Dive Happy: The Best Places To Go Scuba Diving In Asia

It's the ideal of a dream job for many, but what does it really take to be a Liveaboard Cruise Director?  Dive Damai Operations Manager Simon Marsh explains all

Next door to Raja Ampat, Triton Bay is another of Indonesia's frontier diving treasures that is still being explored and understood. Triton Bay Divers' Jimmy Thai explains why it's so special.

Imagine diving on the side of a mountain covered in coral and marine life - that's Tubbataha Reef. Yvette Lee explains why these remote atolls are the greatest dive spot in the Philippines

Yap maybe most famous for its resident manta ray population, but Tim Rock explains how this tiny Micronesian group of islands has a gamut of other oceany delights plus a unique topside culture too.

Truk Lagoon's scores of easily accessible WWII shipwrecks are also stunningly colourful "ship reefs" and havens for marine life. Tim Rock describes why Truk is one of the world's most incredible dive spots

Sogod Bay is the Philippines' best kept secret for scuba diving - a marine sanctuary that boasts beautiful reefs, great critter life and regular whale shark visits. Sogod Bay Scuba Resort director Phil McGuire explains Sogod's hidden charms

Raja Ampat's Misool Eco Resort is surrounded by pristine coral reefs and thriving fish life - thanks in large part to the decade-long conservation efforts of the resort itself. Co founder Marit Miners explains how a motley crew of divers managed to create an eco sanctuary. 

Scores of sharks, epic underwater landscapes, WW2 wrecks, the Top 5 Of All Time dive site Blue Corner - Palau has it all. Tim Rock has been diving Palau for over three decades and discusses why he still keeps going back

It's one of Myanmar's remotest dive sites, but Black Rock is one of the world's manta ray hotspots with hundreds of verified sightings. Pioneering manta scientist Dr Andrea Marshall explains why

Long closed off from the rest of the world, Myanmar has a host of fascinating diving amongst the largely uninhabited islands of the Mergui Archipelago. Clive White draws on his extensive Myanmar diving experience to explain its appeal

Bali is a world-famous tourist destination but it's also a largely underrated diving destination, with scores of great dive sites that range from macro wonderlands to big critter encounters. Simon Pridmore explains Bali's underwater allure.

Only recently added to the must-go dive map, Indonesia's Cenderawasih Bay is most famous for incredible whale shark encounters. But this vast underwater wilderness has plenty more to amaze visitors, as Tim Rock explains

Famous as the home of the Komodo Dragon, Indonesia's Komodo National Park is also one of the most epic places in the world to go diving. Accomplished Canadian underwater photographer Mike Veitch joins Chris Mitchell to discuss why Komodo is incredible above and below the surface.

Raja Ampat is widely regarded as one of the best places in the world to go scuba diving, but what makes it so special?  Veteran underwater photojournalist Tim Rock joins Chris Mitchell to discuss why Raja Ampat keeps divers coming back year after year.