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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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
Best Ocean Documentaries NOT on Netflix
Blue Planet, Becoming Cousteau, Fathom, the ocean films worth chasing on Apple TV+, Disney+ and BBC iPlayer.
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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
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 Is Here. Why Orcas Still Need Us
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: Why Sharks Aren't the Villain
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
World Sea Turtle Day 2026: The Year the Green Turtle Came Back
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
Coral Triangle Day 2026: Protecting the Amazon of the Seas
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
World Oceans Day 2026: The Year the Map Changed
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
Celebrating World Reef Day 2026: The 84% Year
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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Conservation
The First Biodiversity Day Under the High Seas Treaty
Sixty-six percent of the ocean has been significantly altered. Today is the first biodiversity day under the new High Seas Treaty.
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Conservation
The Ocean Cleanup: The Largest Plastic Removal Operation
About 1,000 rivers carry 80% of ocean plastic. The Ocean Cleanup has now intercepted 29 million kilograms before any of it reached the sea.
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