News, Travel & Events

Staff · Issue 126, May/Jun 2022 · pp. 5–10

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News, Travel & Events Photojournalist Simon Rogerson is hosting a dive trip in search of thresher sharks this June. The trip, supported by Dive Worldwide, will focus on the island of Malapascua in the Philippines, from 2 June and offering 20 dives over seven days. The group will stay at the informal Tepanee Beach Resort, diving with Thresher Shark Divers. The nearby Monad Shoal is widely regarded as the best place in the world for sightings of pelagic thresher sharks, and there are more world class dives to be found at Gato Island. “The star of the show is the mysterious oceanic thresher shark, but there are beautiful reefs, coral walls, and some excellent critter sites to explore,” says Simon. “This is a mainstream escorted trip rather than a photographers’ workshop, but I will be available to advise and collaborate on anyone’s photographic needs. Everyone will receive a set of bespoke …