As perhaps the most enduring legend of all, mermaids appear in the mythology of many cultures dating from several thousand years BCE until the present day.
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While searching for our critters, I felt myself go into full hunter-gatherer mode, which injected what I can only describe as pure, determined focus straight into my blood stream.
Years of diving has brought me not only amazing underwater experiences, but life lessons as well
Underwater geocaching is fun for both newly qualified and experienced divers since most of the caches are easily accessible to everyone.
“This will be the year of sharks and whales”. That’s what I told myself going in to 2014.
Descending was like entering a parallel universe, designed to fulfill a shark lover’s ultimate fantasy.
Cave divers dive in certain formations, adhere to certain rules and communicate the way we do because in an overhead environment there is no direct access to the surface.
I came to Mexico to seek a different kind of depth, one that’s horizontal rather than vertical, leaving the light zone to witness the most untouched wonders of nature, formed over thousands of years.
There are very few people fortunate enough to see eye-to-eye with a whale, and those who do speak invariably of a strange communion, an impression of great wisdom and serenity imparted from one mammal to another.
The lost city of Atlantis conjures fantastical images of underwater exploration, of a mythical people and a lost civilization, which over the centuries has become the stuff of legend.
Although Salt Cay is rich in history, it doesn’t boast the same tourism industry as Provo, or even Grand Turk. But it is well known for one thing in particular: humpback whales.
Riding out of Boynton Inlet I can already see that it’s going to be an epic day of diving — it’s one of those late summer days in Florida, when the sun is out but it’s not too hot.
A fish head floats in front of my mask as the feeding frenzy enters its climax. Thirty sharks each take their turn sinking their teeth into the frozen ball of bait, filled with anything the dolphins wouldn’t eat.
A supposedly responsible dolphin tour turns out to be a worst-case scenario for anyone who cares about marine animals.
That water covers over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, mostly within our oceans, is pretty commonly known.
As divers, we frequently take our equipment for granted. If we stop to think about it, though, that we’ve found a way to transcend our physical limitations and breathe underwater is truly remarkable.
As he helps certify new divers, one divemaster reflects on his time as a newbie
It took more than an hour to drive from the hotel in Cancun to the Abyss Dive Center near Playa del Carmen. After securing our gear, we got into the back of an old truck for the next part of the journey.