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Call for entries: Lens Beyond Ocean photo competition

1 month 3 weeks ago By My Minion

Indeed, this year’s prizes worth US$25,000 do not disappoint, comprising dive travel packages to some of the best locations in Asia as well as top-of-the-line dive equipment and underwater camera gear.

Malaysia International Dive Expo 2020 is open for registration

1 month 3 weeks ago By My Minion

Over the past 15 years, the show has welcomed around 180,000 visitors, with an average of 10,000 visitors each year, of which 90% were divers.

Time is the key

1 year 4 months ago By Annie Won

The area within the Coral Triangle is well known as the world's top hot spot for marine biodiversity, with its unrivalled diversity of marine creatures and coral reefs. For many years, scientists have sought to find out why this is so.

Vets use herbal medicine to treat sick and injured turtles

2 years 3 months ago By Annie Won

At a research institute in Malaysia, vets are using herbs as another option to treat injured or sick turtles.

Johor at the tip of peninsular Malaysia have several spectacular national parks.

Approval needed before diving in Sultan Iskandar Marine Park, Sultan of Johor decrees

2 years 7 months ago By Main Minion

The Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar issued the decree on 7 August 2017, after launching the Coral Restoration Program and signing the Malaysia Book of Records’ (MBOR) plaque for the Largest 1Malaysia Simultaneous Coral Reef Plantati

Malaysia's Tioman Island

3 years 3 weeks ago By My Minion

Malaysia is an independent country comprised of 13 states, represented as the stripes in the current flag, and three territories. Locals refer to the states as individual countries and think of Malaysia more like the United Kingdom.

Training Disabled Divers in Malaysia

3 years 6 months ago By Main Minion

Text and photos courtesy of Hj. Syed Abd Rahman

Malaysia's Pom Pom Island

4 years 6 days ago By My Minion

Pom Pom has become increasingly known as a macro dive destination over the last few years. The area is especially famous for its beautiful beaches and the abundance of green turtles.

Malaysia's Mabul Island

4 years 6 days ago By Brandi Mueller

As divers, we love the ocean. We have been there, done that, and want to go back as much as possible. We love what we do and spend a lot of money and time traveling to get underwater.

Malaysia's Pulau Rawa

4 years 6 days ago By My Minion

Malaysia is by far one of the most popular destinations in Southeast Asia to dive.

Shark fishing to be banned in Sabah marine parks

4 years 1 month ago By Main Minion

The area is home to about 80 percent of Sabah’s shark population, he said, according to Star Online.

Pom Pom Island

5 years 5 months ago By Larry Cohen

Prior to the journey, my partner, Olga Torrey, and I were invited to do presentations at the Asia Dive Conference (ADCON) in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and dive at Pom Pom Island with the Celebes Beach Resort.

Hunted Out of Fear

6 years 3 months ago By My Minion

It is the phrase that Scuba Junkie Mabul Resort on the east coast of Borneo has been using over the last seven years when talking passionately about the area in which they take people diving on a daily basis, and about the sharks that they have be

Underwater cleanup in Sabah makes it into the World Guinness Records

6 years 11 months ago By Main Minion

Volunteer divers attended from Malaysia, UK, France, US, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Lithuania and Switzerland, with 1,120 dives from 224 dive sites.

Reefs & Rainforests

8 years 5 months ago By Main Minion

Turtle eggs are regularly collected from nests dug in the sand and safely hatched under controlled conditions for reintroduction in the wild, and many other conservation programmes are now being—and will be in the future—vigorously implemented by