We sometimes get a request for a Discover Scuba Diving session on Coin de Mire Island. This trip we took an important businesswoman scuba diving to Coin de Mire Island, expecting to wow her with the shoals of fish and spectacular variety of rare fishlife, together with stunning corals. We were wrong. Coin de Mire has been fished out. No big shoals, not much variety, and plenty of algea, coral rubble and dead corals. Why? This Titan Trigger fish excavated a 1 metre by 500 cm h

Diving in Mauritius is good all year, and for very different reasons. If you are a new diver, the calm ocean surface, normal lack of current and the protective surrounding barrier reefs and easy accessibility to the dive sites makes it an ideal place to learn to dive. The shallow reefs are close to shore, so there is no difficult or demanding boat trip. So diving is possible year-round. The ocean temperature has a variation of 24-25 degrees in the winter when I wear a 5 ml we

Absolutely- don't even consider doing this without training. Luckily our PADI Discover Scuba Diving program makes this easy for beginners. ​Scuba diving is one of the most rewarding and exciting experiences a human can have, but it also requires more careful training than most sports. Humans are not naturally equipped to breathe underwater; you need specialized scuba diving equipment (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) to do this, and that means you must learn how

Ocean Spirit and Pat n Joe sponsored BOS (Big Island States) together with the Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries in promoting Ocean Awareness in Mauritius: The Minister and Junior Minister, together with the Ambassador of the European Union and the Australian High Commissioer participated in the Youth, Gender and Social Awareness Ocean Exploration Day, with the following objectives: ● Providing youth, women, and local communities opportunities to explore and connect with

It’s not often that the international spotlight falls on a small diving center in the middle of the Indian Ocean, but this year has been the year Ocean Spirit strengthened its international ties and together with Mauritius, broadened its international footprint. Ocean Spirit now has 5000 subscribers on YouTube, 60 000 followers on Facebook and 3400 Instagram followers. Together with @ianhaggertyrsa we have been published in the BBC Magazine, published by the World Reef Federa

The Reef-World Foundation is the International Coordinator of Green Fins "To protect and conserve coral reefs by establishing and implementing environmentally friendly guidelines to promote a sustainable diving and snorkeling tourism industry" Yesterday we received this incredible accolade from Green Fins, and today we shared it with our friends and followers. Take a look: https://greenfins.net/blog/building-mauritius-next-generation-of-ocean-guardians/ Although Reef-World is

When you have dived for 30 years, and love diving, you become complacent in your pristine marine world. Scuba diving in Mauritius is...

For many years Reef Conservation has quietly been promoting the Conservation message in Mauritius to all the schools in Mauritius. The...

There has been an avalanche of Facebook questions from prospective business people coming to Mauritius wanting to set up an SME, so I...

Implementing conservation measures in a scuba diving centre can be incredibly satisfying. We started in 2017 by joining PADI Aware, which...