Dive Blog

We are often asked what items a diver needs to take with them on a dive, which they can hire and which they should be considering owning themselves, especially in UK coastal dives.  Whereas much of the equipment can be rented, many other important items are […]

Have you ever noticed what people are wearing at a dive site or on a dive boat?  No, I’m not talking about the latest range of sunglasses, shoes or even the latest trend in headgear but rather the exposure protection; what’s keeping people warm (or […]

On the 16th April 2019, 11 divers from Hidden Depths Dive Club set off to the Maldives from Heathrow airport, via Sri Lanka. Our overnight flight was the start of an amazing ten day ‘Simply the Best’ trip that would see us touring around this […]

In short, almost everything is a dive site in the Maldives.   I’ll however talk about a few which I recall diving in the South Ari Atoll area.   Over the years, I have spent time both on Angaga Island, in 1996 when it was a quite […]