Do you want to stop the decline of sharks in our oceans so that you can look forward to many years of diving with sharks? Sharklife is turning the spotlight on shark cartilage products.

Have you heard that shark cartilage can benefit people suffering from cancer and arthritis? Think again.

As John Coffey of John Hopkins University says, “I don’t think there is any benefit to buying shark cartilage and eating it any more than I think that eating rabbit will make me run faster”

Sharklife presents the following 3 reasons not to use shark cartilage:

1. The human body is unable to digest it due to its molecular structure.
2. There are other far superior products available
3. The declining shark population worldwide make it untenable to put unnecessary pressure on the species.

For more information, please contact Sharklife

Dive The World supports Sharklife. You can also support Sharklife and help to conserve these awe-inspiring marine creatures.

Would you like to dive with sharks? Contact Dive The World to find out more: send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Are you looking for cheap flights to make your diving holiday next year more affordable? Act quickly before 15 August 2010 and you can score great deals from AirAsia on your Indo-Pacific diving holiday.

AirAsia Cheap Flights *
Book before 15 August 2010
Travel 1 Apr – 11 Aug 2011
For ONE-WAY flights
Departing from Kuala Lumpur

This offer is bringing your dream of diving in exotic Indo-Pacific destinations so much closer. Can you almost feel yourself descending below the warm water?

• Flights to Kuching, Miri or Sandakan from Aus$ 7
  You could be winging your way to Lankayan Island Resort.

• Flights to Krabi, Phuket or Phnom Penh from Aus$ 10
  Our Dive The World’s Dive Centre will be happy to help you plan your Thailand diving.

• Flights to Kota Bahru, Langkawi and Penang from Aus$ 3
  This brings you to within 55 km southeast of a great diving experience at Mu Koh Tarutao National Marine Park.

• Flights to Chiang Mai, Bali or Hanoi from Aus$ 29
  Now is your chance to stay at 1 of the finest resorts in Bali – the Tulamben Wreck Divers Resort

*This offer excludes airport tax and fees, excludes D7 flights and a convenience fee is payable for credit card payments. Please check AirAsia’s website for other Terms & Conditions.

Does that make your Indo-Pacific diving holiday seem more within reach? Contact Dive The World to find out more about the best Indo-Pacific dive resort for your holiday. You can send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Note: This special is offered by AirAsia and not Dive The World. Please visit their website to confirm the details of their special offer.

Have you experienced the pleasure of diving with sharks? Amazing how our wonder at their majesty overwhelms fear in these interactions.The more we know about sharks the more interesting they become, so Sharklife are offering a FREE e-learning course to raise awareness for sharks:

• Introduction to Sharks – FREE e-learning course
  

Sharklife has created this course to provide you with overall knowledge on sharks, which equips you to advance to courses focussing on specific shark species.

Shark species are rapidly hitting the endangered lists and conservation groups need all the support they can get. Dive The World supports Sharklife, visit their site and see whether you would like to support them too.

Join Sharklife now to support conservation of these awe-inspiring marine creatures and get your free wristband.

Would you like to dive with sharks? Contact Dive The World to find out more: send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Sind Sie auf der Suche nach Informationen zum Tauchen ? Bekanntgabe unserer neuen Deutschen Webseite. Lesen Sie alles über Ihre Lieblings – Tauchziele, Tauchsafaris, Tauchresorts, Tauchkurse und im Kreaturen Lexikon in Ihrer Muttersprache.

Irgendwelche Fragen?
Schau mal rein bei den Häufig gestellten Fragen

Wollen Sie einen professionellen Tauchurlaub erleben ? Kontaktieren Sie Dive The World und erfahren Sie mehr über die besten Tauchsafari oder Resort Urlaube für Sie. Rufen Sie uns an unter +66 (0)83 505 7794 oder senden Sie uns eine E-Mail.

How does the idea of winning 2 free diving trips grab you? Are you an underwater videographer? No need to be a pro, so grab your video camera and take your next diving holiday cruising with the Dancer or Aggressor Fleets and enter the 1^st ‘Capture The World‘ underwater videography competition to win great prizes.

Capture your action packed drift dives in the Maldives, or focus on your macro diving discoveries in the Komodo National Park. Whether you capture flamboyant cuttlefish and mandarinfish or leopard sharks and barracudas, there is no fee and you don’t need to be an expert, so go for it!

Submission guidelines
5 Minute edited video, minimum 50% original underwater footage, no harrasment of marine life.

