Scuba Diving

Welcome to our Scuba Diving hub. Whether you are a beginner looking for certification tips or a pro seeking the best dive spots in Komodo and Bali, our expert guides cover gear, techniques, and marine life to enhance your underwater journey.

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Dive Insurance for an Indonesia Liveaboard: What Your Policy Must Cover (2026)

Dive Insurance for an Indonesia Liveaboard: What Your Policy Must Cover (2026)

The chamber is rarely what makes a diving injury expensive in Indonesia. The distance is. What dive insurance and travel insurance each cover, and the clauses that decide a claim.

Mika Takahashi
Mika Takahashi
Fitness to Dive: What the Medical Questionnaire Actually Screens For

Fitness to Dive: What the Medical Questionnaire Actually Screens For

Ticking a box on the medical form does not end your trip. It sends you to a doctor. What each question is really screening for, and why a boat raises the stakes.

Mika Takahashi
Mika Takahashi
Diving on Your Period, the Pill and Pregnancy at Sea

Diving on Your Period, the Pill and Pregnancy at Sea

Yes, you can dive on your period. The harder questions are what a week at sea does to your supplies, your contraception and your plans, and nobody answers those.

Mika Takahashi
Mika Takahashi
Barotrauma in Scuba Diving: Causes and Prevention

Barotrauma in Scuba Diving: Causes and Prevention

The most common injury in diving, and the one most divers cannot define. What pressure does to the air spaces in your body, and how to stop it ending your week.

Mika Takahashi
Mika Takahashi
Decompression Sickness and the Liveaboard Dive Week

Decompression Sickness and the Liveaboard Dive Week

Three or four dives a day for six days is close to the most nitrogen-loaded thing a recreational diver ever does. What that means, and what the newest data says actually matters.

Mika Takahashi
Mika Takahashi
Indonesia SIM Card and eSIM: A Liveaboard Guide

Indonesia SIM Card and eSIM: A Liveaboard Guide

Telkomsel is the only network that really works east of Bali, and the app you bought your data from may not be using it. What to buy, and where.

Mika Takahashi
Mika Takahashi
What Scuba Gear to Buy First: A Travel Diver Guide

What Scuba Gear to Buy First: A Travel Diver Guide

Most gear advice is written for someone who drives to a cold local dive site. If your diving is warm-water trips, the order changes, and the gear that matters most weighs under a kilogram.

Mika Takahashi
Mika Takahashi
Diving in Currents in Indonesia: A Liveaboard Guide

Diving in Currents in Indonesia: A Liveaboard Guide

The current is not the obstacle, it is the reason the diving is good. How the water differs between Komodo, Raja Ampat and the Banda Sea, and the small set of skills that makes it enjoyable.

Mika Takahashi
Mika Takahashi
How Much Does an Indonesia Liveaboard Cost? A 2026 Price Breakdown

How Much Does an Indonesia Liveaboard Cost? A 2026 Price Breakdown

A week of diving in Indonesia runs from roughly $1,000 to $8,000 per person. Here is what sets the two apart, what the quoted fare leaves out, and why the cheapest boat is cheap.

Mika Takahashi
Mika Takahashi