The Southeast Asia Diving Blog

This blog shares experience-led insights on scuba diving in Southeast Asia, covering dive destinations, underwater photography, gear, and trip planning.

Articles are based on firsthand diving across the region and focus on real conditions, practical decisions, and honest context — whether you’re choosing where to dive next, refining your photography, or preparing for a trip.

New posts are added as destinations are revisited, guides are updated, and fresh perspectives emerge.low our regular scuba diving trips around Southeast Asia to find out where the best dive spots are and the lowdown on what you can expect from each location. We’ll also post useful articles on diving equipment, courses and other hints and tips as well to help you with all your diving needs

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Pulau Redang - Long weekend scuba diving escape

Pulau Redang in Malaysia is famous for its crystal clear waters and healthy coral reefs. We headed to Redang over a long weekend to try out the scuba diving here, we certainly were not disappointed with wonderful macro life in addition to the healthy corals.

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Sipadan - The Jewel of Malaysian Scuba Diving

Whilst we can now travel interstate within Malaysia we can’t travel outside of the country, to some this might seem to be a problem, but for diving enthusiasts in the country this means that we can enjoy the best that Malaysia has to offer without all the crowds. We headed to Sabah for a return to Pulau Sipadan, Mabul and Kapalai

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Pulau Perhentian - Chilled Out Scuba Vibes

The schools are out and its summer holiday time so we headed to Pulau Perhentian to one of our favourite spots in Malaysia for some rest, relaxation and most importantly of all, some diving!

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Pulau Kapas - The Hidden Scuba Gem

At the start of a journey along the east coast of peninsula Malaysia, we stopped off at a hidden gem of an island, Kapas and even indulged in a spot of diving there too!

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