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Scubaverse UWP Winners Gallery: Charly Clerisse

Each month we give the winner of the Scubaverse Underwater Photography competition the opportunity to show off a little more of their work in a gallery. The June winner was Charly Clerisse and you can see his winning image at the top of this page.
What do you love about diving & underwater photography?
Ever since I was a kid, I have always been passionate about the ocean and its inhabitants, but I didn’t try scuba diving until I was 22 while studying in Tenerife (Canary Islands) and instantly fell in love with it. About a year after I did my Divemaster course in Utila, Honduras, about a year after did my Instructor Course in Koh Tao, Thailand and I have been working in the diving industry since then, travelling and diving in many different places, meeting loads of people and being able to take pictures.
I started underwater photography almost at the same time as diving: I started with a little GoPro Hero, recording pictures and videos for my non-diving friends and relatives, to share the beauty of the underwater world for those who can not see it by themselves. Later on I upgraded for an Olympus Tg5 and moved to Koh Phi Phi, Thailand, and there I truly started to practise underwater photography, falling in love with all these crazy nudibranch you can find over there. After that, I started working in South Ari Atoll, Maldives where I used to take pictures of the Mantas passing in the area, collaborating with Manta Trust to record and identify the different individuals to study them. I love the underwater world, and by sharing my pictures I hope to create awareness about this beautiful yet fragile ecosystem.
What equipment do you use?
I use a Sony a6500 with a 16-50mm lens in a Fantasea a6500 housing. I use wet lenses: for the wide angle pictures, I use a Fantasea line UWL-400Q and for macro shots mainly the Fantasea UCL-06LF +12. As per strobes, I use a Sea&Sea YS-D2 and a Sea&Sea YS-03 Solis.
Where can our readers see more of your work?
My instagram account: https://www.
My website: charlyclerisse.com
To enter the latest Scubaverse Underwater Photography competition, with a chance to win some great prizes as well as have your own gallery published, head over to the competition page and upload up to 3 images.
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Encounter Whale Sharks in St Helena with Indigo Safaris

St. Helena, the world’s most remote island with a dive centre, sits smack in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, boasting stunning marine biodiversity, crystal-clear waters, and jaw-dropping landscapes.
From January to March, the waters surrounding St Helena host the only known seasonal aggregation of male and female whale sharks. March 2019 saw the first-ever documented whale shark courtship here—complete with visibly pregnant females!
Its waters are also home to majestic Chilean Devil Rays (spanning up to 3.5m!), four dolphin species, and 50 endemic marine species, including bajillions of St. Helena butterflyfish. Swimming among them feels like floating in a shimmering, underwater snow globe.
On land, this hilly island offers a rich history as a key Atlantic resupply stop connecting the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
St Helena Island Whale Shark Special
Two price options for these great value tours, in pounds (GBP). Please see the interactive itinerary linked below for detailed inclusions and exclusions.
Deluxe
9 Nights – 7 to 16 March 2025
Two sharing a double room £1985 (approx. $2530 USD)
Single occupancy £2340 (approx. $2990 USD)
Interactive itinerary here
Flights through us
Cape Town – St Helena – Cape Town from £780 (approx. $990)
Find out more about this trip here.
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Go Diving Show 2025 Main Stage Speaker: Monty Halls

TV presenter, author and adventurer Monty Halls will be introducing visitors to the GO Diving Show in March to his Big Blue Bag citizen science marine conservation project.
Monty is an ex-Royal Marines Officer who worked for Nelson Mandela during the peace process in the early 1990s. He left the Marines to pursue a career in expeditions, travel journalism and biology, achieving a First Class Honours Degree and becoming qualified as a marine biologist.
His degree was funded by running expeditions, the most notable of which was leading a multi-national team to the discovery of a sunken city off the Indian coast in 2002. During this period he also led four expeditions to Southern Africa, three to Malawi to explore the ecosystem of the lake and investigate poaching activity on the Nyika Plateau, and one to South Africa to dive looking for evidence of prehistoric settlements in cave systems off the Cape. For his work he was awarded the Bish Medal for services to exploration by the Scientific Exploration Society.
In 2003, Monty formed his own expedition company, completing four circumnavigations of the globe over the next four years, seeking out the greatest encounters in the ocean. This brought him to the attention of television producers, being head-hunted as a competitor in the flagship Channel 4 show Superhumans, a test of elite performers, competing in a series of challenges devised by the QinetiQ testing centre. Monty won this competition, and was in demand to present further series for Channel 4, National Geographic, the History Channel, Channel 5, and the BBC.
He is best known for his three BBC2 series Great Escapes, where he lived on the west coast of Scotland and Ireland with his dog Reuben. He also presented the multi-award-winning series Great Barrier Reef.
Monty has written several books, and is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers, many of them communicating his enthusiasm for the natural world. He is also an Ambassador for various conservation groups and was awarded an honorary Doctorate by Plymouth University.
The Big Blue Bag
The Big Blue Bag Project is designed to empower individuals of all ages and from all walks of life to directly contribute to the protection of waterways and oceans. Participants/communities will be provided with a specially designed ‘Big Blue Bag‘ that contains easy-to-follow protocols, enabling them to collect vital data on marine health, including microplastic pollution, species biodiversity, water temperature, and coastal debris. The collected data will be uploaded to a global, open-access database, contributing to vital research that informs conservation efforts around the world.
Go Diving Show 2025 takes place at the NAEC Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, on the 1st -2nd March.
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