Category: Blogs
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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 Read more
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The Magic of Blackwater Diving
We know more about the surface of the moon than we do about [the deep sea floor], despite the fact that we have yet to extract a gram of food, a breath of oxygen, or a drop of water from those bodies. Dr. paul snelgrove OVERTURE It is 7:00 pm. Divers buzz with excitement, assembling Read more
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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, Read more