: Gorgona Island: Colombia's Pacific Park, Snakes, Whales and All
