by Roger Roth
In a land known for cannibals and headhunters, Papua New Guinea also offers some of the world’s best diving. When David Doubilet was asked where his favorite diving was found, he answered, “The richest coral in the world, and the richest reefs with the most diverse and most interesting animal life, are all in Papua New Guinea.”
But the most interesting diving in Papua for many is the muck diving! Although it doesn’t sound very glamorous, it is actually quite rewarding. Divers hit the water and spread themselves out over mostly sandy areas interspersed with small coral patches.
Roger Roth has been diving and filming underwater since 1988 and has earned dozens of national and international awards for his underwater productions. Many of these are requested annually from numerous underwater film festivals around the United States, and are also used as marine educational outreach tools by a number of organizations. Besides his educational productions, Roger develops promotional videos for a number of dive destinations and liveaboards all over the world. His footage has been incorporated in programs for the Discovery Channel, the U.S. Navy, and Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Sea Scope series, to name a few.