Post

Great Barrier Reef Spawning Next Generation of Corals

Billions of tiny pink balls have exploded into the water over the Great Barrier Reef, as different species of soft corals and a handful of hard corals began the annual regeneration process. Researchers are analysing the next generation of corals on the...

Post

Queensland Marina Joins Global Ocean Conservation Project

Queensland’s Coral Sea Marina has partnered with the International SeaKeepers Society's Discovery Yacht Programme, in a bid to promote marine education, citizen science and research opportunities. Coral Sea Marina is a 520-berth marina in the heart of the Whitsundays and Great Barrier...

Post

Australia’s Rivergate Marina and Shipyard For Sale

In late May, the owners of Australia’s Rivergate Marina and Shipyard, a key facility for visiting superyachts, announced that the marina and shipyard is up for sale. The facility, located on the Brisbane River on Australia’s east coast, is now a major...

Post

Comment: Our global ocean faces perils like never before

The consequences of mankind taking resources from the sea were once limited to a local scale. Today, exploitation, depletion and loss affect us all. Long ago, the ocean was a barrier to human movement, a place where the land ended and further...

Post

Comment: We must work with nature to manage it successfully

As the climate crisis visibly intensifies, the world is struggling to set a course toward a net-zero economy. We need new tools to measure the sea and nature’s complex ecosystems. For climate, great efforts went into measuring carbon emissions – and providing...

Post

Spotlight – Ocean Alexander's 45 Divergence: Flexible and fun

The new line of 45-foot open boats from Ocean Alexander is appropriately named Divergence. For this yacht is a definite change in direction for the Taiwanese builder, best known for its 30 to 40-metre superyachts.It is impossible to avoid comparisons with some...

Post

The best places to go diving in Hong Kong

A river jellyfish provides homes and shelter for crabs and starfish | Photos: Simon LorenzIt may surprise Hong Kong yacht owners to learn that their local waters, in addition to having great places to go boating, also have some great places to...

Post

Video: Drone Footage Captures Gathering of 64,000 Green Sea Turtles

Footage: Christian MillerResearchers have captured what is believed to be the world’s biggest sea turtle aggregation ever caught on camera, at Raine Island on the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef. By placing a stripe of white paint on the back of...

Post

Great Barrier Reef On ‘Knife's Edge’ Due To Widespread Bleaching

The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its third mass bleaching event in just five years, with the 2020 event appearing to be the most severe and widespread so far, according to a new scientific study.The news is the latest ecological disaster for...

Post

Hamilton Holds Strong

Grouped in what is described as the ‘100 magic miles’ that run parallel to the middle of the Great Barrier Reef, the sheltered and hardly tidal Pacific waters that flow to the Whitsunday Islands are incandescent blue, making for a watersports heaven...