The planned early departure from Gadhdhoo Harbour nearly went belly up when we awoke to find what we thought should be mid-tide was actually low tide.  One of the downsides…

Lisa and Dave had recommended a couple of anchorages within the southern Huvadhoo Atoll but found the two we tried were too shallow where the coral reef was or too…

We arrived back in Gan in Addu Atoll in the very south of the Maldives chain yesterday after just under three days passage back from Chagos.  It was fairly smooth…

Redundancy is not usually something to be enjoyed, but we like to think we made the best of an adverse situation to take this ‘big voyage’ and escape from reality. …

Helen can use fancy words like ‘symbiosis’ in her diving blog entries, but I maintain that it is a recent documentary that has increased understanding and interest of underwater life…

It is now less than a week until I rejoin Bryan on Aroha.  What seemed like a long five weeks now seems to have flown by.  Unfortunately, most of it…

The local resort won’t take the dive boat out with less than two divers on board.  Tourist numbers are down at this time of the year, meaning that us divers…

Living in a self-contained unit makes you acutely aware of how much energy you use.  This extends from head torch batteries (we use them for night watches, in the dinghy,…