Submission date: 20 Jan 2011

• Submit your videos to: ‘Capture The World‘
  This is not a Dive The World competition

Prizes you can win
If your video is taken while cruising with the Dancer or Aggressor Fleets you can win 2 free trips. Find out more about what your videos can win here: ‘Capture The World‘ prizes

Do you want to experience Komodo diving from a professional liveaboard? Contact Dive The World to book your taste of professional liveaboard cruising on Komodo Dancer send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Do you eat, sleep and dream diving? Then dive into Dive The World’s bumper March newsletter to fill in those non-diving hours. Read the exclusive interview with Mike Ball to hear about the ups and downs of being a liveaboard operator in Australia.  If you’re a movie buff, get out the popcorn and read our celebrity scuba diver watch to find out which movie stars you could be diving with next time you’re in your element. Then find out the winning liveaboard and resort operators in Dive The World’s Annual Awards.

Do you find that planning your diving holidays is almost as much fun as going on them? Then you’ll enjoy our new Thailand video gallery. Take a virtual tour of the liveaboards we offer as well as the best Thai dive sites, to better plan your next scuba vacation. Or explore the Red Sea wrecks in Sheldon’s trip report to find out if they live up to the hype. Then have a look at new liveaboard options in the Maldives, Red Sea and Komodo.

Ever seen Mandarinfish mating in the twilight? Read our creature feature to find out more about these exotic creatures and where you can spot them.

Don’t miss out! Subscribe to our newsletter right away and you will receive our next newsletter delivered to your mailbox in the next few days. This is an opt-in process so you will only receive the next exciting instalment when you confirm your subscription.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Contact Dive The World for more information, you could send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Does the idea of diving with celebrities excite you? How about meeting up with Paris Hilton or Edward Norton on the reef ? Our latest newsletter takes marine life sightings to a whole new level with a celebrity scuba diver watch. Want to hear the inside scoop from Mike Ball? The owner of the top Australian liveaboard, Spoilsport, shares his story with us, including a real life sea rescue!

So you’ve seen the Oscars and the Grammy’s, now you can find out more about the winners who really count in our Dive The World Annual Awards. Join us underwater to be mesmerised by the beauty of mandarinfish, then cruise into the Red Sea in our Blue Planet trip report to see if the wreck diving really is as spectacular as they say.

Whew! Need to cool down after all that? Dive into a virtual tour of the top Thai liveaboards and dive sites in our fantastic new Thailand video gallery. Then have a look at your new liveaboard choices in the Maldives, Komodo and the Red Sea.

Don’t miss out! Subscribe to our newsletter right away and you will receive our next bi-annual bumper edition delivered to your mailbox in the next few days. This is an opt-in process so you will only receive the next exciting instalment when you confirm your subscription.

Still not sure? Visit our newsletter archive to check out past newsletters here:

• Dive The World Newsletters

We look forward to hearing from you!

Contact Dive The World if you need more information, you could send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

A new alliance between Jetstar and AirAsia is likely to reduce costs by 5-10%. This saving could bring your Indo-Pacific diving holiday closer.

The alliance is expected to save the air carriers millions as they pool their resources. “The savings could be quite significant. We will pass them on to the consumer,” Mr Westaway said. “It’s early days but if we can reduce our costs by five to 10 per cent, consumers could save close to that amount in airfares.”

Although Mr Westaway has promised to pass the savings on to travellers in the next few months, he also envisages long-term savings from the deal. The alliance will be be looking to invest in mutually owned aircraft, specifically a new generation of narrow-body aircraft.

Jetstar is a Qantas Group airline. “This is the first alliance between two low-cost carriers of this size anywhere in the world,” said Qantas CEO Alan Joyce.

The 2 aircraft currently service Indo-Pacific destinations like Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia as well as flying as far afield as London and Honolulu.

Source: Perth Now.

Does that make your Indo-Pacific diving holiday seem more withing reach? Contact Dive The World to find out more about your Indo-Pacific diving holiday send us an email or call us on +66 (0)83 505 7794.

Do you want a scuba diving career that makes a difference for our oceans and marine life, but don’t know where to start?  Apply for a scholarship from Our World Underwater Scholarship Program sponsored by Rolex.

If you are between the ages of 21 and 26 and are a certified Rescue Diver, then you stand the chance of winning a scholarship that will help you turn your diving hobby into a career. Imagine: those divine Australasian dive spots could become your office and mandarinfish could become your next work project!

The purpose of the scholarship is to help create the next wave of marine researchers and dive leaders.  During the year of scholarship, 3 lucky winners will travel extensively, get a lot of diving opportunities and be exposed to a large variety of underwater careers ranging from marine research, movie production, underwater photography, archeology to ecological activism.

The application deadlines for the scholarships are: Australasia – 31 Jan 10, North America and Europe – 31 Dec 09. For more info visit Our World Underwater Scholarship Program.

Think you have a chance of winning, but need to further your PADI certification?  What better venue than at a tropical Australasian scuba diving destination. Contact Dive The World right away on +66 (0)83 505 7794 or you could send us an email.