Far East & Australia

Australia and the Far East is home to some of the world’s most exciting and sought after scuba diving and perfect diving holiday locations. Visit sites that haven’t changed since the dawn of diving to glide along some of the most picturesque and impressive walls and distant coral seas - dive holidays dreams are made of.

Visit one of the seven wonders of the world – The Great Barrier Reef which runs some 2000 miles along the north western coast of Australia. From here you can explore the Coral Sea, visit the famous Cod Hole and dive with Minke whales. The excellent Mike Ball Liveaboards offer a range of intineraries and you can extend your holiday with a tour of Australia's sites.

Manado and Wakatobi off the north and south east of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Manado's Bunaken Marine park is within 30 minutes of the authentic and unassuming accomodation. Wakatobi offers the best of luxury accommodation & liveaboards. Both are world class diving locations. Photographers will enjoy diving in Lembeh where there are specialist led diving weeks for underwater photographers with excellent quality facilities for your equipment.

Layang, Layang off the coast of Saba is largely unexplored with 50m visibility and famous for hammerheads. This reclaimed 50 acre island offers spectacular wall diving plus giant mantas and morays.

Offering excellent value in the Far East is in the Philippines with some of the best diving in all asia. dive sites. It has the widest choice of dive sites from deep dives, drift dives, wreck sites and many more. Our latest edition to the programme is our choice of liveaboard to Sipadan, Borneo, Raja Ampat and Komodo and the Coral Triangle. See 1000s of schooling pelagics, visit world class muck, reef and wall dive sites - some of the best in the world. Bali and, Thailand ideal for critters,  leisurely diving, stunning beaches and perfect for non-divers too.

Australia

Australia offers scuba diving holidays to dive on the the Great Barrier Reef aboard one of the best luxury liveaboads - Spoilsport from world famous Mike Ball Expedition tours. Ask anyone about diving in Australia and they’ll immediately think of the Great Barrier Reef. If you want to dive on the largest coral reef in the world, head to...

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Bali

Bali offers scuba diving holidays with diving for all levels of diver with macro diving, luxury spa hotels with shore diving and the perfect location for your Indonesia dive holiday. Known as the ‘Island of the Gods’, Bali is situated 3.2km east of Java and belongs to the Lesser Sunda Islands. The best diving sites are located on the...

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Komodo, Indonesia

Komodo National Park is located in Indonesia to the east of Bali between Java in the west and Lombok and the other Lesser Sunda Islands to East. The Komodo Nationa Park comprises Banta, Komodo, Pandar, Rinca, Gili islands, the Flores sea to the north, Suva sea to the south and straits around the islands. The National park was declared a World...

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Layang Layang (Malaysia)

Layang Layang scuba diving holiday packages with Sportif Dive offers Malaysian diving holidays with spectacular wall diving and luxury beach spa hotels. This remote coral atoll is situated approximately 300km off the coast of Sabah, approx one hour’s flight from Kota Kinabalu. The atoll is 14sqkm in diameter and rises 2,000m from...

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Lembeh (North Sulawesi)

Scuba diving holidays in Lembeh with Sportif Dive. Lembeh Straights in the Bunaken National Park is world famous for its macro life. See a host of weird and wonderful creatures unique to this part of Manado in North Sulawesi. This is one of the best places in the world for macro photography and truly a world class loocation for learning...

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Manado (Indonesia)

Manado scuba diving holiday offers a world class diving holiday with luxury liveaboard options. Dive on pristine coral gardens, wall reef and see why Bunaken Marine Park has a reputation for some of the highest density and variety of marine life on the planet. Located just a few degrees off the equator on the northern peninsula of Sulawesi,...

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Philippines

The Philippines offers scuba diving holidays with some of the most diverse coral reef scuba diving in Asia. Located on the island of Mindoro, in the famous 'Coral Triangle', Puerto Galera offers some of the best scuba diving in the Far East, suitable for all levels with great value accommodation. Dumaguete, situated on Negros Island, hosts some...

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Raja Ampat

Raja Ampat or ‘Four Kings’, is the name given to these islands and comes from a local myth. Located in the heart of The Coral Triangle, Raja Ampat is known to have the richest coral reef ecosystem in the world. If you haven’t experienced the diving in this area before, it is is known for the diversity and abundance of marine...

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Thailand

Thailand offers scuba diving holidays with clear water diving conditions and sandy beaches as far as the eye can see. Sportif recommend two diving locations, Khao Lak on the west Thailand coast and Phuket island, just 900 km south of Bangkok and easily reached by a short flight from the mainland. Khao Lak, on the west coast of Thailand’s...

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Wakatobi

Scuba diving holidays in Wakatobi with Sportif Dive offers dive holidays with a luxury resort hotel and world class diving on the spot. Located in the heart of the Banda Sea off the south east coast of Sulawesi lies the remote and exclusive resort of Wakatobi. Blessed with the planet’s most pristine and prolific tropical reefs,...

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