Scuba Diving

Not just a boy’s club – Women Scuba Divers make a big splash

Jul 12, 2017

Diving Tubbatha Reef – UNESCO World Heritage Site

Jun 8, 2016

Best pictures of the year – A brief travel memoir

Dec 26, 2015

Scuba Diving with Chuck Nicklin, Underwater Cameraman

Dec 2, 2015

A Paella feast in Santa Barbara – The Sea Urchin Diver’s Picnic

Aug 10, 2015

Not just a boy’s club – Women Scuba Divers make a big splash

by Elaine J. Masters | Jul 12, 2017

Let’s make this clear – You don’t have to be a jock or adrenaline junkie to...

Diving Tubbatha Reef – UNESCO World Heritage Site

by Elaine J. Masters | Jun 8, 2016

The sky and sea met in a wash of peach and gilded light. Our small live-aboard ship bobbed and on...

Best pictures of the year – A brief travel memoir

by Elaine J. Masters | Dec 26, 2015

“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” It’s an impossible...

Scuba Diving with Chuck Nicklin, Underwater Cameraman

by Elaine J. Masters | Dec 2, 2015

The boat bucked in a white capped sea while rain blew in at a slant. This wasn’t the...

A Paella feast in Santa Barbara – The Sea Urchin Diver’s Picnic

by Elaine J. Masters | Aug 10, 2015

Sea Urchin divers are a unique bunch. Anyone choosing this way of life is constantly dancing...

How to ruin a vacation, before leaving home!

by Elaine J. Masters | Jul 3, 2015

Recipe for how to ruin a vacation: 1 part crazy and long work schedule 1 part too little sleep Add...

Diving Cenotes of the Mayan underworld

by Elaine J. Masters | Dec 1, 2014

Ever since I first stood on the lip of a Cenote, the entrance to an underground river in the...

Say no to working vacations

by Elaine J. Masters | Sep 6, 2013

It was two hours till my plane took off for Fiji and I was sitting in a restaurant near LAX...

Nature up close – Swimming with whale sharks, Baja, MX

by Elaine J. Masters | Nov 5, 2010

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...

World of Transitions: Scuba diving in La Paz, Mexico

by Elaine J. Masters | Nov 2, 2010

I was floating in a fold-boat kayak paddling away from the cabin on the little bay just north of...

Healthy water, our grand connection – Blog action day

by Elaine J. Masters | Oct 15, 2010

Today is Blog Action day and founded to raise awareness about water. Being largely made of it,...

Diving the Yukon wreck in San Diego Bay

by Elaine J. Masters | Jul 15, 2010

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the sinking of the Yukon in San Diego Bay with a frigid but beautiful dive.

Elaine J. Masters

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