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SAVE almost $500 on package prices from Perth due to new airline Virgin Blue

We are excited to announce that significant price drops have been incorporated into the Underwater Festival packages leaving from Perth due to a new airline (Virgin Blue) servicing Christmas Island from April 2010. Thank you Richard Branson for making the Underwater Festival more affordable this year ! Please check out the updated packages page for new [...]

Whale sharks everywhere

Mathieu Meur has been over to test the waters of Christmas Island and gain some local knowledge for showing you the best possible ways to photograph Christmas Island underwater during the festival. A nice Christmas present on Christmas Island when they spotted 4 whale sharks on boxing day ! Let’s hope they stick around and we’ll [...]

aunoc lights and a holiday in Bali – nice!

We are happy to have aunoc lights back as sponsors of the 2010 Underwater Festival and we will offer all participants the possibility to test their soon to be released 4TEN LED light during the festival for FREE. And what’s even better, there will be some aunoc lights as prizes too ! Have a look at [...]

More big prizes for the Underwater Festival

We are happy to announce that our previous sponsors Scubapix and Beuchat are joining us again and the prizes for the 2010 festival are absolutely fantastic. Scubapix together with Light & Motion are sponsoring a Light & Motion Sunray 1000 Video Light System worth close to $5000 as well as some other fantastic prizes from [...]

Festival packages available NOW – secure your spot

We are happy to announce that the Underwater Festival packages for the 2010 festival on Christmas Island 24-30 April are finally published. Check them out at the bookings & packages tab on the Underwater Festival website. All you need to make sure you don’t miss out, is follow the links to pay your deposit and specify [...]

website emerging – 4th annual Underwater Festival on Christmas Island

Watch this website slowly change over from the 2009 Underwater Festival home to the 2010 site. Make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed to stay in touch. Follow us on twitter Join the facebook event

Underwater Festival 2010 (UF10) dates announced

The dates for the 4th Underwater Festival have been set – we hope to see you all on Christmas Island from 24th to 30th of April 2010. underwater australasia is hosting the 4th instalment of its hugely successful annual Underwater Festival on Christmas Island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Held for the first [...]

UF10 to be held on Christmas Island

Rumours are now being confirmed that the Underwater Festival will be held on Christmas Island in 2010. The 2010 Festival will be held at Christmas Island as part of a new direction the festival is taking. Be excited about discovering new destinations and meet marine enthusiasts, underwater photographers and videographers from around the world. We start [...]

Underwater Festival 2009 winners now up

Please check out the 2009 winners page which features all the winning entries from this years Underwater Festival in Byron Bay. Video winners have been uploaded as well … hope you enjoy the shows. We hope to see you all next year at the 2010 Underwater Festival – keep your eyes on this site for some [...]

First humpback whale of the season breaches off Julian Rocks

Beautiful skies … 15m viz … calm seas … and the very first humpback whale of the season breached in front of Julian Rocks this morning – GO Underwater Festival !

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