Diving Southeast Asia

David Espinosa has traveled extensively throughout Asia, Latin America and Europe. He based in Singapore and is the Features Editor for Asian Diver magazine. Heneage Mitchell has lived in and dived these islands since 1983, Mitchell runs a dive school and is the publisher of Philippine Diver magazine. Kal Muller has spent two decades writing and photographing in Indonesia. He pioneered diving in Indonesia with the best-selling Diving Indonesia (Periplus Editions). Fiona Nichols is a freelance writer who worked in Southeast Asia for a decade, diving these waters regularly. John Williams dove the Bahamas, Mexico, and the South Pacific before settling in Phuket more than a decade ago. He currently runs a respected dive operation on Kata Beach. Photographers: Charles Anderson, Michael Aw, Gary Bell, Ashley Boyd, Clay Bryce, Lynn Funkhouser, Jack Jackson, Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock, Kal Muller, Fiona Nichols, Mike Severns, Roger Steene, Shaun Teirney, Takamasa Tonozuka, Scott Tuason and Robert Yin.

Indonesia: Derawan and Sangalaki; Sulawesi; Tulamben; Nusa Penida; Amed; Menjangan; Candi Dasa and Padangbai; Secret Bay; East of Bali; Komodo; Alor and the Northeast. Malaysia: Sipadan; Layang-Layang and Kota Kinabalu; Terengganu; Tioman and Aur and Langkawi. Philippines: La Union; Subic Bay; Nasugbu; Anilao; Verde Island; Puerto Galera; the Sibuyan Sea; Borcay; Mactan; North Cebu; Moalboal and Pescador; Bohol; Apo Reef; Sumilon; Coron Bay; El Nido and the Sulu Sea. Thailand: Similan Islands; the Mergui Archipelago; Ko Tachai and Richelieu Rock; Racha Noi and Racha Yai; Shark Point; the Phi Phi Islands; Trang; Ko Samui; Ko Tao; Pattaya and Ko Chang.