Mission manta

THE BEAUTY WITH snorkelling or diving is that it transports you away from the rat race of modern life into an alien world, far detached from our own. With that first dip beneath the surface, the stres

"FAKARAVA’S SOUTH PASS IS MORE than a name on a map. Divers speak of it like a rite of passage. In this remote corridor, the current runs wild and the sharks run the show. Welcome to French Polynesia’

I WOULD ARGUE that one of the joys of this hobby is encountering people who are as passionate about aquaria, fishes and nature in general as myself. I find it quite wonderful to get into conversation

AUGUST has thrown up a number of stories ...

Every month, we trawl the nation’s coastline to bring you news of the people, places and exciting goings-on that are worth knowing about

THE DEEP SEA IS BY FAR THE LARGEST habitat on Earth. It is, says Natalie Lawrence in her book Enchanted Creatures, “the last wilderness vast enough to hide monsters”. Unsurprisingly, many myths have a