As many of us dream of dusting off our wetsuits and digging out our snorkels, Howard Angel, a marine ecologist and pro diver, takes a look at five of the world’s very best dive sites to give you some inspiration when booking your next trip.

This vast archipelago sprawls across 5,000km of the equator, with 17,500 islands and 300 distinct ethnic groups descended from Chinese, European, Indian, Malay and indigenous stock. There are 742 known languages, yet the common Bahasa tongue and shared education have built a strong common national identity. Parts of Indonesia remain unexplored and new species are […]