My first encounter with sharks was in the Bahamas 12 years ago and, to this day I remember how my heart accelerated when I met the mighty tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier. A large, stunning female swam slowly around us, acting as if she owned the place. I was taken back by her elegance and confidence.
We have backpacked all over the world and witnessed many tragic events in the wonderful underwater world – and most are due to human actions. It broke my heart that so many sea turtles couldn’t dive because of their plastic-filled stomachs, eventually drying out or starved to death. Our marine ecosystem has seen many serious threats, one of which is the fragile living conditions for sea turtles.
What is the meaning of artivism? Artivism is the combination of two words: activism and artist. In this issue, we meet two ocean artivists, Janina Rossiter and Janet Ormond, who both use different artistic methods to raise people’s awareness on how to protect the ocean.
“Which dive impresses you most?” Every time I am asked this question, I recall a special encounter with a green turtle.
As regular divers will know, each and every dive site offers something different, from tropical islands to cold water locations, other-worldly underwater landscapes and amazing wildlife that has to be seen to be believed. For this 100th issue, we invited our contributors to recommend their favourite dive sites. Hopefully, this can serve as a reference when planning your next diving adventure!
With the sensitive touch of the illustrator, mysterious marine life comes to the centre of the stage and, by the humorous narration, obscure knowledge becomes common and comprehensible. In this book, the stories that are played out in the sea all the time are vividly depicted, leading you through a diversified sea with 40 different facets.
Freediving is an activity that requires a wide range of skills and dedication to get good at it. All expert freedivers spent years perfecting their diving before they could reach the high level you see them perform at today.
In the Tropical Eastern Pacific of Costa Rica, coral reefs have been affected by unsustainable fishing practises, invasive species, sedimentation from rivers and runoff from agriculture and human populations. The CORAL REEF RESTORATION PROJECT, held by Marine Conservation Costa Rica, is fighting the battle to keep local reef systems healthy.
As they are the fastest shark in the ocean, encounters with these remarkable predators may be short. However, they leave a great impact on divers because a mako sighting is not always a guarantee on pelagic shark dives; and divers … Continued
There are three types of black and white photos, and only two of them are worth aspiring for. In this issue, Henley Spiers shares his black and white underwater photography technique with EZDIVE readers.