bathy·pe·lag·ic
: of, relating to, or living in the ocean depths especially between approximately 2000 and 12,000 feet (600 and 3600 meters)
The Bathysphere is an ongoing collection of thoughts, images, and footage about two divers who have made the ocean their home.
We find peace along the coastline and beneath the waves. Our desire to share our love for the marine world—and in the process, to fight for its protection through exposure—created this blog.
Within this space, we hope you will find inspiration from the depths, as we have. To anyone with an inexplicable connection to the sea, we welcome you.
Beck is a writer and artist from eastern Pennsylvania. While the cornfields of their hometown are a far cry from the sea, Beck found their way to The University of Tampa to pursue a degree in Nonfiction Writing. They began diving in the freshwater springs of Florida while studying, and decided to travel to Utila to become an Instructor. As they say, the rest is history.
Beck loves writing about the marine world, whether that be their experiences as a dive professional, the incredible wildlife and topography below, or the ways we can conserve and protect our seas. However, their greatest interest lies within the emotions evoked by bodies of water and the wild nature of coasts.
After completing their Instructor training in Utila, Honduras, Beck and Lewis have lived and worked as dive professionals and sailors in Honduras, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands. They currently reside on Grand Cayman. Contact them here.
Lewis has been surrounded by the sea since birth. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he spent his days exploring the rocky coastlines of the UK, camping seaside and cold-plunging in the dead of winter. During his degree in Outdoor Adventure Education, Lewis travelled to Tenerife in the Canary Islands to pursue his Divemaster training, and soon after became an Instructor.
Since then, he has begun exploring his relationship to the sea through photography, finding specific interest in macro life and its abundance, hoping to capture each subject’s unique character through image. Lewis shoots with an Olympus TG-7.
Read about the original Bathysphere, the 5,000-pound diving bell made of iron, piloted by William Beebe and Otis Barton to a record-setting depth of 3,028 meters in 1934.
This website owes its namesake—and its heartbeat—to every explorer, scientist, artist, and protector of the ocean, each tirelessly yearning for a deeper and more meaningful connection to the sea.
