Tag: tropical
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Photo of the Week: Atlantis Submarine
Ever feel like you’re being watched? Of course you have; we all have. Ever hear a strange whirring sound underwater, and think, “Oh, I’m just being watched by about 50 kids in a tourist submarine?” No? Me neither.
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This Shrimp is the Tiniest Sea Creature You’ve Never Seen
It’s easy for divers to get stoked on seeing the big-ticket critters. Manta rays? Majestic. Sharks? Spellbinding. So far, we’re all on the same page here. There’s this cognitive leap, though, that occurs for divers when they learn to find and appreciate the nudibranch. It’s a bit of a chicken and egg scenario, but this…
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Diving with whale sharks in Placencia, Belize
Who wouldn’t want to swim with whale sharks? We certainly did–so when we realized that our anniversary trip to Belize was going to coincide with the May full moon (that is to say, smack in the middle of Belize whale shark season), we shuffled our itinerary around to include a couple of days in Placencia,…
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Scuba Diving Fiji’s Viti Levu!
Fiji is home to some of the world’s best dive sites. When the currents pick up, the soft corals “bloom” into a breathtakingly colorful display, earning the islands the title of “the soft coral capital of the world.” A direct flight away from Los Angeles, Viti Levu, the biggest Fijian island, is one of the…
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Diving Nassau, Bahamas: More Tropical Fish (and other critters)
Barracuda hunt primarily by sight, and are therefore sometimes attracted to shiny objects, as they might resemble the scales of prey fish. I’ve sometimes had barracuda follow my camera around, presumably because they were interested in the flashes of light from my strobes. This was not one such fish. It wanted nothing to do…
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Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Tropical Fish
Just a few of the tropical fish we saw in the Bahamas… Gray Angelfish: Trumpetfish: Pufferfish: Parrotfish: Please check out my entire Nassau underwater photo gallery here.
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Diving Nassau, Bahamas: Sea Turtle
If I had to characterize the diving in the Bahamas with one word, it would be… “big.” It seems like everything underwater there is big. Unlike, say, Curacao, where the vast majority of sea life is tiny and to be found within the crevices of the coral reef, the marine life of the Bahamas…