Our destination of Lord Howe Island lies roughly 700km northeast of Sydney and is surrounded by the beautifully wild waters of the Pacific Ocean. The island itself is roughly 10km long and has an area of roughly 14.5 square km, but we’re making the voyage to the Tasman Sea for the treasures that Lord Howe is hiding beneath the waves. Like the 490 recorded fish species, and the 13 fish species that live only around Lord Howe Island.
This season, we’re particularly excited about exploring the ocean at night. Our trusty boat, the Sylfia, has had new Lumitec Marine LED lights installed in her hull and they’re going to up our night snorkeling and night diving games in BIG ways. Stay tuned to see what kinds of interesting marine life we attract with the new upgrade.
Check out the map and follow the Expedition Drenched crew as we explore some of the over 100 mind-blowing dive sites that await us in Season 3!
We did a night dive in Sydney Harbour and visited the seahorse hotels. Check out Sydney’s innovative approach to helping local seahorse populations.
Get out more and EXPLORE but don’t stick to the beaten path. Here are our top tricks & tips for exploring the oceans and adventuring off the grid.
We SCUBA dive a Japanese sub and an American bomber aeroplane in the Pacific Theatre - Diving World War II history in the Solomon Islands
One Tree Island Research Station is OFF LIMITS to most people - but we’re Expedition Drenched! We go where no other tourists have gone before!
From snow white coral to schools of bull sharks, to a Crown of Thorn's cull - our list of the TOP SCUBA dives in Fiji and the Vanuatu Archipelago.
We sailed to the Solomon Islands to find a ghost cruise ship abandoned in a tropical paradise. We found the MS World Discoverer, and we swam right in!
The Great Barrier Reef is a SCUBA divers dream. But which sites should you dive? Expedition Drenched rounds up our top 4 Great Barrier Reef dive sites.
The Expedition Drenched crews have seen some spectacular things but this takes the (pan)cake. We dived a totally VERTICAL shipwreck - 1 of 2 in the whole world!
We put on our SCUBA gear, attached ourselves to ropes, and let the Sylfia drag us through 9,000ft deep open ocean water in the middle of the night. And we’d do it again! Expediti
Expedition Drenched has long since grown from its humble beginnings to now being an Ocean Advocacy Lifestyle Brand that houses many International Artists from all over the world.