For Rafaal, a PADI SCUBA Instructor now working at Liquid Salt Divers, Dharavandhoo, Maldives, the best memory of 2019 was...guess where? Yes, UNDERWATER! Here he recounts the encounter: "At 14:30 we set out for a dive. We ended up not diving because the region outside Angafaru had 4 whale sharks and some mantas feeding due to the amount of plankton that had gathered there. I jumped in expecting to have to swim after the sharks. And we did try to catch up with two of them but

Who has access to the underwater world? Divers! Who witnesses, at first hand, the impact wrought on fragile coral reefs from climate change, global warming, ocean acidification, over-fishing and ocean pollution? Divers! Who must lead the fight against human activities destroying coral reefs before it is too late? Divers! This is why, here at Dive Desk, we do everything in our capacity to support motivated divers to take action to protect the ocean planet we love. When Farah A