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Safe and sustainable – Best girls scuba diving in Indonesia
That’s a giant jellyfish, I thought while drifting through the warm waters of Lembeh...
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Scuba Diving with Chuck Nicklin, Underwater Cameraman
The boat bucked in a white capped sea while rain blew in at a slant. This wasn’t the...
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A Paella feast in Santa Barbara – The Sea Urchin Diver’s Picnic
Sea Urchin divers are a unique bunch. Anyone choosing this way of life is constantly dancing...
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Lanai adventure – A different Hawaii
Humpback whales breech, hurling themselves out of the water and crash down again. The yearly...
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Free diving for wild Abalone on the Mendocino coast
It’s not often you get a chance to harvest your dinner. The rich waters of the north Pacific...
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Diving Cenotes of the Mayan underworld
Ever since I first stood on the lip of a Cenote, the entrance to an underground river in the...
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A dive buddy romance – One couple, tropical waters and Cozumel Island
I didn’t plan on becoming a scuba diver. Growing up my eardrums would scream every time I...
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Seasickness and Swimming with Sharks
The current or winds had pulled the buoys beneath the waves. It was getting late, so our Captain decided to cut the engine and drop the cage.
My first Galapagos Shark, luminous and almost ghostly in the dark blue, materialized on the side of the boat. Next we noticed fins slicing the surface near the engine.
Read MoreNature up close – Swimming with whale sharks, Baja, MX
One might think that swimming with whale sharks would be exotic, mysterious and cool. In many ways it’s not. You have to go to great lengths to get into the water with a major pelagic. For some it means traveling to Antarctica...
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World of Transitions: Scuba diving in La Paz, Mexico
I was floating in a fold-boat kayak paddling away from the cabin on the little bay just north of...
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Healthy water, our grand connection – Blog action day
Today is Blog Action day and founded to raise awareness about water. Being largely made of it,...
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The surprised world traveler
…I stopped thinking and simply wanted to go. The journey opened my life to new possibilities, new friendships and alliances that I could never have anticipated. They were there for the taking.
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Elaine J. Masters
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