“Scuba diving is one of the greatest adventures of your life, but it can quickly be ruined by dive anxiety. The good news is you can overcome dive anxiety with some simple techniques and get back in the water with confidence. We will be showing you how in this two-part series. Whether you are an anxious diver or an experienced SSI Pro helping other divers, we have some top tips for you.”
Read MoreThe Western Cape is a veritable playground for divers, with warm crystal-clear blue waters offshore and thriving kelp forests dotted along the coast. Together, these rich waters host numerous sharks. Whether you want to go diving with great white sharks, blue sharks, makos or ancient sevengill sharks, South Africa’s Western Cape has it all and more.
Read MoreAccording to local news reports, the Maldives Minister for Fisheries, Zaha Waheed, has said that discussions are underway to legalize shark fishing in the Maldives. With more than 300 species of sharks and rays now threatened with extinction, this latest move to consider legalising shark fishing has surprised marine conservation organisations around the globe.
Read More“I was living in South Africa during 2015 and working as a great white shark dive guide for Apex Shark Expeditions when I suffered a relatively significant back injury during the peak season. I was missing the sharks and my beloved ocean, and was very upset to be unable to use my voice for shark conservation anymore. Before dawn one morning, I lay there thinking of what to do and came up with an epic plan!”
Read More“A Western Australia shark cull is being proposed in response to fishers concerns about loss of catches to sharks in the state….
Read MoreCoral Triangle Day raises awareness of the world's greatest area of marine biodiversity. Covering an area of about 6 million square kilometers, the Coral Triangle extends throughout Southeast Asia and is home to more than 75% of the world's corals, as well as more than 6,000 species of fish.
It forms the underwater equivalent of the Amazon rainforest, offering unparalleled diving sites, spectacular islands and many opportunities for snorkelling.
Find out more in my article for Lepetitjournal.com: Top Reasons to Dive the Coral Triangle.
“The deepest dive ever conducted in a submarine has revealed plastic waste at Challenger Deep; the deepest point of the oceans, located in the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean. It was only the third time the deepest point of the ocean has been explored.”
Find out more in my 2019 article for L'Express: 100 Million Tonnes of Plastic in the Oceans.
“Go go go!” were the words I’d been waiting to hear. Gijs, our guide, shouted at us urgently, signalling it was time to drop into the dark Arctic waters below. Without hesitation, I threw myself into the ocean. With snow-covered mountains above and orca fins seemingly everywhere, the world ceased to exist.”
Read my latest Forest and Bird Magazine article: Arctic Adventures with Orcas.
Walking in the Daintree Rainforest, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stepped back in time to millions of years ago. It covers about 1200km2 of hilly terrain that makes up the northeast coast of Queensland.
Stretching down to the edge of the ocean in places and fringing remote white-sand beaches, this impressive rainforest is part of the UNESCO-listed Wet Tropics of Queensland and part of the largest continuous area of tropical rainforest in Australia.
Did you know you can visit this incredible rainforest whilst diving the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns? It's just a short bus ride away.
Find out more in my latest article for Forest and Bird magazine, Daintree Delights.
Marine reserves are vital to the health of the global ocean and yet only around 5 percent of the ocean is currently protected. Thankfully, new protected areas are being created each year and offer great diving opportunities.
Find out more about top marine reserves to dive in my latest article for EZ Dive magazine, Marine Reserves.
Kathryn Curzon writer
