BORN FROM THE SEA
A diving blog sharing the experiences and
inspiration we find within the ocean.
Welcome to an ongoing collection of thoughts,
images, and footage by two divers
who have made the ocean their home.
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Kings of Camouflage: Sea Creatures in Disguise
THE GLIMPSE It is dusk. The water tumbles gently in place, rolling with a heartbeat beneath a soft breeze. As you descend onto a reef speckled with brightly colored sponges and luminous soft corals swaying in the dying light, you notice a flash of movement in your periphery—a jolt, quick as lightening, with a bright
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Reconciliation: The Power of Sea Swimming
One diver’s experience confronting discomfort through cold-water sea swimming. The beach The locals refer to the weatherbeaten shore at Gurnard Bay as the beach, though standing on this “beach” leaves one with not a blissful connection to the sand and sun but rather a mild discomfort, a stale taste; it smells of ripe, rotting kelp and bitter brine,
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