Category: Mexico

  • I Got Pooped On By A Whale, And All I Saw Were These Lousy Manta Rays

    I Got Pooped On By A Whale, And All I Saw Were These Lousy Manta Rays

    It was hard to pinpoint where, exactly, the whales were, but I had a guess—and my guess was confirmed when we were suddenly doused with a brown cloud of whale poo. I’ll let the reality of that sink in for a second. Pooped on. By a whale.

  • Obligatory End-of-Year Post (A Summary of 2013)

    Obligatory End-of-Year Post (A Summary of 2013)

    Because (a) It’s pretty much in the rules of blogging to make an end-of-year summary post, and (b) 2013 was full of great diving and photo ops. From technical wrecks to nudibranchs: a photographic summary of my underwater exploits in 2013.

  • I saw things in the Sea of Cortez that were not nudibranchs

    I saw things in the Sea of Cortez that were not nudibranchs

    Despite troublesome conditions on our Sea of Cortez diving trip (on the liveaboard dive boat Nautilus Explorer), we did manage a few days where the visibility was good enough to leave the macro lens in the cabin and get underwater for some wide-angle action. In fact, the water was so clear and beautiful on our first…

  • The Sea of Cortez is Riddled with Nudibranchs

    The Sea of Cortez is Riddled with Nudibranchs

    Being the kiss of death that I am when it comes to dive trips and good conditions, I shouldn’t have been surprised when we arrived in the Sea of Cortez to find cold, green, murky, Socal-esque water. For months prior to the trip, I entertained fantasies of seeing whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, orcas, manta rays,…