liveaboard diving

Since 1969, Mike Ball has set the gold standard in the live-aboard Australian dive industry with exceptional trips to the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Mike Ball offers three-, four- and seven-night expeditions including custom trips such as nautilus and shark research and minke whale encounters.

Aqua Cat Cruises offers shark, blue hole, swift drift, wall and reef dives — up to 26 per week. Cruise in luxury from Nassau to the remote Exumas. Sink your toes into sugar sand, snorkel or dive among sharks and stingrays, or hike. No crowds, no set itineraries — just sit back, relax and choose from an incredible variety of activities, including scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, fishing, sunbathing and island exploring.

Revillagigedo Archipelago, also known as the Socorros, is the place to go to encounter the giant manta rays and sharks. Would you be surprised to find a frogfish in front of your lens?

The lagoon at Half Moon Caye is almost a miracle in the noon sunlight, bluer than seems possible. We’ve just come ashore and walked down the jetty to the sand, to a short path that ends at a viewing platform. We can hear sharp squawks from the red-footed booby chicks long before we see them.