Posted March 7, 2025
New Recycling Centre
Recycling centre at Dive Timor/Castaway’s We dive against Debris every month Back in 2009 Dive Timor Lorosae set up the first recycling centre at...
Posted February 18, 2025
Creature Feature – Ornate Ghost Pipefish
Fact File of the Ornate Ghost Pipefish Scientific Name: Solenostomus paradoxus Habitat: Associated with soft corals, gorgonians, floating weeds...
Posted January 21, 2025
PADI Eco Centre & Dive Against Debris
What is a PADI ECO Centre? Dive Timor Lorosae is the only PADI Eco centre in Timor Leste. To become a PADI Eco centre the dive centre first has to...
Posted December 24, 2024
Dive Against Debris Christmas Dive
What is Dive Against Debris? Dive Against Debris is a global initiative led by Project AWARE, aimed at reducing underwater marine debris. It...
Posted May 14, 2024
Dive against Debris – Fishing Net at Roda Reef
What is Roda Reef? Roda Reef is an artificial reef created by Dive Timor Lorosae in 2014. It is made out of car tyres and now is home to...
Posted April 26, 2024
La Casa update – New underwater pyramids
History of La Casa After successfully constructing Roda Reef, Dive Timor Lorosae set about constructing their second artificial reef ‘La Casa’ in...
Posted March 31, 2024
Underwater Easter Egg Hunt 2024
You may have noticed that the staff at Dive Timor Lorosae like to dress up and celebrate events such PADI Women’s Day dive and our underwater...
Posted March 23, 2024
Refill My Bottle in Timor Leste
As it was international water day yesterday, Dive Timor Lorosae became the first to become a member of Refill my Bottle in Timor Leste. Why Refill...
Posted January 15, 2024
The origins of the names of the Dive sites in Timor Leste
Who named the dive sites? The dive sites in Timor Leste were primarily named by the pioneers of scuba diving in this young country around the time...
Posted July 18, 2023
Timor Leste’s newest shipwreck
All the members of the scuba diving community got really excited when we heard that the Timor Leste Navy were planning to scuttle a patrol boat as...
Posted May 4, 2023
Selina (British)
A former commercial diver, Selina is the creative one of the bunch. Nothing makes her happier than being underwater with a camera or Go-Pro...
Posted March 4, 2023
Whale Communication
Whales verbal communication Whenever psychologists try to define the most distinctive feature of human nature, a complex and articulated system of...
