Below the Surface
Scuba Diving Verde Island: The Philippines' Best Reef
More marine life per square metre than the Caribbean or the Great Barrier Reef, dived with the operator working to protect it.
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Divemaster · Freediver · Photographer
Diving the world,
one ocean at a time.
Destinations
One place at a time. The dive sites, conditions, and an honest read on what each destination actually delivers underwater.
Playa del Carmen 🇲🇽 Cenotes, Caribbean reefs and a winter bull shark season.
Puerto Galera 🇵🇭 Sabang sits inside the Verde Island Passage, the centre of marine biodiversity.
Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 Shore-entry cave dives, dugongs, and the long road to Daedalus.
Malpelo 🇨🇴 One of the most remote, shark-dense dive sites on earth.
Hurghada 🇪🇬 Forty-five days of boat diving on Egypt's most developed coast.
Koh Tao 🇹🇭 Whale sharks at the pinnacles of Thailand's busiest dive island.
Santa Marta 🇨🇴 Wall dives and coral gardens inside Tayrona National Park.
Divemaster · Freediver · Photographer · Creator
Below the Surface
Whatever the ocean has me thinking about. Day-to-day diving, underwater photography, the creatures I keep coming back to, and the in-between stories.
Below the Surface
How to Find Nudibranchs, Underwater Photography
Sea slugs that look like alien spacecraft. Most divers swim past hundreds. How to find and photograph them properly.
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Below the Surface
The 8 Best Ocean Documentaries Not on Netflix (2026)
Ocean with David Attenborough, Blue Planet II, Becoming Cousteau and Fathom: eight ocean films worth chasing off Netflix.
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"With knowing comes caring, and with caring there is hope."
Dr Sylvia Earle · Founder, Mission Blue & Hope SpotsConservation
Because the ocean is worth fighting for.
Conservation
International Mangrove Day 2026: Blue Carbon Turns Ten
Ten years of Blue Carbon: How mangroves store more carbon than rainforest, raise the reef's next generation, and where restoration works.
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Conservation
Coral Reef Awareness Week 2026: The El Niño Year
El Niño is back, 84% of reefs have bleached, and I know what that looks like on the descent. Here's the honest version.
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Conservation
Hammerheads Just Won the Highest International Protection There Is
Ecuador wrote the proposal. Panama backed it. Hammerheads just got Appendix I, the strongest protection this treaty offers.
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Conservation
World Orca Day 2026: The Pods Where Every Whale Has a Name
World Orca Day is a reminder that even the ocean's top predator is not safe from us, and why protecting orcas means protecting us all.
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Conservation
World Shark Day 2026: Sharks Killed 9 People, We Killed 100 Million
World Shark Day: celebrating and protecting the apex predators that hold the whole ocean in balance, and challenging the myths that put them at risk.
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Conservation
Are Sea Turtles Still Endangered in 2026?
The green turtle just came off the threatened list, the first comeback of its kind in four decades. Two species are still waiting.
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Conservation
What Is the Coral Triangle? The Reef That Feeds 120 Million
Coral Triangle Day is 9 June. The Amazon of the Seas spans six nations and holds more marine life than anywhere on earth.
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Conservation
Ocean Conservation in 2026: What Is Actually Working
The first World Oceans Day under the High Seas Treaty. Ten days to Mombasa. The state of the ocean and what divers can do about it.
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Conservation
World Reef Day 2026: The Year 84% of Reefs Bleached
Year four of the fourth global bleaching event, 84% of reefs hit. What conscious people and divers can actually do about it.
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