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Diving head first into the battle to make a profound statement in opposition to her government’s shark cull philosophy and more broadly in response to the global slaughter of sharks, we conceived the vision of “Tigress Shark”.
Unlike the common garden slug most of us encounter, the ocean’s version is much more pleasant to look at it.
Another installment of the ‘Rolling in the Deep’ series focuses on the smaller critters of Komodo, Indonesia.
This highlight reel is mostly from two weeks of diving in southern Sudan aboard the Don Questo live-aboard, with supplementary footage from Saudi Arabia.
The Rolling in the Deep series takes us to Papua New Guinea. One of the last unspoiled diving destinations left on earth.
Though very skittish and elusive, I was able to capture some good footage of these beautiful creatures on a recent visit to Papua New Guinea
The Galapagos offers visitors unbelievable wildlife encounters both above and below the water.
Featured in the BBC series Nature’s Great Events as well as The Blue Planet, the sardine run is comparable to the Serengeti’s wildebeest migration in terms of sheer biomass, and attracts divers from all over the world.
Let’s face it, while today’s DSLR cameras have tons of features and menu items for customization, that can be overwhelming to the new shooter, or to one who makes only a couple of dive trips a year. Worse yet, some settings could give the false impression that your equipment is faulty, when a simple setting change solves the problem. Here are our best tips for getting started.
There are plenty of fantastic places to dive in the world that won’t drain your bank account — here are a few of our favorites.
Find out what a dive guide or dive instructor looks for during a checkout dive.
Located in the Caribbean Sea just off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula, the waters of Isla Mujeres continue to play host to hundreds of whale sharks each year, in a phenomenon that scientists now think has been taking place for many years, despite its relatively recent scientific discovery in 2009.
Thirty minutes from Malapascua is the sunken island known as Monad Shoal, where thresher sharks come in to rid themselves of parasites at the reef’s cleaning stations.
Most shark bites are cases of mistaken identity. Avoid becoming a statistic by displaying the right behavior when diving with sharks.
What can you do to avoid this next time? How should your gear be stored? Wet or dry? Batteries in or out? Here are a few tips that will help you extend the life of your gear, and make sure it’s ready to go when you are.
The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is the largest living Chondrichthye, or cartilaginous fish, in the world, with the largest confirmed specimen coming in at over 40 feet long.